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soon to come 11,000 mile trip. AK to TX completed...pics!!!

Old Jun 7, 2007 | 03:23 AM
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Is it a state law in Montana that you wear that cowboy hat on your dashboard?? Thanks for keeping us up to date on your journey.
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And yes, updates!
Old Jun 7, 2007 | 04:16 AM
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LOL, naw, i just through it there for the moment. my wife wears heres almost all the time, i wear mine now and again. Ill keep yall posted!!
Old Jun 7, 2007 | 07:38 PM
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I thought driving from Atlanta to Los Angeles was a road trip. Seems I was mistaken.
Old Jun 24, 2007 | 06:37 AM
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we just got the net running at our new house...the trip ended up at 11,000 miles. The Credit union sut down my credit car 3/4s the way through the trip, so me and the wife pulled money out of out butts for the rest and bairly made it pulling out a 400 mile tank in the last miles, was pretty crazy, ill have pics up later.
Old Jun 24, 2007 | 12:50 PM
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good to see your safe (married) and back to where you started

congrats...

too bad I couldnt have bought you lunch
Old Jun 24, 2007 | 09:03 PM
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would have been nice, but time wasnt on our side it seemed. we got back into anchorage on the last day of leave at 8 pm. turned to be a stressful trip the last 42 hrs and some long driving hours,lol. We had to stop at a walmart in canada nd slept in my car......that was a bad thing, it was packed!!! crapy sleep, but o well. pics in a bit!!!
Old Jun 24, 2007 | 09:06 PM
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I drove from fairbanks AK to miami fl, and back.. I made it back in 5 days... 20 hrs a day on the road, I would just pull over when I was seeing double, pass out, wake up an hour later and continue, etc.,. Sleeping in a packed car SUCKS!! I feel you on this one..
Old Jun 24, 2007 | 09:28 PM
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P.S.
It was a 90 Civic I did the trip in... ughh
Old Jun 24, 2007 | 09:32 PM
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thats a haul to!!! after a drive like that...you never want to do it again...but i will for the scion expo 08 next year, this year was a ball!!!
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Old Jun 24, 2007 | 09:35 PM
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oh ya, if anyonw wants a the original pics, i got them in the original resolution...huge desktop stuff, lol. I also got a new camera i took these pics, i wasnt using my old 1.2 megapixle camera, OUCH!!
Old Jun 24, 2007 | 10:12 PM
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beautiful scenery..thanks for sharing
Old Jun 24, 2007 | 10:54 PM
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this years drive was much better with weather, last year it rained almost the whole way, this year we had great weather!! hopefully next years 11,000 mile trip will work out as good.......and ill be sure to carry cash!!
Old Jun 25, 2007 | 02:25 AM
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Congrats on braking 100k ahh i remember doing 100k in my old corolla still have it and have 135 now lol
Old Jun 25, 2007 | 07:12 AM
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Thanks for the update---best wishes going forward--and some really awesome pics!!!
Old Jun 27, 2007 | 12:21 PM
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Awesome trip, awesome pix. If you do this again, you should consider blogging for one of the auto mags -- bet they'd buy your story.
Old Jun 27, 2007 | 06:35 PM
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ok, graet pics but i'm lost, what happened to the lights, and howd u take that picture that looked like it was from a semi truck? and how'd u take reflection one in the wheel? probably obvious, but i'm lost lol
Old Jun 28, 2007 | 06:26 AM
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to the lights?? my brush guard, i took it off.

I got a new camera, and while on the road we decided to test it, so while driving next to a 18 wheeler we zoomed in on the side mirrors, same for the rims.
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