Cross Country 2005 Archives

October 25, 2005

Cross Country 2005: Day 9 - Orlando, Florida To Daytona Beach To Savannah, Georgia To Myrtle Beach, South Carolina To ???

The plan for day 9 had been to head east out of Orlando taking the 528 towards Titusville where we would be able to see the Space Shuttle on the launchpad ready for liftoff at Kennedy Space Center. However, the ...
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October 24, 2005

Cross Country 2005: Day 8 - Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom

I clawed my way out of bed after the heroic driving effort the day before. The wife hadn't been feeling too good throughout the whole trip and so far I had driven every mile. I wasn't complaining though, I was ...
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October 23, 2005

Cross Country 2005: Day 7 - Vicksburg, Mississippi To Demopolis, Alabama To Florida

We awoke on Day 7 in Vicksburg, Mississippi. We washed up, packed the car and hit the road. I initially wanted to get in some touring of civil war battlefields when I was planning this trip, but decided against it ...
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Cross Country 2005: Day 6 - Dealey Plaza In Dallas, Texas To Louisiana Downs At Harrah's In Bossier City To Bonnie And Clyde Historic Marker In Gibsland, Louisiana To Vicksburg, Mississippi

We were a few hours ahead of schedule as we woke up on day 6 in our 12 day journey across America. We had planned to stop in Oklahoma City for the night, but had continued on for a few ...
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Cross Country 2005: Day 5 - Tucumcari, New Mexico Through Texas Panhandle To Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial

We received a call "early" in the morning from the office wondering if we were going to pay for another day or be on our way. It turned out it wasn't really early, but more along the lines of 10:15 ...
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October 22, 2005

Cross Country 2005: Day 4 - Wigwam Motel To Petrified Forest To Painted Desert To Albuquerque To Tucumcari, New Mexico

We awoke in our little smurf-like wigwam and prepared for the days trip ahead. We headed out on day 4 taking a final look back on the Wigwam Motel, still enthralled with it. Our first stop I had originally scheduled ...
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August 28, 2005

Cross Country 2005: Day 3 - Grand Canyon Caverns To Grand Canyon To Meteor Crater To Wigwam Motel

We awoke from the hell that was the Hualapai Lodge on day 3 and managed to get out by checkout time. The trend on the trip quickly became "get out quick before they charge us for another day". We loaded ...
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August 21, 2005

Cross Country 2005: Day 2 - Redondo Beach To Hollywood To Route 66 And Oatman, AZ

After our first day enjoying things at the beach we got a later start on day 2 of our 12 day cross country trip than I had wanted to. We hit some rough rush hour traffic as we headed north ...
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August 13, 2005

Cross Country 2005: Day 1 - Sacramento To Redondo Beach

I'll be making some posts on our recent 12 day cross country move from Sacramento, California to Rochester, New York via car. A car I might add that blew out it's A/C a few days before the trip and we ...
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