Category: USA Road Trip
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Day 5: Denver, CO to Salt Lake City, UT
December 31, 2013 Today was the final day of our road trip (and of the year)! Our journey took us through the rest of Colorado, across Wyoming, and finally into Utah. Surprisingly, I drove for most of the day. I haven’t had a lot of experience driving in the mountains so it was a new […]
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Day 4: Amarillo, TX to Denver, CO
December 30, 2013 We are in the mountains! Today we traveled from northern Texas through New Mexico and into Colorado. Tonight we are staying in Denver for the night. We’ve decided that tomorrow we will reach our destination: Salt Lake City! I’m excited to stop living a nomadic life and get to SLC, even though […]
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Day 3: Tyler, TX to Amarillo, TX
December 29, 2013 It seems everything really is bigger in Texas, especially the state! We did go through Oklahoma today, another first for us. The state total for the day was two: Oklahoma and Texas (again!). Welcome to Texas Total Miles for Day: 559 Total Miles for Trip: 1600 Trying the Texas Toothpicks We chose […]
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Day 2: Pensacola, FL to Tyler, TX
December 28, 2013 Today was our second day on the road. We hit 4 new states: Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas! In my opinion, Alabama and Mississippi look a lot like Florida– flat and marshy. Louisiana we had some change in terrain such as more elevation and different types of trees and less water. Total […]
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Day 1: St. Pete, FL to Pensacola, FL
December 27, 2013 Today was our first day of the road trip to Utah! In the end, it was decided that Katie was going to come with me for the trip as my copilot and traveling companion. We took off from St. Pete around 10:30am, a little later than was planned, so our […]