Leaving NY
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Missiles in Tucson, Cowboys in Tombstone, & Tarantulas Crossing the Road
I had a lot of plans for Tucson, but unfortunately, pretty much all of them fell through due to lack of time. For one thing, I was really looking forward to visiting the Titan Missile Museum, where you can tour the only remaining Cold War-era Titan 2 missile launch site in the country. You get…
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Route 66, A Town Called Nothing, & the Mysterious THING?!!!
We spent the night in Kingman, Arizona (contracting a thankfully brief bout of food poisoning at the local Crack Barrel), then continued along Historic Route 66 the next morning. When people think Road Trip, the first highway that comes to mind is invariably Route 66, and for good reason. Since it was established as a…
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Vegas, The Hoover Dam, and a Strange Little Town Called Chloride (Weirdest Cemetery in the US?)
Las Vegas wasn’t a stop on the roadtrip either of us were desperate to visit, but we really had no choice. There are only two or three highways that head south in Nevada, and all end up in Vegas, so it was a sensible place to spend the night. I’d post pictures, but they’re the…
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Utah & Nevada: Salt Lake City, A Cursed Hotel, A Haunted Ghost Town, and Car Trouble
I had three initial impressions after driving around downtown Salt Lake City: 1) it was very clean, 2) it was very quiet, and 3) there was construction everywhere. Seriously, every single turn brought us to another two or three buildings going up in the heart of downtown: Even old buildings were going through significant renovations:…