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Got to the park and ride (UofM) between 8:15 and 8:30. Maroon lot was only about half full. Bus isn’t crowded, and lines for security were non existent. If you have a phone charging power bank, it will set off the detectors, but they’re wise to that and asking people if they have one. So…
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Background Gorecki’s 3rd Symphony – The Symphony of Sorrowful Song, was performed in San Francisco on June 21st. This is the symphony I’ve listened to through Ketamine Therapy for years, and the perfect music for a rainy day. I have heard it streaming so very many times, but never live. My theory is that it…
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Thursday To Duluth At a quarter to seven on August 20th. I set the trip meter and headed north to the Gunflint Trail. It’s a near legendary Minnesota highway connecting the Superior coast to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area – BWCA for short. By the time I left it was a balmy 68 degrees, so…
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We now interrupt your irregularly scheduled travelogue for a quick side quest. I recently (yesterday) went on a trip up the Gunflint trail, so… My voice recorder crapped out, so I had to write it up super quick while I remembered it.
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Got to my favorite hotel on the planet, checked in, got a great parking spot. A weekend in the summer in any large city means crowds and few parking spots. So I left the can in the hotel spot for the weekend. A bummer because I love driving in San Francisco. Went to my room,…
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Having just crossed another state line, with a side quest to see the Donner location, I am finally entering California. The goal. I’ve spent five days crossing over half the country getting here as fast as possible, blowing past some interesting sights. I’ll come back to those some day. The landscape is instantly shifting into…
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Just north of Truckee California you can find the Donner Camp Picnic Ground. Yes, that’s right. A sort of memorial to those who starved, where you can eat. It’s just past the border into California from Nevada. My intent was to go there for lunch, ideally with some sort of rib meal. The McDonalds…
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In the past I posted every day, so every date had a page. When I was doing it live that was fine. But with the delays I’ve created, that doesn’t quite work. So it was breaking it up into states. Which is fine if you’re glancing off Wyoming for half a day. But I just…
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Welcome to Nevada The hills are a little bit sharper or more defined and the trees or bushes are tall fir trees. So, it’s almost forest-like but not quite. It’s still hills. The landscape changes completely. Instantly, it feels like. More mountains, different colors. Or maybe it’s just the time change playing tricks on my…
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Beauty of the desert Beyond my original destination, a large part of this trip is about beauty. That can be in the shape of a classic that old Volkswagen Microbus or the vastness of the loneliness and the searing heat. Finding the beauty in the desert is less about getting used to it or having…
