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Love on Hwy 40

Here’s a roadtrip game for you. Count the number of Love’s road stops along Hwy 40. They are everywhere. And that’s a good thing. They have very clean bathrooms, a large selection of snacks and drinks, souvenirs, a surprisingly handy set of road-critical items (flashlights, gps, lumbar cushions, etc), and usually [...]

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Bible Belt

Hey, didn’t we pass that church earlier? Nope, that’s a different one. How about that one? I know we already passed that one. Nope, that’s a different church too. Let me save you some trouble. You’re going to see a lot of churches in this part of the country. The [...]

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Wide Open Spaces

Texas is big. Really big. 695,673 sq km (268601 sq.mi) big. You could fit almost 17 Netherlandseses [sic] in the state of Texas. Lucky for us, we’re just driving across the top panhandle. And luckily we’re driving the 40 instead of the 10 or 20. It is a much [...]

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Eastward Ho!

P and I begin the toughest part of our roadtrip. From Albquerque, New Mexico through Memphis, Tennessee. Don’t get me wrong, people do that drive all the time. I’m just saying it isn’t the most restful part of our trip because it’s a lot of driving, crashing at a spot for just [...]

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US Route 66

Immortalized in literature and song, US Route 66 ran from\Chicago, Illinois, through Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, before ending in Los Angeles, California. Also known by “The Main Street of America” or “The Mother Road,” Route 66 was favored as a truck route because it was mostly flat and the route that [...]

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