Road Trip!
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Heading West Through Kansas City (Roadtrip Day 04)
I’ll come clean: I’m really embarrassed to admit that, prior to arriving this morning, I thought Kansas City was in Kansas, when in fact it’s in Missouri. Hence, my celebrations at finally reaching Kansas turned out to be a bit premature (thanks to commenters below, I’ve now learned that Kansas City actually exists in both…
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The Arch, Ghosts, & Nuclear Waste – Traveling Across Missouri (Roadtrip Day 03 Cont’d)
We cruised into St. Louis in the late morning. At this point, US-50 has merged with the Interstate. We only had a few hours to spend, so of course, the first matter of business was to see the Arch. We were about to Google Map it on my iPhone when we realized it actually wasn’t…
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Small Towns Across Illinois (Roadtrip Day 03)
For most of the journey from Salem, Illinois, to St. Louis, this was the view out the window: Literally, endless, endless fields. Most of the towns we passed through were little more than a collection of houses, a commercial business or two, and then more fields. As we came to Carlyle, Illinois (known for its…
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Following The Ohio River (Roadtrip Day 2 Cont’d)
After swinging through Aurora, we decided to take a detour from US-50 and follow Rt-56, which winds along the Ohio River. Route-56 is a beautiful drive, with amazing views of the Ohio River (and Kentucky beyond): Below, the path we took: Often, the view of the river would be replaced by cornfields… It was on…