Gettin My Kicks
Now comes the part of the trip I was excited about! Historic Route 66! Being an classic car buff and into history too, this was going to be really cool. The first Route 66 site I saw was the Summit…
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Monthly Archive: June 2010
Simply Spectacular!
There was so much to see and do in California that we couln’t possibly get it all done in the short time we had there. Our next stop was Las Vegas. I had been here before, but it’s always fun…
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Nobody walks in L.A.
According to the Missing Persons song, but you do see some wacky stuff. That’s the beauty of California. Speaking of strange, as we were walking down the sidewalk near Capitol Records, a painted mural on the side of a building…
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This route will blow you away!
It is a drive through the desert to get to California but a different kind of desert as I mentioned previously. One thing there are certainly more of here when you cross the border are these huge fans that are…
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Watch out for Wile E. Coyote
Next stop was Phoenix to visit family. It was an uneventful drive there with the exception of a Rock Radio station in Tucson we were listening to that was off the air for over 5 minutes! Apparently someone stepped out…
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So close you can smell the tacos
After we got off the highway (paved road) it was about 50 miles of narrow unpaved road to my friend’s place. It seemed as if the only vehicles passing us were Border Patrol vehicles. We finally made it to my friend Scott’s…
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To Protect and Serve?
Back on the road heading toward a high school friend’s place. Just a half mile or less we encounter this extremely wide load escorted by the Arizona Highway Patrol. The mini convoy was going no faster than 5 mph! We’re…
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I’m alright, it’s OK
Now we are starting to have some fun! First stop (besides the rest rooms) was the Boot Hill graveyard. Not only was it cool to see but the stories behind it are very interesting as well. Next it was the OK…
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But what if I have to go?
So once we cross into Arizona from New Mexico, we encountered yet another disturbing fact. The rest area was closed. But it was not only this one, it seemed as though all the rest areas throughout Arizona were closed. Well,…
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Yo Hablo English?
How exciting this trip has become. We have not even left the country yet we are getting stopped by the U.S. Border Patrol. Now if they only patroled the country’s borders as well as the state’s borders….