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Dec 29

Year in review: Every mile of every Iowa highway

Posted on Tuesday, December 29, 2015, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

With 2540 pages of new books to read, added to 1250 pages from last year, what better thing to do than make some year-end posts? On June 8, I completed a goal I had been building toward for more than … Continue reading →

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Jun 29

Missouri trip Day 6

Posted on Monday, June 29, 2015, at 10:03 AM by Jeff

Route for June 27, 2014: Metcalf Avenue, US 69, K-68 becoming MO 2, I-49, US 71, I-29, I-35, MO 1, MO 152, I-29, MO 92, MO 92 Spur, MO 273, MO 371, US 36, K-7, connector to Rulo, US 159, US … Continue reading →

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Jun 26

Missouri trip Day 5

Posted on Friday, June 26, 2015, at 10:09 AM by Jeff

Overland Park, Kansas, June 26, 2014 — I said “quarter after nine” for a wake-up call. It rang at 7:15 and 7:20. It wasn’t a good start to the day. About an hour and a half up US 160, I … Continue reading →

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Jun 25

Missouri trip Day 4

Posted on Thursday, June 25, 2015, at 10:06 AM by Jeff

Branson, Missouri, June 25, 2014 — Today, near the literal heart of the American population, was an all-American day: Getting my kicks on Route 66, visiting the museum complex at Fort Leonard Wood, finishing I-44 and US 65 in Missouri, … Continue reading →

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Jun 24

Missouri trip Day 3

Posted on Wednesday, June 24, 2015, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Sullivan, Missouri, June 24, 2014 — The first stop today came from, of all places, C-SPAN3. It had just been St. Louis weekend on the cable channel, and from a short feature, I found out that a Civil War museum … Continue reading →

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Jun 23

Missouri trip Day 2

Posted on Tuesday, June 23, 2015, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Mansfield/St. Louis, Missouri, June 23, 2014 — Laura Ingalls Wilder had a refrigerator. “Of course she had a refrigerator,” you say, “she died in 1957.” But do you think about the older woman writing the books, or do you think … Continue reading →

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Jun 22

Missouri trip Day 1

Posted on Monday, June 22, 2015, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

A recap of last summer’s sojourn down, across, up, diagonally through, and then up again in Missouri. First up, a short report, on a day spent traveling. Ava, Missouri, June 22, 2014 — I mostly followed US 65 down to … Continue reading →

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Dec 01

Belated recap of the US 34 opening ceremony

Posted on Monday, December 1, 2014, at 10:10 AM by Jeff

Six weeks late is better than never, right? My recent relocation made traveling to a highway opening in western Iowa a little more involved. But with an early morning ceremony Oct. 22, I likely would’ve been staying overnight in Council … Continue reading →

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Jun 02

A cross-country trip on Historic US 20

Posted on Monday, June 2, 2014, at 12:34 PM by Jeff

October 11, 2002: Mileage sign on old US 20 (now County Road D20) leaving Webster City. Bryan Farr of Massachusetts wants US 20, the longest US route in the country, to be celebrated as a famous, historic road. He’s created … Continue reading →

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Mar 21

Lower Midwest Trip Day 12

Posted on Friday, March 21, 2014, at 10:11 AM by Jeff

The last day (or half-day) of vacation was uneventful. I had some time, so I finished a gap on US 6 and angled northwestward to travel from the east end of IL 92 westward to the Quad Cities. IA 927 … Continue reading →

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