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Jon on December 24th, 2010

Tweet “Life is a bridge. Cross over it, but build no house on it.” Indian Proverb Today I have posted a picture of a covered bridge in the snow to help get you in the Christmas Spirit. I also found a most appropriate quote to accompany the photo. When Christ came into this world on [...]

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Jon on December 17th, 2010

Tweet In today’s modern world it seems we are now coming full circle and realizing the value of trains more and more. Trains are currently the only viable option for transporting vast amounts of cargo inland in one movement. While there are a few select planes that can handle large cargo, most notable are some [...]

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Jon on August 20th, 2010

Tweet Today we drove down along the Mexican border, and while we did not make any stops along the border due to my sister’s concerns of being attacked or something. While the fears are justified to an extent, it does seem that the US side of the border is fairly safe. However, one does have [...]

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Jon on August 18th, 2010

Tweet After reaching the outskirts of Dallas on the previous night, and having trouble getting a hotel to come down under a $100 or so on a rate for basically half a night, and finding the Motel 6 full we checked in to a lower end hotel. Unfortunately, the place was in shambles, and the [...]

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Jon on August 14th, 2010

Tweet Yesterday we made up quite a bit of distance going through more than half of Tennessee and all of Arkansas to outskirts of Dallas Texas, which we reached in the wee hours of the morning. It is strange to see some of this stuff which you only read about. In Memphis, we stopped in [...]

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Jon on August 12th, 2010

Tweet Today we mark the completion of our first full day on the road to Texas. Yesterday we did manage to reach West Virginia after driving through the late evening and night. Today we passed most through Virginia, with a stop in Lexington, and at the Natural Bridge, and are now in Tennessee. It has [...]

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