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DAY SEVENTEEN- SAN FRANCISCO, CA TO HOME
Good morning from our final day on the road and this crazy road trip. The last few times I stayed in San Francisco, I stayed at the Hilton in Union Square. It’s really nice. But last night I decided to change it up. I kind of have a thing for their Curio hotels. It started…
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DAY SIXTEEN – SACRAMENTO, CA TO SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Last night we stayed at a Comfort Inn right outside Sacramento, across the street from the hospital in an area actually called Medi Park. What I’ve come to learn is that if you’re going to travel through real towns, you can’t always be a Hilton person… even though I absolutely am. Sometimes you have to…
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DAY TWELVE – GREEN RIVER, WY TO TOELLE, UT
So, plot twist! Last night we were all set to stay at Little America… you know, the place with the penguin. I’d booked it way back in October, and then in February, out of nowhere, I get a message saying my booking’s canceled. Turns out, they’re tearing the whole place down and rebuilding it —…
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DAY EIGHT- OMAHA
I just don’t even know where to begin today… After a really quick breakfast at Louie M’s Burger Lust, a really cool little diner, we headed straight to the Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium for the 9:00 am opening. Henry Doorly is nationally ranked as the best zoo in America… people think the San Diego…
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DAY SIX – JOLIET, IL TO LOWDEN, IA
FIrst thing this morning, we passed through Plainfield, where the Lincoln Highway and the later alignment of Route 66 actually share the same three blocks. Two of America’s most iconic roads overlapping for just a moment… it’s small, but it feels like a little wink from history. Indiana has this whole series of thirteen Lincoln…
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DAY FIVE – FORT WAYNE, IN TO JOLIET, IL
Last night was spent at The Bradley designed by Barbara Bradley Baekgaard … pause and think of where you know that name from … co-founder of Vera Bradley. The Bradley feels like someone took Midwestern charm, shook off the dust, and gave it a modern glow‑up. It’s right in the middle of downtown, and the…
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DAY THREE – MANN’S CHOICE, PA TO HANOVERTON, OH
Last night’s stay at the Lincoln Motor Court could not have been better… with the exception of Hunter’s snoring. I’d read an article months ago, back when this trip was just a spark, about the last remaining motor court on the Lincoln Highway, and I knew immediately that I wanted to stay at this place,…
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DAY ONE – TIMES SQUARE TO LANCASTER, PA
I beat my 4:30 alarm by 20 minutes this morning … Up and at ’em, we made it into Times Square at the crack of dawn. But… how do we park and take that all-important photo at the Eastern Terminus of the Lincoln Highway? Easy: you rope in Hunter’s dad. He comes along for the…
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Turtle Back Zoo
Wanting a new place for Hunter to explore, I pulled up the map on my phone, typed “zoo” in the search bar, and started zooming and dragging until something popped up. After battling to get off of Long Island and into New Jersey, we finally arrived at the Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange, where…
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PCH – Day Fifteen – San Diego Zoo
We have arrived at the Mother Ship! The San Diego Zoo! I have a ridiculous amount of pictures that I’ll post — of animals, some of Hunter, and some of Hunter with animals… As soon as we got there, we took a 30-minute double-decker bus tour of the zoo. Getting a feel for the zoo…
