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March 18, 2015
Route 66: Notes From the Mother Road
This entry is part 11 of 12 in the seriesGDB & Route 66I’m behind inupdating the actual travelogue for a number of reasons, not least of which is the photo-intensity of this trip, making backups and postings at typical hotel/motel speeds fairly draggy. While many old roadside motels are wonderful … Continue reading
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March 16, 2015
Route 66: Arizona, part 1
This entry is part 10 of 10 in the seriesGDB & Route 66Remember, I’m reportingRoute 66 from west to east, which is atypical. (I even found one guide which said running Route 66 from LA to Chicago was “historically wrong.”Like the whole highway was just a 2,400-mile one-way road.) So … Continue reading
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March 15, 2015
The March Madness CIR Blog Hop
During breeding season, it was said, hares were bolder and more active than at other times of the year. Hence the phrase “mad as a March hare,” or “March mad,” and finally “March madness,” a phrase which has been appropriated to refer to basketball tournaments. As European hares have a … Continue reading
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March 12, 2015
Route 66: Amboy and Roy’s Cafe
This entry is part 9 of 9 in the seriesGDB & Route 66Though I’ve written about Route 66 in California before, I’ve decided to give Amboy, California and Roy’s their own post. Then When I did this trip with my parents and sister in ’98, we came west through the … Continue reading
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March 11, 2015
Route 66: California
This entry is part 8 of 9 in the seriesGDB & Route 66Here’s a bit of Route 66 background, if you’re coming in late. If you’re all caught up, start the journey below! TheDrive My plan was to drop Mindy at Guide Dogs for the Blind and then take Route … Continue reading
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Route 66: The Mother Road, The Road of Dreams
This entry is part 7 of 9 in the seriesGDB & Route 66Route 66 was the first transcontinental highway, opened in 1926. Depending on the year and route you chose to travel, it was somewhere between 2,200 and 2,500 miles to run from Chicago to Los Angeles. It became (in)famous … Continue reading
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March 10, 2015
Highway 1 and Elephant Seals
This entry is part of 6 in the seriesGDB & Route 66I picked up my husband at theSan Jose airport, and we headed south. And because this trip is about the journey, not about getting there — wherever “there” is — in a hurry, we of course took Highway 1. … Continue reading
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March 7, 2015
Art of the Ukiyo, the Floating World
This entry is part 5 of 5 in the seriesGDB & Route 66Living only for the moment, turning our full attention to the pleasures of the moon, the snow, the cherry blossoms, and the maple leaves; singing songs, drinking wine, diverting ourselves in just floating, floating… refusing to be disheartened, … Continue reading
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Hiking the Redwoods
This entry is part 4 of 5 in the seriesGDB & Route 66In an attempt to distract myself after returning Mindy, I used the next day to go over traininghomework and then I took myself hiking. And I made sure to find some sequoias, because we don’t have those at … Continue reading
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March 3, 2015
Goodbye to Mindy
This entry is part 3 of 3 in the seriesGDB & Route 66Today was the day. I delivered Mindy to Guide Dogs for the Blind. Mindy had done several kennel stays locally in the last two months, where I paid for extra playtime and stuffed Kongs and all the good … Continue reading
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