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Winter Weekend Beach Adventure
A bunch of us went to the beach this weekend, because we live in SoCal and we can. Great times with some good company! Of course, Rachel was one of the few who went all the way into the water—child’s play for a girl who goes swimming in the ocean during Maryland’s winter. It took those of…
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Here’s My January
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Muddy Streets
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The Stunning Conclusion
Somehow this ending already got spoiled (must have been those voracious online fan communities), but almost two weeks ago we made it to California. Here are the pics of the final terrain change, where we begin seeing cacti and palm trees in earnest. Heading into the valley we had a twelve-mile unbroken downhill coast.
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Finally, the Grand Canyon
After we arrived in Loma Linda it took about a week to get internet access, and the house is finally in enough of an orderly state that I feel okay about taking time to sort through and upload pictures. The Grand Canyon is pretty spectacular. Of course, everybody knows that, and we’ve all seen pictures,…
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Highlights from Crossing the Southwest
On Friday we left Texas and crossed all of New Mexico to end up in Flagstaff, Arizona. We weren’t as efficient as on some of the other days as we made a number of stops. Perhaps unsurprisingly, it ended up one of the better traveling days despite the extra hours on the road. I filled…
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Smoky Mountains
Took these pictures of the Smoky Mountains while leaving Tennessee en route to Arkansas. Call it a wild guess, but I’m saying that fog like this is how they got their name.
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Chattanooga Sunset
This is the last batch of pictures from Chattanooga. I was a little trigger-happy with the camera, okay? The sky provided us with a “woah, blue rainbow” experience. I’m guessing the river had something to do with the cloud-free swath of sky.
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