Day 14 – Missouri to West Virginia
Terrain & Route Map, Columbia MO to Beckley, WV Our longest day, by far. The middle of Missouri was hot, even at 6 am when we roused up. Today, we’d be following I-70 across the rest of Misssouri to St…
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Day 15 – Home, Safe and Sound
Final Day – Friday, July 6, 2012. Beckley WV to Salem We woke to a cool, foggy morning in the hills of West Virginia. We hit the road early, around 6:30 or so. We were crossing over the spine of…
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Day 13 – Unscenic Kansas
Terrain & Route Map, Goodland, Kansas to Columbia, Missouri We got up on the morning of Independence Day in the KOA at Goodland, which we’d found in the dark last night. It was pleasantly warm, still a bit breezy, and…
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Day 12 – Scenic Colorado
Terrain & Route Map, Tuesday July 3rd – Rifle, CO to Goodland, KS Part 1 – Glenwood Canyon For the first time in over a week, we awoke to cool air. And by cool, I mean the low 70s. Today…
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Day 11 – Touring Arches NP
Terrain & Route Map, Moab to Rile, Colorado Today would be a mixed day – we spend the morning and early afternoon exploring Arches National Park, just outside of town. This park, like yesterday’s Canyonlands, has interesting, somewhat unique visual…
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Day 9 – Phamily Pharm Phun
We got up around 6:30 am on Saturday, and it was already devilishly hot out. The smoke from the brush fires all up and down the valley hung heavy and dark just above the horizon, and the campfire smell was…
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Day 8 – Leaving Salt Lake City, and south to Mona
Route Map, Friday – Salt Lake City to Mona Day 8 – Friday – we head south from Salt Lake City We didn’t need to be at the convention until noon, so we spent the morning at the KOA swimmin’…
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Day 5 – Touring Antelope Island, and Salt Lake City 25 June 2012
Route Map, Ogden, Antelope Island, and Salt Lake City Touristing on Antelope Island We actually slept in a bit on Tuesday – it was nearly 7am when I got up and made coffee. I took a walk around the…
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Day 4 – Laramie to Ogden 25 June 2012
Terrain & Route Map, Laramie to Ogden Day 4 – Ahhh, the woodsy smell of camp fires and exploding coffee makers… The smoky air woke me up in Laramie around 5:30 am. Even with the A/C more or less working…
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Day 3 – Iowa to Wyoming 24 June 2012
Route Map, Day 3, Mid – Iowa to Laramie, Wyoming Wagon Ruts, Bad Gas, and a gradual climb We woke up Sunday morning after a somewhat fitful rest. Who’d have thought that Atlantic, Iowa had a Saturday night social scene…
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