Hypothesis confirmed after driving 4,700 miles, visiting more than a dozen cities, and spending 71 days on the road.
I’ve finally arrived in Portland, having arrived last night after a brief stop for fantastic drinks from Jeff Morgenthaler in Eugene. This week I’ll be looking for apartments and jobs while getting back to regular, hopefully more substantive updates.
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I drove cross country in a week a few months ago. It was far, far too fast. Your route looks like more fun.
And you didn’t go to Salt Lake City!? I’ve always wanted to go there, I bet it’s really weird.
Here’s the route I took:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=524+13th+St+NE,+Washington,+DC+20002&daddr=I-295+S+%4037.612370,+-77.363830+to:I-75+S%2FI-85+S+%4033.751110,+-84.380960+to:Pontchartrain+Expy+E+to:I-10+W+%4030.427240,+-91.168860+to:I-37+S+%4027.824700,+-97.529070+to:32.731841,-103.161621+to:W+2nd+St%2FUS-380%2FUS-70+to:I-10+W+to:S+4th+Ave%2F8+to:Los+Angeles,+CA&hl=en&geocode=%3BFVLrPQIdioVj-w%3BFUYAAwId4HL4-g%3BFbbyyAEdeHih-g%3BFWhI0AEdpN-Q-g%3BFTySqAEdEtMv-g%3B%3BFUqO_QEdAHnE-Q%3BFXZL7AEdBN9z-Q%3BFVjb8gEdYvcq-Q%3B&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=6&sz=7&via=1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9&sll=33.358062,-105.183105&sspn=5.908076,11.645508&ie=UTF8&ll=35.101934,-97.250977&spn=23.072879,46.582031&z=5
That link’s not working for me. I would like to go to Salt Lake sometime; the drive through the Utah desert was stunning.
What, too good for Texas now? I knew it all along, vole!!
DWW