Crossing the Continent


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May 8th 2009
Published: July 16th 2009
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We left Breckenridge late at night, the car full, the winter over, the mountain closed and my snowboard packed away. The next stage of adventure was about to begin. Las Vegas Matt took the first shift driving and I fell asleep for some much needed rest. When I woke we were out of the mountains and down the western side of the Rockies, the snow was gone, replaced by the dry, dusty brown landscape... Read Full Entry



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17th July 2009

awesome blog!
loved the photos, the interesting stories and how you managed to make it nice and short too! i will endeavour to be more like you in future travel blog entries! also good to see that you haven't matured, at all, since you left!
20th July 2009

If we only knew of Joel's new love of short blogs beforehand, i could have saved us all precious time by summing this one up like so: "In our few weeks across America there was driving, booze, boobs and blackjack. The End." Anyway my favourite part was the Cracker Barrel map, i loved the fool-proof preparation! Also your car sounds like a beast, much like the Soviet-era truck i hitch-hiked with yesterday back to Bishkek. Among other faults my door kept opening so i had to hold it closed the entire trip to ensure i wouldnt fall out and tumble down the mountains. Also the steering wheel was also held together with bright blue gaffa tape.

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