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Day Eleven: Austin, TX to Las Cruces, NM

Man, we had a DAY today! We let ourselves sleep in a bit as we’d stayed up hella late last night hanging out with our host (another ScoreHero dude), then hit a Jiffy Lube before getting rolling. See, the car … Continue reading

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Day Nine: Centerville, OH to Laurel, MS 766 mi.

Woo. After crashing for a night with the guy from ScoreHero, we made it successfully down to Mississippi. We’re going to have lunch in New Orleans tomorrow, so we drove as far South as we could, and then found an … Continue reading

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Day … um. Eight? Philly, PA to Centerville, OH

Man. I’m getting slack about updating, largely because there isn’t a lot to tell. Yesterday we drove all over the place – Lafayette, NJ to Wilmington, DE; then to North Brunswick; NJ, then to Philly. In Wilmington we saw my … Continue reading

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Day Five: NEW YORK! 124 mi

OMG WE WENT TO A DAILY SHOW TAPING AND AL GORE WAS THE GUEST! IT WAS FREAKIN AWESOME! Also, saw Times Square, survived driving in the city, and verified that I am NOT an urban dweller at heart. Gah. I … Continue reading

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Day Four: Aurora, OH to Lafayette, NJ. 413 mi.

Still not dead. Staying in a trailer in the driveway of my aunt and uncle, who are cool. As I type this, I am in the trailer using their wireless internet to update and upload photos, chatting with Twon and … Continue reading

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Day Three: Winona, MN to Aurora, OH. 682 mi.

Still not dead. Very tired, no real time for a proper update. ETA: no photos today. Newsflash: Plains states are dulllllll.

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Day Two: Keystone, SD to Winona, MN 669 mi.

I’m writing this on my laptop in the car as the sun is setting and we are speeding past apparently endless fields. Some of the fields are crops, some are grass for cows or sheep. We’ve been busy today, and … Continue reading

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Day One: Salina UT to Keystone, SD 843mi

I’m writing this in Notepad because our hotel (Econolodge in Keystone, SD) doesn’t have a real internet connection (I can get to livejournal and google, but not ealasaid.com or twitter. WTF). I’ll post it tomorrow as soon as I find … Continue reading

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Day Zero: Placerville, CA – Salina, UT 630 mi

Yesterday we drove from our place in Santa Clara to a friend’s place in Placerville, CA (196 mi), which took about 3 hours. Today we drove on US-50 from there to Salina UT (630 mi), which took about 12 hours. … Continue reading

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Heading out!

…and they’re off! We’re heading out on our honeymoon as soon as we pick up the rental car. Wooooo! Placerville, CA tonight, then tomorrow off on our first long day of driving. Watch this space for updates! And if you … Continue reading

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