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3/30/2011Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01903593561651852717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019163419659476784.post-78616023600209257132024-02-11T20:08:00.002-05:002024-02-11T20:08:56.413-05:00Road Trip 2023 Day 23Saturday, September 16th.<br>
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Needed to be home this week so I could work the Disaster Recovery test overnight 9/22-9/23 and then the flip back 9/23-9/24.<br>
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This would be a 12+ hour slog from Columbus, OH all the way home. IIRC I stopped at Johnny's for a pizza even but it was a loooonnnnngggg day. But it gave me all of Sunday to rest. My back up plan if I felt too tired was to bail in eastern PA and get a hotel there.<br>
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And I literally only took two photos all day, one in Pennsylvania and my final mileage.
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Leaving the hotel -- I'm not exagerating it was just in a hell of an odd place<br>
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I'm assuming they'll eventually be more development?<br>
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Redbird State Recreation Area, Indiana.<br>
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Couple easy (famous last words...) Jeep Badge of Honor Trails to pickup here.<br>
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This will bring me up to four badges on this trip -- Top of the World, Engineer Pass, and the two Redbirds.<br>
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So, I ummmm...missed a turn.<br>
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And as soon as my front tires dropped much faster than expected I knew I was in trouble.<br>
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Tried a few times then called the Redbird Rescue whose business card they hand out when you pay your entrance fee :D<br>
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Volunteer group, asks for donation (I wish they set fees so I wouldn't have to guess and hope I guessed high enough).<br>
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Couple retired guys came out and gave me the quick tug I needed. I could get my rear out of the puddle so no one got wet during this recovery.<br>
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After that they gave me a tour taking me through much of the other easy trail.<br>
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We parted ways here -- they went off to check out a newer tougher section one of the guys hadn't been on yet.<br>
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Back out on the main drag.<br>
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Cool obstacle course:<br>
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Finding a car wash was non-optional after my little mud puddle mishap...<br>
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Cool old 2wd Dodge in awesome shape was in front of me.<br>
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Heading into Columbus, OH for the night.<br>
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Time to plan for the final long day...<br>
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Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01903593561651852717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019163419659476784.post-58329235481917827162024-02-11T19:13:00.006-05:002024-02-11T19:13:36.125-05:00Road Trip 2023 Day 21September 14, 2023<br>
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Kind of forgot how awesome this day was until I got around to sorting the pics for here.<br>
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Made it through Missouri, then took US-50 across Illinois into western Indiana.<br>
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US-50 had long stretches they had graded to make it a divided highway, but never did.<br>
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Left the hotel west of KC at sun up. <br>
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I would end up sucking down a lot of caffeine over the next few days (unusual for me; usually my coffees are decaf)<br>
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Missouri loves their Interstate frontage roads.<br>
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Missouri...were tow trucks run red and blue lights.<br>
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Motorcycle cop<br>
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St. Louis!<br>
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Time to get off the Interstates.<br>
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So many former dairy farms that now just raise cash crops (corn and soybeans)<br>
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So there were several sections of US-50 that were graded and over-passed for becoming a divided highway<br>
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A quick Google says this was part of a 1974 legislative compromise between downstate Republicans and the Chicago Democratic governor.<br>
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But then the next year "budget" crisis and funding was cut off.<br>
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(There might have been other spurts and sections prepared over the years)<br>
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Right hand rural carrier postal Jeep.<br>
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<a href="http://www.d90.us/fire/Jeep/20230914_RoadTrip21/IMG_4071.jpeg"><img src="http://www.d90.us/fire/Jeep/20230914_RoadTrip21/small_IMG_4071.jpeg" width=540/></a><br/>
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<a href="http://www.d90.us/fire/Jeep/20230914_RoadTrip21/IMG_4083.jpeg"><img src="http://www.d90.us/fire/Jeep/20230914_RoadTrip21/small_IMG_4083.jpeg" width=540/></a><br/>
<a href="http://www.d90.us/fire/Jeep/20230914_RoadTrip21/IMG_4084.jpeg"><img src="http://www.d90.us/fire/Jeep/20230914_RoadTrip21/small_IMG_4084.jpeg" width=540/></a><br/>
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Crude oil tank on the side of the road.<br>
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<a href="http://www.d90.us/fire/Jeep/20230914_RoadTrip21/IMG_4085.jpeg"><img src="http://www.d90.us/fire/Jeep/20230914_RoadTrip21/small_IMG_4085.jpeg" width=540/></a><br/>
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I don't think part of the widening (although maybe this side was planned for it); the original bridge bypassed.
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Coal train. So last two days I've passed windmills, oil wells, and coal trains!<br>
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<a href="http://www.d90.us/fire/Jeep/20230914_RoadTrip21/IMG_4114.jpeg"><img src="http://www.d90.us/fire/Jeep/20230914_RoadTrip21/small_IMG_4114.jpeg" width=540/></a><br/>
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Mail Pouch tobacco. I like these old signs, but then again I like a reasonable number of billboards -- I don't find them unattractive.<br>
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So my hotel was in just a bizarre place, literally just in a field off a highway exit -- no gas station, no restaurants nearby (had to go about ~5 miles to another town for a Subway)<br>
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<a href="http://www.d90.us/fire/Jeep/20230914_RoadTrip21/IMG_4126.jpeg"><img src="http://www.d90.us/fire/Jeep/20230914_RoadTrip21/small_IMG_4126.jpeg" width=540/></a><br/>
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Couldn't figure it out until I continued down the road looking for dinner -- it is very close to one of the gates for a military base.<br>
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And unlike I first thought, "NSA Crane" is not the National Security Agency, but Naval Support Activity<br>
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Even more bizarre, while built in WWII for Navy munitions, and still nominally a Navy base, it is mostly occupied and run by the Army which took over all US munition responsibilities at some point.<br>
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Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01903593561651852717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019163419659476784.post-61849678486156609802024-02-11T18:20:00.001-05:002024-02-11T18:20:38.859-05:00Road Trip 2023 Day 20September 13, 2023
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Left Denver before Eric even woke up; the hotel had an airport shuttle so he could hang out there until it was closer to his flight time.<br>
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I'd make to the Kansas City, KS suburbs by nightfall -- and apparantely was watching Trail Mater when I took a map screenshot :D<br>
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<a href="http://www.d90.us/fire/Jeep/20230913_RoadTrip20/IMG_0131.PNG"><img src="http://www.d90.us/fire/Jeep/20230913_RoadTrip20/small_IMG_0131.PNG" width=540/></a><br/>
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Didn't get a pic, but once I got into a fog bank I eventually pulled off the interstate into a tiny town for like a half hour to let it lift; just wasn't really safe on the highway IMHO.<br>
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Colorado/Kansas border -- notice the windsock.<br>
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That will be important later...<br>
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Wow, driving into the wind across Kansas is really killing my gas mileage (I checked because I noticed the gas gauge falling noticeably faster).<br>
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<a href="http://www.d90.us/fire/Jeep/20230913_RoadTrip20/IMG_3953.jpeg"><img src="http://www.d90.us/fire/Jeep/20230913_RoadTrip20/small_IMG_3953.jpeg" width=540/></a><br/>
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It can't get worse?<br>
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<a href="http://www.d90.us/fire/Jeep/20230913_RoadTrip20/IMG_3954.jpeg"><img src="http://www.d90.us/fire/Jeep/20230913_RoadTrip20/small_IMG_3954.jpeg" width=540/></a><br/>
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Can it?<br>
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<a href="http://www.d90.us/fire/Jeep/20230913_RoadTrip20/IMG_3956.jpeg"><img src="http://www.d90.us/fire/Jeep/20230913_RoadTrip20/small_IMG_3956.jpeg" width=540/></a><br/>
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Maybe I should stop checking...<br>
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Missed the exit for the hotel, but that let me turn around and see this gorgeous sun set.<br>
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<a href="http://www.d90.us/fire/Jeep/20230913_RoadTrip20/IMG_3995.jpeg"><img src="http://www.d90.us/fire/Jeep/20230913_RoadTrip20/small_IMG_3995.jpeg" width=540/></a><br/>
Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01903593561651852717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019163419659476784.post-22511830940357833612024-02-11T18:02:00.001-05:002024-02-11T18:02:28.362-05:00Road Trip 2023 Day 19September 12, 2023<br>
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Trip since I first passed through Denver -- we're back in the center were all the short tracks are and need to go back to Denver today.<br>
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The weather was spectacular -- and there.are.no.bugs. During the day there were some flies that disappeared at sunset; at night I could leave the back of the Jeep open and not bother screening the windows.<br>
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It was at this point I realized someone had stole the bright yellow shackles from the bumper. I'm 95% sure it was the hotel the night before I picked up Eric which despite being a Comfort Inn is definitely on my "Sketchy section of the city, don't stay" list. Not just for this reason...they had a security guard in the hall, among other issues. <br>
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<a href="http://www.d90.us/fire/Jeep/20230912_RoadTrip19/IMG_0127.jpeg"><img src="http://www.d90.us/fire/Jeep/20230912_RoadTrip19/IMG_0127.jpeg" width=540/></a><br/>
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Haven't taken I-70 east to Denver before, always just west bound before so a new perspective :)<br>
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<a href="http://www.d90.us/fire/Jeep/20230912_RoadTrip19/IMG_3848.jpeg"><img src="http://www.d90.us/fire/Jeep/20230912_RoadTrip19/small_IMG_3848.jpeg" width=540/></a><br/>
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Glen Canyon<br>
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Denver!<br>
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No pics, but we ate dinner at Ted Turner Montana Grill; bison was awesome.<br>
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So<br>
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many<br>
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cranes!<br>
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Colorado State Capitol<br>
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Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01903593561651852717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019163419659476784.post-18696820214127510562024-02-11T17:30:00.002-05:002024-02-11T17:30:30.739-05:00Road Trip 2023 Day 18September 11, 2023<br>
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Some shots from the campground before heading out to Needles Outlook and the Needles Unit / Elephant Hill.<br>
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Because we needed to head to Denver the next day, we didn't risk doing Elephant Hill and having any trail damage with no days left to repair it :(<br>
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The Road to Needles Outlook -- the usual entrance was in the middle of having a bridge replaced right at US-191 so there was a long detour onto gravel roads.<br>
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The outlook, a National Park Service facility (or is BLM?), is over 20 miles from the main road but worth every single bit of it.<br>
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Back to the paved road<br>
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LOL...running into construction flaggers after not seeing another soul for 15 miles was a surprise!<br>
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Needles Outlook -- I'm assuming due to the construction, but we had this nice overlook and relatively large parking area completely to ourselves.<br>
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Headed back out. There is actually another lookout even further up that I'll put on my bucket list for next time.<br>
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Cool sequence showing how they pave out here -- especially the belly dumper compared to regular dump trucks I usually see back home.<br>
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On the way out we did see more dump trucks hauling in asphalt, so we just drove in a particularly quiet moment.<br>
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Headed into Needles Unit of Canyonlands National Park.<br>
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Exploring a bit of the BLM campgrounds on the way in.<br>
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Needles Outpost which is a very...rustic...general store and private campground just outside the entrance. Supposedly has gas, but I'm not sure if they still use the pumps since Eric was saying there was a couple in the visitor center is distress they were low on fuel and there were no services out here -- except for the Outpost the nearest services are 35 miles away in Monticello.<br>
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Lunch in the park, nice that they have shade shelters!<br>
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Headed into Elephant Hill entrance.<br>
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The permit-needed entrance is just to my immediate left :)<br>
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When Eric stopped in the visitor center and mentioned it the Rangers laughed that you can hike the trail faster than you can Jeep it :)<br><br>
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Passing TrailMater World Headquarters on the way back into Moab.<br>
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Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01903593561651852717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019163419659476784.post-64899286394872883162024-01-21T18:53:00.001-05:002024-01-21T18:53:11.025-05:00Stuff coming soon!Yes, been slacking on updates including finishing the vacation photos :D<br>
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Started using OneNote to organize a lot of my stuff (like scanning old paperwork and such) so I can actually find it which has taken away time I used to use updating here.<br>
<br>Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01903593561651852717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019163419659476784.post-84035033710332505462023-09-23T02:53:00.000-04:002023-09-23T02:53:29.943-04:00Road Trip 2023 Day 17(INSERT GAIA MAP)<br>
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Day started off with a parts run to O'Reillys, then finding a camping spot. Big Bend Campground (BLM) along Route 128. Spectacular.<br>
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I carry a pretty complete tool kit in the Jeep.<br>
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Jet boat going by on the Colorado<br>
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All better.<br>
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I sleep in the back of the Jeep. No bugs out here -- didn't put in my screens, and indeed left the rear wide open at this campsite.<br>
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Time to run into town for tacos from Giliberto's and an official plug for the brakes...<br>
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That afternoon it was lightly sprinkling; weather is different out there. Radar like this would have been rain in New England; I think the air was so dry most of it was evaporating before getting to the ground.<br>
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Never the less we figured we'd take a drive up to Arches for the photographic "golden hour."<br>
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Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01903593561651852717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019163419659476784.post-49803438459317352362023-09-23T02:18:00.002-04:002023-09-23T02:18:41.864-04:00Road Trip 2023 Day 16 ...we had a little "issue" you'll see further down. Gunnison over Engineer Pass, then headed to Moab so we were more likely to get Jeep-specific parts and help if needed on a Sunday.<br>
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(Need to put Gaia map here)<br>
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All things considered...this happened in the best spot we had been in for a while.<br>
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The route out direct to Ouray is quite rough; much tougher than the actual pass.<br>
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Rear swaybar link came loose, and took out a brake line.<br>
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With some advise from some folks who stopped to help, Eric whittled a wooden plug to stop up the brake line (we cut the brake line off then screwed back the fitting with the plug inside). I had the rest of the tools and extra fluid.<br>
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Next day when we got the replacement parts, also picked up a cap specifically designed to plug off brake lines.<br>
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Originally I was going to head towards Elephant Hill in Canyonlands; this we decided hotel in Moab.<br>
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Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01903593561651852717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019163419659476784.post-58813689568215990302023-09-23T01:58:00.005-04:002023-09-23T01:59:17.240-04:00Road Trip 2023 Day 15Most of the good pics from this day are on the good camera I need to download and process.<br>
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Denver to Curecanti National Recreation Area.<br>
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Had time so took some neighborhood streets towards the airport. Drainage ditches in the medians.<br>
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Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01903593561651852717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019163419659476784.post-33560520946390019562023-09-23T01:25:00.005-04:002023-09-23T01:26:35.787-04:00Road Trip 2023 Day 14From Cortez to Denver, with a side trip to Great Sand Dunes National Park.<br>
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Lot of smoke in the air early in the day from a couple wildfires burning in southern Colorado.<br>
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Cool, a snow shed!<br>
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The San Luis Valley leading to the Great Sand Dunes is huge...and flat. Took like an hour at 50mph to cross it.<br>
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It is some of the most populated farming country I've seen out west; it is particularly known for potatoes.<br>
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The Dune doesn't look that big...until it does. Holy crap it's big.<br>
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Ah, the home of the Consumer Information Catalog of the TV ads anytime you were home sick from school in my youth. Pueblo, CO.<br>
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Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01903593561651852717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019163419659476784.post-61904198792164078502023-09-23T01:08:00.001-04:002023-09-23T01:08:57.841-04:00Road Trip 2023 Day 13Was pretty exhausted by the end of this day after the last few, otherwise I might have gotten out more at Mesa Verde. It's another park that you really get more of the story to understand the terrain, and realize they too get rain similar to say western Iowa rather than most of the deserts or plains nearby.<br>
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Stayed overnight in Page, AZ so first...Glen Canyon Dam!<br>
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Ok, so we have photographic proof the yellow shackles were on my bumper two days before I was in Denver. Pretty sure they were stolen there.<br>
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Pretty sure this is where Navajo Generating Station was<br>
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Approaching Monument Valley.<br>
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So in the middle of nowhere Utah, just north of Monument Valley the speed limit dropped, and signs warned of scenic pullouts, heavy traffic, and pedestrians in the road. WTF?<br>
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I'm looking right, I'm looking left, I see...nothing special.<br>
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But there are people everywhere...including selfies in the middle of the road...really seriously WTF...<br>
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Then just checking my mirrors I see in my driver's side mirror...<br>
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It's the Forrest Gump "I think I'll go home now" spot.<br>
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Ever wondered what it looked like when he turned around? Here you go:<br>
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The metropolis of Mexican Hat, Utah.<br>
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Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01903593561651852717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019163419659476784.post-50129837582653886032023-09-23T00:18:00.003-04:002023-09-23T00:29:23.234-04:00Road Trip 2023 Day 12Time to go see the Grand Canyon, North Rim.<br>
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The lodge area was nice, but the road that goes off to the east towards Roosevelt Point was spectacular.<br>
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For those wondering about the Ponderosa Pine forests on the North Rim in the middle of a desert, they get a fair amount of annual precipitation (including a lot of snow). This map also shows why water projects like the Salt River Project in Arizona work -- there is a good part of the state that gets at least as much precipitation as western Iowa each year.<br>
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(Also, something about Ponderosa forests I really like compared to eastern forests; they're mostly more open.)<br>
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Vermillion Cliffs National Monument, headed towards Navajo Bridge. Photos just can not do it justice.<br>
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Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01903593561651852717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019163419659476784.post-55580933201897813102023-09-23T00:02:00.001-04:002023-09-23T00:02:43.484-04:00Road Trip 2023 Day 11The extensive original plan on the spreadsheet pretty much failed to survive contact with reality. My buddy who flew out for part of it originally I was picking up in Denver and dropping Las Vegas, but he ended up just flying back out of Denver. The southwest Utah part of the trip was going to the drive to Las Vegas; coupled with how tough I found some of the Moab trip having him as a spotter would work out better in Moab.<br>
So before going to Denver, took a couple days to knock off some national parks I had never entered.<br>
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I added Bryce Canyon and Zion to my list this day, and re-visited Coral Reef.<br>
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It'll be nice when I can measure my time for road trips in months and not weeks and not rush as much.<br>
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Chuckled at the Jeep gang when I came out of the Quality Inn in Moab (it's cheaper than Comfort Inn) in the morning; this section of the parking lot was empty except for the Jeeps that parked next to me.<br>
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#JeepGangLife<br>
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Headed towards Coral Reef via Green River & Hanksville.<br>
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Coral Reef National Park<br>
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Back in ranching country.<br>
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Took the back way down a sparsely populated valley south of Antimony towards Bryce.
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Welcome to Bryce Canyon!<br>
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Red Canyon, on the way away from Bryce.<br>
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I drove through the outskirts of Zion a couple years ago, and could see it was beautiful. What was to come going through it though...would be stunning. It was late in the day; I didn't take the bus trip into the heart of the canyon (which is closed to private vehicles most of the year).<br>
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Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01903593561651852717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019163419659476784.post-5765337831294835242023-09-22T23:06:00.003-04:002023-09-22T23:06:42.310-04:00Road Trip 2023 Day 10Went down to check out the Needles District of Canyonlands, and the adjacent national forest. There is also part of Bears Ears National Monument just before you get to the national park.<br>
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Cool grove of trees just near Newspaper Rock.<br>
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Just past this area is beautiful ranch -- heck of an isolated location, gorgeous land.<br>
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Canyonlands sure knows how to make a campsite! There is also extensive BLM campgrounds just outside the park.<br>
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There is also a lot of both formal campgrounds and dispersed camping in the adjacent unit of Manti-LaSal, but most of this camping is up around 8,000' which is on the high side if you're not acclimated (and I really, really wouldn't recommend over 10,000 until you're acclimated!!!)<br>
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Headed down to Monticello.<br>
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Rain just hanging out over the LaSals by Moab.<br>
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Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01903593561651852717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019163419659476784.post-48995037060724467632023-09-22T22:43:00.001-04:002023-09-22T22:43:33.092-04:00Road Trip 2023 Day 9Saturday -- a very long day just around Moab :)<br>
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Dewey Bridge, heading up to Top of the World<br>
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Sigh...yes I just saw a Bronco go up.<br>
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Yes, my Jeep can do this.<br>
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Yes, I can do this.<br>
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Without a spotter? Eh...nope.<br>
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Still claiming the Badge of Honor, I did my best attempt :). It did cause me to decide that Poison Spider, Steel Bender, and Elephant Hill I really needed Eric or someone with me to spot :/ <br>
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Even reservation only, traffic backed up to get into Arches.<br>
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Sort of took a wrong turn heading to Canyonlands, ended up going over the Gemini Bridges road :) It was a good wrong turn.<br>
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Entering Canyonlands officially<br>
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Time for the Shafer Trail :) <br>
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Thelma & Louise Point<br>
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The blue colored water is evaporating ponds for a potash mine. They use a blue dye to accelerate solar evaporation.<br>
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Big Horn sheep!<br>
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And dummy me thought about it, but said "Nah I don't need to get my good camera out, what's the chance of seeing more?"<br>
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My brain still can't process this one...<br>
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Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01903593561651852717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019163419659476784.post-81827594562744416202023-09-22T22:23:00.002-04:002023-09-22T22:23:31.790-04:00Road Trip 2023 Day 8Friday the 1st; apparently I didn't do much looking at the Spot-X map and I had no photos :D<br>
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Thursday the 31st, after working the day in the hotel went up through Sand Flats recreation area.<br>
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Scoping out the Porcupine Ridge campground...for reasons didn't end up camping up there :(<br>
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Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01903593561651852717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019163419659476784.post-71387254311613696642023-09-22T21:50:00.001-04:002023-09-22T21:51:43.479-04:00Road Trip 2023 Day 6Mostly working from the hotel, but got out a bit in the afternoon and again in the evening after some evening changes for work.<br>
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So the iPhone seems to do well at night...<br>
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Until you get out the 15 year old Canon 50D...<br>
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These are just the JPG from the camera, I haven't developed the raw photos yet...
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Long exposure in moonlight...dang the camera makes it look like daytime!!!<br>
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Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01903593561651852717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019163419659476784.post-86163111222627564052023-09-22T21:41:00.002-04:002023-09-22T21:41:31.231-04:00Road Trip 2023 Day 5I...did nothing. Purely a work from the Hotel day; had evening changes too.<br>
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Welcome to Nebraska!<br>
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Second time on the trip I'm going through construction on the wrong side of the Interstate. The first time had Jersey barriers. This time would result in the first field repair of the trip -- me going 65mph one way, tractor trailers 65mph the other caused a lot of buffeting (?) air.<br>
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After the construction, had to zip-tie my fender. Weirdest Walmart I've been too, it looked like a cross between truck stop and Walmart.<br>
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The not so colorful part of Colorado...<br>
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Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01903593561651852717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019163419659476784.post-32198671100225323712023-09-22T21:06:00.001-04:002023-09-22T21:06:40.000-04:00Road Trip 2023 Day 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP7iM-k1uuAP5K75KunhbBePFWAbjSstUiQlI0-v6rqGbjLbS1a-h_a0Pp4-IdnBbgdgKE21Q4SHRs9MFE3mUIJMU8UaQZ6htDMkBVRMHKnuyy3VDn9GIyKnUsIjQS1oV1Di9cRClvUv-Ze_m4qvsRgNqag3xVHABy8v014kB42OwADLttgIP2Zjztf9zY/s1056/Screen%20Shot%202023-09-22%20at%209.05.02%20PM.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="600" data-original-height="536" data-original-width="1056" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP7iM-k1uuAP5K75KunhbBePFWAbjSstUiQlI0-v6rqGbjLbS1a-h_a0Pp4-IdnBbgdgKE21Q4SHRs9MFE3mUIJMU8UaQZ6htDMkBVRMHKnuyy3VDn9GIyKnUsIjQS1oV1Di9cRClvUv-Ze_m4qvsRgNqag3xVHABy8v014kB42OwADLttgIP2Zjztf9zY/s600/Screen%20Shot%202023-09-22%20at%209.05.02%20PM.png"/></a></div>
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Got on the road before daylight.<br>
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(a) The parking lot was full from an Indian wedding reception happening the night I pulled in;<br>
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(b) In the morning the lobby was full of workers and the lot full of white contractor trucks -- goodness they must've gotten in late and were ready to leave early!<br>
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Cuyahoga Valley National Park...let me claim right to put the sticker on my Jeep :D It's a political National Park -- Congress called it that, was originally a Recreation Area which fits it better.<br>
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Damn the sun was bright even behind me at that hour of the morning! Ohio Turnpike<br>
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Not sure if the pics captured it, was surprised in western Iowa how many fields where fairly small "terraces."<br>
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Didn't quite make it to Nebraska, but you could see it from the hotel room.<br>
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Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01903593561651852717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8019163419659476784.post-23264078673963693492023-09-22T20:59:00.001-04:002023-09-22T21:32:29.597-04:00Road Trip 2023 Day 4<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsaAz6906WS4it2zje85NzKuRmSSEYr8UCKVsTs6v09-q_76tYwCjtrG0aK6heq4ZetXZOu4Z-Kfm2XM1vjGGkQaMnxZ4N6n1cKvMOxpuEU12RCxEOat3KbjKuPRt7ya0g4AcvEiOco9UWC74Qh3ci5Oxve8h6ENhC4q4MVwn65dktTukhBny1Zu0LNDNk/s1061/Screen%20Shot%202023-09-22%20at%209.20.50%20PM.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="600" data-original-height="656" data-original-width="1061" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsaAz6906WS4it2zje85NzKuRmSSEYr8UCKVsTs6v09-q_76tYwCjtrG0aK6heq4ZetXZOu4Z-Kfm2XM1vjGGkQaMnxZ4N6n1cKvMOxpuEU12RCxEOat3KbjKuPRt7ya0g4AcvEiOco9UWC74Qh3ci5Oxve8h6ENhC4q4MVwn65dktTukhBny1Zu0LNDNk/s600/Screen%20Shot%202023-09-22%20at%209.20.50%20PM.png"/></a></div>
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Came in the "back back" way to Moab through Gateway, Colorado. Pretty area, but Route 128 is the more spectacular way.<br>
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Now south of Grand Junction, headed towards Gateway, Colorado.<br>
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Headed up into the Manti-LaSal National Forest from Gateway.<br>
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Coming through Castle Valley<br>
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Plenty of time, let's go check out Onion Creek before heading to the hotel...<br>
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So after Onion Creek, I took a right...met another Jeep coming out asking if I had been that way before and warning there was a really rough hill ahead they turned around at. I zoomed in on my map, "Rose Garden Hill"...oh...I remember hearing about that from Youtube...I don't think I should go that way. Rather than go out Onion Creek, I went to the left.<br>
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Which proved pretty rough despite starting out easy. Not super rough, and I didn't need 4wd for most of it, but rough. I did eventually come up to someone who was going much slower than me and dropped into 4wd low for a while just to not run them over :)<br>
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After they told me to pass them, I did wait about 10 minutes at the next critical intersection to make sure they'd make it out.<br>
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Couple days ago noticed the old barn at Ennis' fell down :( <br>
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Happy with the packing -- not interfering my vision out the rear. Can't see in the pics three grocery bag/totes on the rear seat with food and clothes, but I'm pretty sure (especially if I put the gas can outside) would all fit in the back. Gas can is just inside for now to reduce temptation for theft.<br>
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Drive by of the fair on my way out of town. Left my house at 8:07.<br>
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11:37 in Pennsylvania<br>
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Google Maps showed a big backup on I-81 in Scranton so I took Route 202 through Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area to I-80.<br>
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Got to my hotel room in Richfield, OH at 7:00pm.<br>
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It has a function hall that I think is hosting a wedding tonight, so the parking lot was packed! One of the farthest walks I've had to the front desk, though they had gotten me a room near the front desk at least.<br>
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