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Monthly Archives: July 2014
Popeye and the great motorcycle escort
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After two nights in Saint Louis, it was time to move along. I left via the Poplar Street Bridge. This once again placed me for a brief time on an interstate – I-64 – that passes just south of the …
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The pause that refreshes – part 2
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Still ranting. I have a GPS rant, too. I cannot begin to list the frequency – particularly in Mississippi – but also in other areas in the south where I’ve had to listen to a warning about “unverified” or “undigitized” …
The pause that refreshes
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I arrived in Saint Louis Tuesday afternoon planning to use Wednesday as another day to relax, refresh, and reflect. Although it was a little short of halfway between Saint Paul and New Orleans – the two main cities bracketing the …
Three detours to St Louis
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Today was the day of detours and the information for the first detour came courtesy of a woman working in the convenience store of a BP station in Hannibal. Though I knew I had enough gas in my tank to …
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Mormons and Mark Twain
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Leaving Davenport, I encountered my first real brush with the flooded Mississippi. Though the the river was days past the crest and the water had receded, parts of River Drive were still closed. Davenport is the only one of the …
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