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ESP San Sebastián – Lodging
9/15/22-10/15/22 Our flat is on a charming narrow street, with 100-year old balconied buildings that have residential flats upstairs and businesses (mostly bars and restaurants) on the ground level. In the U.S. real-estate world they would call this “mixed use development.” Ours is a cobblestoned walk-street that is only about 10 yards wide. The restaurants…
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ESP Madrid – Dos Dias
Sept 13 to Sept 14 – CA-Madrid (via Zurich), – Kelly The good news about our flight was that we didn’t have to wear masks. The bad news was that we were (a) in coach, and (b) connecting in Zurich which added an extra four hours of “coach discomfort” to our trip. The highlight of…
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ESP Kel’s Comments – Packing
Sept 1 to Sept 12, 2022 – Southern California – Kelly We spent a couple of weeks in SoCal, visiting relatives, taking care of last minute admin stuff, and acclimating the dog to his new digs. Really, the main activity of this time was the challenge of paring my stuff down from two suitcases to…
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xcountry – Jim’s 2 cents – Final 1/3
It was a relief to finally get past dull Kansas and into scenic Colorado for the last third of our cross-country trek. (Sorry, Kansas, but if you want us to give you another shot, you gotta up your game. Why Dorothy ever clicked her ruby slippers together to get home to Kansas is beyond me.)…
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xcountry – Day 12
2022 Aug 26 – Laughlin, NV to San Clemente, CA – Kelly State Count – 14 Woke up. Drove. Made it.
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xcountry – Day 11
2022 Aug 25 – Cameron, AZ to Laughlin NV – Kelly State Count – 13 From here on in, it’s just one sprint to the coast! We did stopover in Flagstaff, AZ for a few hours. We enjoyed a nice leisurely loop-hike up in Buffalo Park. Gorgeous! From there we hopped over to a quick…
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xcountry – Day 10
2022 Aug 24 – Zion, UT to Cameron, AZ (near the east entrance to the Grand Canyon) – Kelly State Count – 12 After a long drive, we pulled into our Native American run hotel which was named for the Cameron Trading Post built on this river crossing way back when and used by pioneers…
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xcountry – Day 9
2022 Aug 23 – Moab, UT to Zion, UT – Kelly State Count – still 11 Sometimes (but less than you’d think) our lack of pre-planning bites us. Take today, for instance. We skipped Bryce Canyon and went to Zion National Park where we discovered that not only are dogs not allowed outside of cars…
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xcountry – Day 8
2022 Aug 22 – Denver, CO to Moab, UT – Kelly State Count – 11 A five hour drive brought us to our hotel in Moab where we checked in and headed right back out to Arches National Park with a picnic dinner and the dog. Since we were limited to just driving (dogs are…
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xcountry – Kel’s Comments – Podcast Assist
We started listening to a true-crime whodunnit podcast as we left Virginia. It was from 2017 and had a bunch of episodes. Turns out, it became as much a part of our journey as Pasha was! Jumping into the car for a four- or six- hour stint was less daunting since we were eager to…
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