Archive for June, 2004
Thursday, June 24th, 2004
Crookston, MN
2515 miles Looking forward to getting data again on my phone. I had no reason to think there would be coverage in Crookston but when there was so much data coverage on the way I started assuming. Even more surprising is the lack of coverage in Fargo and Grand Forks, reasonable enough sized cities. Hey, [...]
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Wednesday, June 23rd, 2004
Crookston, MN
2452 miles There is a frost advisory on for tonight. It’s almost July! July! But pleasant and mosquito infested is a step up from humid and mosquito infested.
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Tuesday, June 22nd, 2004
Rothsay, MN – Passing By
2298 miles Rothsay is home to the world’s largest prarie chicken.
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Tuesday, June 22nd, 2004
St Cloud, MN – Enterprise Rent a Car
2169 miles Dropped Cass off for her independent leg of the trip. She’s set up in a sporty little Suzuki Aerio. I wonder for how many months I’ll be hearing about how she wants another car :) On the way out of town I was listening to another favorite AM staple, the Clark Howard Show. [...]
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Monday, June 21st, 2004
Eden Prarie, MN – Applebees
1974 miles Rock solid data and phone coverage for the last 1000 miles. IM’d from a field in the middle of Oklahoma. Quartzed from the Kansas Turnpike. Where do I lose all data and phone coverage completely? In a restaurant in one of the largest metropolitan areas in the country.
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Sunday, June 20th, 2004
Edina, MN – Centennial Lakes Park
1888 miles A lackluster Father’s Day was saved by an idyllic park in Edina. It was wedged behind a mall that we went to Chuck E Cheese in. Chuck E Cheese is an impressive time and money sink that combines the culinary mediocrity of McDonalds with the sounds of a flock of geese barreling through [...]
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Saturday, June 19th, 2004
Albert Lea, MN – Trail’s Restaurant
1713 miles Mmmm, finally. Wonderdul, bland, stone’s throw from water Minnesota coffee, just like I like it.
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Saturday, June 19th, 2004
Northern IA – Top of Iowa Welcome Center Rest Area
1697 miles Took our longest break of the trip, for four hours of sleep at night. I crashed in the back while Cass reclined in the passenger seat. Woke up and drove a little but my eyes laughed at me. Dry and unresponsive, they told me to pull over and get more rest. So another [...]
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Friday, June 18th, 2004
Emporia, KA – Arby’s
1258 miles You know it’s a long road trip when you’re excited about almost being done with 430 miles left.
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Friday, June 18th, 2004
Kansas Turnpike, Rest Stop
1195 miles Made my first mis-navigation on a road trip in quite a while. Unfortunately it was onto a turnpike which takes a while to get off of. I actually enjoy straying from the interstate now and again as time permits, and this was an okay detour. It got a little longer than I would [...]