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Paul drove the entire 8400 miles except for one hour in Ohio.

Grinnell, Iowa to McMurray, PA: August 6, 2008 - Day 31

August 18th 2008
Travel lesson of the day: Driving across country changes your perception of distances. from Kathy: I wake to see the sun shine at that August angle that signals the fall season. No matter how old I get, this first signal of summer’s end is always a sober one. Leaving Grinnell at 10 a.m., the urge to make phone calls takes over. First, I call the school guidance ... read more

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Connolly US Road Trip

About the Connolly US Road Trip: Welcome. To view our blog entries, scroll to the bottom of this screen. To learn more about us, read this first: We are a mom (Kathy) and a dad (Paul), and a reluctant 18-year-old son (JJ), and a 15-year-old son in pursuit of Ultimate Scrabble (Scott) who traveled from Connecticut to the West Coast of the US and Alaska and the Yukon in the summer of 2008. For each of us a certain type of quest took place. Paul wanted his hands on the steering wheel all the way across country and back again. For Kathy, this trip was all about getting the kids out of (what she... full info

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