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On the road - from New York to San Francisco.

Trip Itinerary (Travel Blog Entries)
1
New York Mar 20 '06 We've arrived
2
Middletown Mar 25 '06 On the road
"Let loose on America's roads"
3
Philadelphia Mar 26 '06 Home of the Liberty Bell
4
District of Columbia Mar 27 '06 The White House and all that
5
Strasburg Mar 30 '06 Civil War country
"Views as far as the eye can see"
6
Luray Mar 31 '06 Stalactites and stalagmites
"Spot deer and a chipmunk"
7
Waynesboro Apr 01 '06 Heading for the Blue Ridge Mountains
"Buy some syrup from an icecream-eating redneck"
8
Natural Bridge Apr 02 '06 A natural wonder
"Higher than Niagara Falls"
9
Spruce Pine Apr 05 '06 Mining for gems
"Emeralds, aquamarine, amethysts, topaz, garnets and rose quartz"
10
Pigeon Forge Apr 07 '06 Hello Dolly
"Some good old-fashion Smoky Mountains attractions"
11
Dahlonega Apr 08 '06 There's gold in them there hills
"We find six tiny nuggets"
12
Atlanta Apr 10 '06 Having a Coke - or 40
13
Lynchburg Apr 12 '06 Good old Jack
"A bottle of the rare original recipe stuff"
14
Nashville Apr 13 '06 Yee-ha - the home of the country music business
"Along the Tina Turner Highway"
15
Memphis Apr 15 '06 We're going to Graceland
16
Clarksdale Apr 16 '06 Home of the Delta Blues
"Sold his soul to the devil"
17
New Orleans Apr 18 '06 Feeling hot, hot, hot
"Shiny beads scattered everywhere"
18
Lafayette Apr 19 '06 Alligators - to see and eat
"See three alligators in the wild"
19
Houston Apr 20 '06 A city underground
"A city lacking a soul"
20
San Antonio Apr 22 '06 Fiesta time
"A fun and friendly city with a great atmosphere"
21
Austin Apr 26 '06 Just batty
22
Dallas Apr 27 '06 Itchy and scratchy
23
Fort Worth Apr 29 '06 Cowboy country
"Stockyards district is really good fun"
24
Murfreesboro Apr 30 '06 A girl's best friend
25
Oklahoma City May 01 '06 Oh dear Oklahoma
"A random piece of rough ground where 20 painted buffalo graze"
26
Elk City May 01 '06 On Route 66
"Buy a map and head out with 'Get Your Kicks On Route 66' playing on the stereo"
27
Amarillo May 03 '06 Canyons and Cadillacs
"Ten graffitied cars stuck in a field"
28
Capulin May 04 '06 Trek to the crater
29
Taos May 05 '06 Native American life
"Go white-water rafting on the Rio Grande"
30
Santa Fe May 07 '06 Oldest trio
"Chilling out with Daffy Duck"
31
Los Alamos May 08 '06 Beautiful scenery and not-so-beautiful labs
"The birthplace of the atomic bomb"
32
Albuquerque May 09 '06 New city, Old Town
"Drive into Albuquerque in a sand storm"
33
Roswell May 11 '06 Extra-terrestrial fun
34
Carlsbad May 13 '06 Journey to the centre of the earth
"Got to put our new camera and tripod really to the test"
35
Marfa May 14 '06 Out of this world
"Catch a glimpse of Saturn and Jupiter"
36
Big Bend National Park May 15 '06 Sun, sand and Santa Elena
"Feel so small standing at the water's edge with the vast canyon walls towering above"
37
Tombstone May 16 '06 Wyatt Earp and all that
"Just like out of a Wild West movie"
38
Tucson May 17 '06 The Wild, Wild West
39
Phoenix May 18 '06 Phoenix nights
"Hot, hot, hot"
40
Sedona May 19 '06 Red hot
"Red rock formations and fanatastic summery weather"
41
Flagstaff May 20 '06 Planets and meteors
"Where prehistoric trees have turned to stone"
42
Chinle May 21 '06 Another White House
"Gorgeous at sunset"
43
Mesa Verde National Park May 22 '06 A true treasure
"Some impressive views"
44
Kayenta May 23 '06 Mittens and more
"A taste of Utah"
45
Page May 24 '06 Colourful antelope
"Reds and oranges and the narrow canyon walls almost look like strokes from a paint brush"
46
Grand Canyon National Park May 25 '06 A Grand occasion
"The challenge was set"
47
Hoover Dam May 27 '06 Dam it!
48
Las Vegas May 27 '06 Viva Las Vegas
"A taste of the action"
49
Rachel May 28 '06 Is there anyone out there?
50
Bodie May 30 '06 Ghostly ghost town
51
Lee Vining May 30 '06 Mono in stereo
52
Sonora May 31 '06 Gateway to Yosemite
53
Yosemite National Park Jun 01 '06 Wet and wild
54
Sequoia National Park Jun 02 '06 Meeting the General
"Largest living thing in the world"
55
Death Valley Jun 03 '06 Hot stuff
"Drove across the valley"
56
Lake Havasu City Jun 04 '06 A little slice of England
"Playboy's city on the lake"
57
Joshua Tree Jun 07 '06 U2 stayed here you know
"Take a drive through this strange world"
58
Los Angeles Jun 08 '06 The city of angels
"A strange experience"
59
Santa Cruz Jun 09 '06 It's a mystery
60
San Francisco Jun 10 '06 Golden days
"Hippies young and old"
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