And I remain perpetually one day behind on these updates from the road. The following is for 2010-09-07. One small consolation, I think this time lapse video came out better than most because of the continuous terrain and some constructive criticism by Syn74x.
After a long day on the road, I broke camp in the [...]

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Still running a day behind on these updates but here goes 2010-09-06… Escaped the Ramada Inn of Modesto by the skin of my teeth. It made the previously mentioned Best (Worst) Western look positively beaming by comparison. Remember the scene with the mattress from Four Rooms? It was so bad, I was compelled to [...]

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Just a quick update and dashboard camera for yesterday’s leg of the road trip, 2010-09-05. I’ve left the California coast and traveled inland in preparation for a long day of travel tomorrow over some large open areas. Rather than find myself hunting for lodgings at the end of the day with no data service [...]

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I’m determined to get caught up on these travel posts, but accommodations (or lack there of) and the quality of “high-speed” internet over every inch of the planet is conspiring against me. All that aside, here is my entry for 2010-09-04 of the trip.
Reinvigorated from my stay at the humble but surprisingly pleasant Quality [...]

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Yes, I didn’t even make it out of the state, but I have a really good reason. There was a significant detour I wanted to make (and I’m glad I did). Another delayed entry from the road (2010-09-03)
Morning found me fleeing the Worst Western of the previous night. Thankfully, the desk attendant did NOT ask [...]

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My apologies for the delayed posting. I spent Thursday night at a “Best Western”.  Obviously the term “best” has no legally binding connotations, and if it does, I can only imagine that the lawyers of said establishment have had plenty of legal font sized disclaimers to cover themselves from any obligation to even approach the [...]

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Though I already had a large selection of music and audiobooks loaded for the road trip, I got a little inspired while poking through my music collection and started building up a driving music playlist. Most of the songs have something to do with traveling, driving, geography and so forth or just have a [...]

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I left Seattle this morning to spend a few days with family out in Port Angeles before beginning the solo part of my road trip. I figured this would be a good point to test all the techie stuff as well as my vehicle’s performance loaded.
I had no issues with the latter except that I [...]

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I’ll be undertaking a cross country road trip from approximately September 1st till… however long it takes. The plan is for a leisurely drive linking together some random sites that interest me, modified on the way by practicality and whatever I stumble across.
I’ll be (temporarily) Google Latitude* active and, coverage allowing, posting micro-updates and pictures [...]

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I don’t do a lot of driving, but when I do it is often long trips to visit family or to remote locations for hiking or other outdoor activities.  Rural radio being the wasteland that it is, I absolutely must have some audio entertainment in the car whether it is audiobooks, music or podcasts. A [...]

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