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Feb 08

Iowa State 65, Missouri 52

Posted on Wednesday, February 8, 2012, at 11:06 PM by Jeff

Columbia, Missouri — It was so quiet I could hear Bill Fennelly talk. It was only once or twice, but to hear the Cyclones’ coach’s voice at all is a minor miracle after his cancer treatments, let alone in a … Continue reading →

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Feb 08

ISU women vs. Missouri: Pregame thoughts

Posted on Wednesday, February 8, 2012, at 4:00 PM by Jeff

Margie Miles, my grandmother’s sister, lived near the University of Missouri campus. On one trip down there, Mom got so sick of me asking where we were that she gave me a map and said, “Here. Follow Highway 63.” A … Continue reading →

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Feb 08

Texas Day 7A: Goodbye to A&M

Posted on Wednesday, February 8, 2012, at 9:00 AM by Jeff

College Station, Texas, Jan. 29 — Even the children’s books have to be rewritten. In the gift shop for the Texas State History Museum in Austin, I noticed a book about a baby Longhorn who grows up to be Bevo. … Continue reading →

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Feb 08

Photos by the numbers: 98

Posted on Wednesday, February 8, 2012, at 7:03 AM by Jeff

June 1, 2009: US 98/301 junction in Dade City, Florida. Despite having an even number, US 98 is signed north-south at least in the central part of the state. It’s east-west in the Panhandle but then turns diagonally though most … Continue reading →

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Feb 07

Texas Day 6: Slowing down and speeding up

Posted on Tuesday, February 7, 2012, at 12:00 PM by Jeff

Houston, Texas, Jan. 28 — With some time on my hands, I had the chance to visit one San Antonio attraction I hadn’t done earlier in the week, the Tower of the Americas. Ironically for me, I was there too … Continue reading →

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Feb 07

Photos by the numbers: 97

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

August 2001: California has its own style of mile markers, with county identifiers. This is US 97 at the Oregon border. I have traveled the entire length of US 97 in California.

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Feb 06

Texas Day 5C: The misplaced highway

Posted on Monday, February 6, 2012, at 6:50 PM by Jeff

San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 27 — I-35 turns pretty rural just 10 miles from the international border, but has some impressive interchanges at the loop north of the city and the Camino Colombia. The welcome center is at Exit 18, … Continue reading →

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Feb 06

Texas Day 5B: South end of I-35

Posted on Monday, February 6, 2012, at 12:00 PM by Jeff

Laredo, Texas, Jan. 27 — It’s more than a thousand miles to Iowa. It’s 700 to Mexico City. It’s the end of January, and it’s 84 degrees. Here, at the doorstep to Mexico, Interstate Highway 35 finally rolls to a … Continue reading →

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Feb 06

License plate countdown — YXZ

Posted on Monday, February 6, 2012, at 11:16 AM by Jeff

Polk County. Skipped the U’s and V’s again, apparently.

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Feb 06

Photos by the numbers: 96

Posted on Monday, February 6, 2012, at 7:00 AM by Jeff

April 20, 2008: North end of I-172 in no place in particular, Illinois. Functionally, I-172 is a big bypass of Quincy and connection for Quincy to points southwest and southeast, but now it works for the northeast as well with … Continue reading →

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