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TripAdvisor says that there are 62 things to do in Galena, a tourist mecca. Numbers 1-61? Finding a parking spot.
son. He’ d bought a BMW F 700 GS and enough electronics to
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The night before we left,
Printable PDF here I’ d watched On The Road and listened to Dean Moriarty explain
BROUGHT TO YOU BY the nature of spontaneous road trips:“ We were leaving confusion and nonsense behind,
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We started early from our homes near Chicago. The ground fog formed a false horizon, above which floated a pale white oval. At first, I thought it was the setting moon, spreading the way the sun does, puddling like candle wax. On approach, the disc became a water tower perched like a golf ball on a tee, the name of a town emblazoned on its side. Nothing says prairie like a water tower. For the next two days, these water towers acted as old-school road maps, announcing the towns along the way.
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