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Feb 12

Texas Day 9: Back to Iowa

Posted on Sunday, February 12, 2012, at 12:00 PM by Jeff

Very little of Jan. 31 was spent in Texas. I had returned the car the previous morning so all I had to worry about was the airport shuttle. My suitcase checked in at 49.5 pounds(!) and I figured out security … Continue reading →

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Feb 12

Photos by the numbers: 102

Posted on Sunday, February 12, 2012, at 7:00 AM by Jeff

August 2, 2010: I-540 near the Wal-Mart headquarters of Bentonville, Arkansas. The flash illuminates the old sign, from the days when it was only US 71, vs. the exit tab added later.

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Feb 12

“SEC! SEC!”

Posted on Sunday, February 12, 2012, at 12:25 AM by Jeff

It didn’t last too long — it happened before free throws with 1:33 left in the game — but the Iowa State fans came through. Hilton Coliseum is now, to my knowledge, the northernmost venue to hear an “S-E-C!” chant. … Continue reading →

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Feb 11

Photos by the numbers: 101

Posted on Saturday, February 11, 2012, at 7:00 AM by Jeff

July 31, 2001: Eureka, California. Love the cutout shields. They’re not quite the old style without the state name, though. Our trip up 101 between San Francisco and US 199 was interrupted only by a trek through the Avenue of … Continue reading →

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Feb 11

Texas Day 8: Wandering around central Texas

Posted on Saturday, February 11, 2012, at 3:00 AM by Jeff

Austin, Texas, Jan. 30 — I spent the entire morning at the George H.W. Bush Museum in College Station. I was glad I hadn’t tried to cram it in earlier. The museum is well put together, aside from the “Oval … Continue reading →

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Feb 11

Numerical coincidence

Posted on Saturday, February 11, 2012, at 1:05 AM by Jeff

According to Clinched Highway Mapping, I have traveled approximately 1036 miles on I-40 and 1035 miles on US 40. That’s not going to be the case for long, though. Once the Crosstown Expressway’s westbound lanes open in Oklahoma City, I … Continue reading →

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Feb 10

License plate countdown — ZDC and the Null Set

Posted on Friday, February 10, 2012, at 11:25 PM by Jeff

Fifteen years and a month after 000AAA was handed out to someone in Adair County, we’ve reached Z. There are less than 500,000 combinations left, assuming IOQUV are skipped again. (Use of D in the second position may or may … Continue reading →

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Feb 10

Photos by the numbers: 100

Posted on Friday, February 10, 2012, at 7:00 AM by Jeff

July 16, 2006: Junction of IA 100 (Collins Road) and Business US 151 (1st Avenue) in northeast Cedar Rapids. This was the end of IA 100 in 1984-96, and before then, IA 150 turned left here in a wrong-way multiplex … Continue reading →

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Feb 09

Texas Day 7B: I-610 and Washington on the Brazos

Posted on Thursday, February 9, 2012, at 12:00 PM by Jeff

This post covers the rest of my Sunday outside of the basketball game. College Station, Texas, Jan. 29 — I started out the day by clinching I-610 in light traffic. I had a little snag after exiting I-10 to get … Continue reading →

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Feb 09

Photos by the numbers: 99

Posted on Thursday, February 9, 2012, at 7:06 AM by Jeff

May 12, 2008: Former IA 99 was signed as County Road 99 through the rest of the 2000s but in the past few years changed to X99 to match style. I don’t even know where the county would have acquired … Continue reading →

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