September 13 - October 2, 2006 Chatham, Cape Cod, Mass. - Chicago, Ill. 20,143 miles to date 1,792 miles this leg We’ve been squinting a lot in the last two weeks, now that we’re traveling west into the setting sun. Our generally southern route through New England took a decided right-hand turn when we departed Cape Cod, Mass. All the months we spent driving east, the roadway was nicely backlit during our preferred afternoon driving hours. I remember thinking how bright that same low-slung sun would be when we reversed direction. You'll notice our odometer rolled over the 20,000 mile mark since beginning this trip. Also, our outbound track crossed our inbound track on Sept. 21, near Olean, N.Y., and Allegany National Forest. We couldn’t have made a continuous circle out of our trip because we
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