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Day 13 finds us in Ingram, TX. A coworker of mine, Joyce, lives in the area (and in Texas, that means within a 90-minute drive), and we had been talking about having her drive out and meet us and bring us some BBQ from her favorite place near where
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Day 14 finds us heading from the Black Gap Wildlife Management area toward Ingram and the Hill Country Arts Foundation where we will be spending the next several days viewing the eclipse from. We did not set an alarm so we managed to sleep in quite late, and it was
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After driving through Big Bend National Park in the dark the evening before, it was wonderful to go through the park in the daylight. This park is massive. We decided to drive along the scenic road that is 30 miles out to the Rio Grande and 30 miles back to
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Day 12 sees us leaving the BLM campground that we stayed at and driving about 23 miles to Carlsbad Caverns National Park. We had tickets for the 8:30 entrance, so we were out of the campsite before I even had a chance to make our coffee. Fortunately, we are
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Day 11 found us actually traveling only a short distance. We woke up in the morning at the Texas Safety rest area, where we had stopped the night before because the campground we had booked was on the other side of the park, and there wasn't a road
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Day 10 was a big big day of driving. We had a nice, slow, and lazy breakfast with Mom, Sue, and Peter (Sophie is a sleeper) and did some visiting before saying good buys and hitting the road for destinations to the east. We decided that we wanted to do
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Sunday, and what a nice way to spend the day - we spent most of the day just hanging out and bullshitting with Mom, Sue, Peter, and Sophie. It was nice to catch up and share our stories without pressure to be anywhere or do anything special. Peter is doing well.
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Yesterday was an absolutely brilliant day - we woke up in our campsite on the north side of the Colorado River to a glorious sunrise. We made ourselves some coffee and then headed out. With the ultimate destination being Jack and Jays' place in Flagstaff. On the way out, we
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Our sixth day on the trip was visiting Zion National Park. We got out of bed early and hit the road from our campsite on the North Creek outside of Pocketvill UT, and headed towards Zion. The previous day, while we were visiting Kolob Canyon, the manager mentioned that by
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We spent Wednesday driving from the Vernon Reservoir to Kolob Canyon, which is part of Zion National Park The drive was uneventful. We stopped in Delta to fuel up and wash all of the mud off of the rig, before continuing to head south. The drive was fantastic, with wide-
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Day 4 of our road trip saw us traveling from the City of Rocks National Reserve and then over to Garland, Utah to see my Uncle Dan and Aunt Linda weatbrook - where we had a very pleasant visit. The weather on the way there was very gray, stormy, and rainy.
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Today was a good day. Catherine wanted to finish some work today, so Patrick and I headed into Boise and he gave me a wonderful tour of the town. We started at the old Union Pacific depot, which has been lovingly restored. The docent that tended to us was full