– Indianapolis, Indiana to Buffalo, New York – We tried to get up at 6am today. We really did. The alarm went off and everything. Unfortunately, since we were operating on a couple of nights of short sleep, we decided, after turning on the light and looking around, that it would be much better to…
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– Beggs, Oklahoma to Indianapolis, Indiana – Mark has a workshop in New Jersey next week, and about 2 months ago, he decided that he would prefer not to go alone, so Ripley and I agreed to tag along. Ripley didn’t have much choice in the matter, I suppose, but she is usually game for any…
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– Nashville, Tennessee to Denton, Texas – My poor baby. Today was a sad day for Ripley. We got up at 6am and went for a run at Nashville’s Shelby Bottoms Greenway. The park is phenomenal. It was a truly great run, and we all had a blast. Well, maybe not Mark, but he made…
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– Asheville, North Carolina to Nashville, Tennessee – Today, we visited the highest point in North Carolina, Mt. Mitchell. We’ve been to a few high points before, but it’s never been one of Mark’s favored collections, or at least, not while I’ve been around. Before Ripley and me, he visited a number of high points on…
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– Asheville, North Carolina to Laurel Falls – Today was our hiking day. We are staying in Asheville again tonight, so for today, we planned to drive out to the Dennis Cove Trailhead up near Hampton, Tennessee and hike a short section of the Appalachian Trail to Laurel Falls. Mark has visited before with his…
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– Memphis, Tennessee to Asheville, North Carolina – Today was a very long day. We ended up trying to do a bit more than we should’ve in a single day, and it kept us going from 6am until after 10pm. The time changed, too, which didn’t help. We got up and went for a run…
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– Denton, Texas to Memphis, Tennessee – As of today, we have visited 47 of the 59 US National Parks. We are visiting the last 3 parks in the continental US this summer: Smoky Mountains, Isle Royale, and Voyageurs. That will leave us with 9 parks in Hawaii, Alaska, the US Virgin Islands, and American Samoa. We’re…
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– Reykjanesbær, Iceland to Denton, Texas – I’m writing this one a few days late, so I can’t call it yesterday, because that just wouldn’t be true. I’d like to blame the jet lag, if that’s all right with everyone else. Yes. Jet lag made me postpone this one. I promise you didn’t miss a…
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– Grundarfjörður, Iceland to Reykjanesbær, Iceland – Today, since we thought we needed to hand in our car at 3pm, we were all prepared for a short day in Reykjavík after we drove back over to it from Grundarfjörður, and a long evening of getting to our hotel and hanging out until we need to be at the…
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– Grundarfjörður, Iceland to Hólmavík, Iceland to Grundarfjörður, Iceland – Today is what I would call an interesting day. Last night, we decided that we really needed to see the Arctic Ocean, so Mark drew a map that took us around the national park on the little peninsula we are on, then over to a small town on the…
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