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Lessons Learned–Driving Cross-Country
Well, this has taken a good bit longer than I expected, but here it is none-the-less: A list of the various things I learned from driving cross-country twice. In no particular order, here goes: I have
Chasing the Sun–East to West Cross-Country Road Trip, Day 8
We got an early start on our last day, leaving the hotel in Vegas at 8:30 AM. Our first stop of the morning was Bonanza Gifts , which is the world’s largest gift shop. We stopped by here partially bec
Chasing the Sun–East to West Cross-Country Road Trip, Day 7
We got out of the hotel this morning at 9:30 AM, and our first order of business was to give the car a bath. This actually took a good bit longer than I expected, and we didn't actually get to l
Chasing the Sun–East to West Cross-Country Road Trip, Day 6
Well, we woke up late this morning and didn't get out of the hotel until 10:30 AM. Because of our late departure we went ahead and ate lunch before leaving Denver. We stopped at The Grubbery , a
Chasing the Sun–East to West Cross-Country Road Trip, Day 5
Today went a little differently than planned, but that’s probably for the best. Last night, technical difficulties with my host prevented me from publishing yesterday’s update on schedule, and kept me
Chasing the Sun–East to West Cross-Country Road Trip, Day 4
Got out of the hotel at about 9:30 this morning and back tracked a little to hit a spot that was closed yesterday: The J.M Davis Arms and Historical Museum. This place has to have the largest collecti
Chasing the Sun–East to West Cross-Country Road Trip, Day 3
We got up a little after 8 AM this morning, and headed out of Memphis on our way to Oklahoma City. We knew we were going to have a full day of driving ahead, so we planned to skip lunch and basically
Chasing the Sun–East to West Cross-Country Road Trip, Day 2
We started out the day by waking up at 8AM. This wasn't by choice; for some reason we have had the horrible luck of picking hotels on first night of both journeys that have inadequate AC systems
Chasing the Sun–East to West Cross-Country Road Trip, Day 1
Today was the first day out on the trip back. After some debating we decided on the route I originally plotted for the return trip due to it being shorter, theoretically allowing us to stop and enjoy
West to East Cross-Country Trip, Day 8
Well, today was kind of bitter-sweet, as it marks the end of our west-to-east journey, but it is the beginning of a week spent with family and friends, some of whom we haven’t seen in years. We starte
West to East Cross-Country Trip–Day 7
We left this morning at 9:30AM and headed north to our only stop for today in Savannah, Ga. There, after about 20 minutes of cussing the senseless one-way streets, we finally arrived at the Georgia St
West to East Cross-Country Trip–Day 6
Tonight’s post will be a bit short, because while we had a great day, we didn’t really visit any scenic locations for photos. Instead, we spent the early morning recovering from last night’s festiviti
West to East Cross-Country Trip – Day 5
We left out this morning of 8:45 AM and headed south to Alexandria, LA. There we stopped in at Silver Dollar Pawn , home of the Cajun Pawn Stars . We did not get to meet any of the stars but we did se
West to East Cross-Country Trip–Day 4
We woke up a little after 7 AM, and were out the door and on the road by 8:45. We only made a little over 300 miles yesterday so the real goal today was to make up some distance. For that reason there
West to East Cross-Country Trip–Day 3
Well, last night went better than the night before. I didn't get in the bed until 2 AM, but once I got to sleep I managed to get about 4 hours of sleep before I had to get up. We still got out o
West to East Cross-Country Trip – Day 2
Today was a bit more difficult than yesterday for a lot of reasons. For starters, lack of sleep was a big problem. I didn’t get to bed last night until 1 AM, and due to the poor AC in the room that le
West to East Cross-Country Trip – Day 1
Well today went well, though a bit more hectically than we planned due to a brain-fart on my part (but I’ll get to that). We began well, Beth had the majority of things packed last night, so I just lo
Cool weird places to check out
Georgia Guidestones Ultra-strange story and a pretty cool set of "commandments" nestled in the middle of nowhere. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Guidestones The Great Blue Hole Big a