Only The Wild Ones
A minor packing disaster and our first Kimpton stop of RTXXI!
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Painted Yellow Lines
“And I have no expectation, just to be here in the present” -Dispatch Each year as I’m putting together the road trip book I pick a quote for the quote page that captures a feeling about the trip. The quote above is featured this year and I think it fits particularly well. The feelings of […]
Read More Painted Yellow LinesOn the Road Again
I’m going to be up-front here: Nothing happened today. We got in the car at 7 AM, and sat there for about 11 hours. There were a couple stops to break up the monotony. First, the world’s largest truckstop, which is big, but not appreciably bigger than most other truck stops. It’s kind of like […]
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Day 1 is in the books. We woke up early, crammed a few last things in the car, waved good-bye to the fish, and took off. Our first stop was a few minutes in to fuel up on coffee. Then we just started driving. Of course we had to stop at the World’s Largest Truck […]
Read More Day 1Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
One of my goals for the trip is to find some cool stops along the way. I can gladly say we’ve found our first one and it’s not even noon! How could we pass the Hoover National Historic Site without making a stop? I remember being incredibly impressed with the knowledge and even more so […]
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