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Feb
05
Texas Day 5A: Southwestward ho
Or: Two counties named Jim Or: So that’s what 70 mph on a two-lane is like San Antonio (via Corpus Christi et al.), Texas, Jan. 27 — I started in the Corpus Christi area by driving back across the bay … Continue reading
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Feb
05
Photos by the numbers: 95
August 2002: Our vacation to Canada that year took us just inside the Maine border, to get that state checked off our lists. Nevada, North Dakota, Maine. Quite a set, isn’t it?
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Feb
04
Texas Day 4: Remember the Alamo? They won’t let you forget it
Corpus Christi, Texas, Jan. 26 — Texans take an inordinate amount of pride in the shape of their state. It’s everywhere. (See, for example, the shield in the previous Texas post.) Today, that spirit manifested itself in the Texas-shaped waffles … Continue reading
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Feb
04
Photos by the numbers: 94
May 11, 2007: West of Mandan, North Dakota, a very long Business Loop 94 leaves old US 10 to return to the interstate. Just north of here is my westernmost point traveled on I-94, a segment that extends all the … Continue reading
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Feb
03
Texas Day 3: LBJ Day 2
San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 25 — It seemed obvious to do when I looked at it. There were two more sites related to President Johnson and the National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg, and there wasn’t that much … Continue reading
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Feb
03
Photos by the numbers: 93
December 28, 2009: An unfocused view of I-515 from what is currently the end of I-215 in southeast Las Vegas. This was near the north end of my first travel on US 93, from Las Vegas to its south end … Continue reading
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Feb
02
Texas Day 2: LBJ and basketball
Austin, Texas, Jan. 24 — The first order of business on this gray day was to get an actual car. The Nissan Altima had less than 1000 miles on it and a “push-button” start. I spent the short trip to … Continue reading
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Feb
02
Photos by the numbers: 92
May 9, 2007: End of MN 92 southwest of Bemidji and the Headwaters of the Mississippi. Lots of forested area. Like IA 92, MN 200 is part of a route that crosses multiple states with the same number.
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Feb
01
Texas Day 1: Where the snowbirds fly
Or: In which I find I am the only person in America without a smartphone Or: I am NOT tooling around south-central Texas in a minivan! Austin, Texas, Jan. 23 — I wanted to be sure I had plenty of … Continue reading
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Feb
01
Photos by the numbers: 91
July 19, 2005: Near the IA 160 exit in Ankeny. I had to get creative on this number. I have plenty of mileage signs that say 87, oddly enough.
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