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Did I hear you say Colorado? This morning we got up at 7:30am bright and early, to make sure that we were on time at the airport to get our 12:15 flight to Rapid City SD. Our travels to the airport were very light, we got there with minimal traffic, parked our trusty Jeep at the ’express south’ parking spot, and made our way directly to the B10 gate where our flight was scheduled to take us to South Dakota. Read more...
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Halfway there It’s not trivial to determine you’re halfway on your journey when you don’t know exactly how far you’re traveling. That’s why we defined we would be halfway there when passing 96.207 degrees west (for the first time). This seemingly random value was found by taking the average of the longitudes of New York and Los Angeles (the two red markers on the map). The latitude is of no concern since our route isn’t a straight line from NY to LA (we would probably need a few more BHP and 4WD for such a route). Read more...
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Smurfs, Swamps and Space We are laying lazily in the grass at the Johnson Space Center in Houston Texas. Let me share with you how we got here. This morning we got up at around 7:45, had breakfast at the Comfort Inn at New Orleans int’l airport, filled up the car with gas, and headed west on 10. This is one helluva long straight road, one might argue a 100 mile bridge, because the whole thing is a 4 lane freeway on poles crossing a huge swamp. Read more...
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Far south, and the Blues This morning we got up all bright eyed and bushy tailed, ready to accept our adventurous destiny in Louisiana. We thought we should go see the Misisipi (sic) delta now that we were here so we punched it it just to find that it is a 90mi drive taking about 2 hours. A piece of cake for us! So we drove down to the southernmost point ot Louisiana. Read more...