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The general plan for Trip #3 is:
Leg #1 - Indiana to Austin, TX - Complete 2/16/10 - 1180 Miles
Leg #2 - Austin, TX to the West Side of the Continental Divide - Complete 4/24/10 - 923 Miles
Leg #3 - North, up the West Side of the Rockies - Complete 7/20/10 - 809 Miles
Leg #4 - East, to the San Luis Valley of Colorado - Complete - 273 Miles
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Trip #3 - Preparations
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Location
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Date
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Miles Traveled
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Blog
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Bentonville, IN
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9/10/09
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Time To Write
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Bentonville, IN
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9/18/09
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Horse Bob’s Blog Of Leisure
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Bentonville, IN
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9/27/09
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Update on Joyce
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Bentonville, IN
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9/30/09
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Welcome Home Doc!
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Bentonville, IN
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10/7/09
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Retrain Doc? - Not Required
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Bentonville, IN
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10/17/09
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Team Training
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Bentonville, IN
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10/22/09
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Starting to Come Together
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Bentonville, IN
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10/28/09
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Wagon and Horse Preps
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Bentonville, IN
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11/1/09
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11 - Trng
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Two Great Hitches
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Bentonville, IN
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11/2/09
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5 - Trng
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Horse Bob’s Unicorn Hitch
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Bentonville, IN
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11/5/09
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5 - Trng
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A Unicorn in the Sunshine
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Bentonville, IN
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11/7/09
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9 - Trng
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One Week To Go
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Bentonville, IN
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11/10/09
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11 - Trng
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Getting the Team & Wagon in Shape
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Bentonville, IN
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1/11/09
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5 - Trng
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Last Post Before the Trip
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Leg #1 - Indiana to Austin, Tx
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Mays, IN
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11/14/09
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12
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A Magical First Day of Travel
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Homer, IN
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11/15/09
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21
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Little Girls and Horses
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Shelbyville, IN
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11/16/09
11/17/09
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Through Shelbyville
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Franklin, IN
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11/18/09
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16
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A Nice Pull to the Vogel Dairy
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Martinsville, IN
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11/19/09
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Paved Goat Path Travel
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Gosport, IN
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11/20/09
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Foggy Road to Gosport
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Gosport, IN
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11/22/09
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Wonderful Days in Horse Camp
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Farmers, IN
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11/23/09
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21
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Hilly Road to Amish Settlement
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Switz City, IN
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11/24/09
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18
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To the Amish School
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Westphalia, IN
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11/25/09
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16
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Visit to Lyons Elementary
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Bruceville, IN
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11/26/09
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14
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Happy Thanksgiving
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Illinois
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Lawrenceville, IL
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11/27/09
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22
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What a Day!
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Sand Barrens, IL
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11/28/09
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The Equine Dillinger Gang
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Lancaster, IL
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11/29/09
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Nice Day in Rural Illinois
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Mount Erie, IL
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11/30/09
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Guess what? Another Great Day
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Mount Erie, IL
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12/1/09
12/2/09
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A Day Off With the Teamsters
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Orchardville, IL
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12/3/09
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22
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Pleasant Travel & Time For Introspection
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Texico, IL
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12/4/09
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18
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Quiet Day, Ending at the Ranch
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Irvington, IL
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12/5/09
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15
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Mule Jump Out, Mules Jump In
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Nashville, IL
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12/6/09
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19
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To the Fairgrounds
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Nashville, IL
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12/7/09
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Clem’s Day Off in Nashville
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Oakdale, IL
Sparta, IL
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12/8/09
12/9/09
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Two Days, Both Winners
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Chester, IL
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12/10/09
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Coal Truck to the Mississippi River
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Missouri
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Perryville, MO
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12/11/09
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20
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Mighty Miss to Little Miss Prodigy
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Perryville, MO
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12/12/09
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Doc, Born a Wagon Horse
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Fruitland, MO
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12/13/09
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“The Journey” - Wagonteamster Song
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Dutchtown, MO
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12/14/09
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A Little Further South
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Advance, MO
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12/15/09
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What’s New With the News
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Aquilla, MO
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12/16/09
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Bootheel Angus Farm
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Dexter, MO
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12/17/09
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Ahh, Another Poodle Day
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Malden, MO
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12/18/09
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19
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A Fine Trek to Malden
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Holcomb, MO
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12/19/09
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A Nail!
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Octa, MO
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12/20/09
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Picture Takers
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Arkansas
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Leachville, AR
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12/21/09
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Heyday (Hayday)
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Black Oak, AR
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12/22 - 12/24/09
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Merry Christmas From Arkansas
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Black Oak, AR
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12/25/09
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Celebrating Christmas
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Lepanto, AR
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12/26/09
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Driving With Good Friends
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Marked Tree, AR
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12/27/09
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Visitors All Day Long
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Birdeye, AR
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12/28/09
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John McComsey, Teamster & Friend
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Wynne, AR
Palestine, AR
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12/29/09
12/30/09
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Across I-40
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Brinkley, AR
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12/31/09
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Last Day of the Decade
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Biscoe, AR
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1/1/10
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18
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Union Contract Expired?
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Slovak, AR
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1/3/10
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19
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A Bridge to a New Day
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Humphreys, AR
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1/4/10
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21
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Arkansas Teamsters
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Pine Bluff, AR
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1/5/10
1/6/10
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Arkansas Hospitality
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Ricon, AR
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1/7/10
1/8/10
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Cold, But Great Travel Day
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Fordyce, AR
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1/9/10
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A Long Travel Day
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Bearden, AR
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1/10/10
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Settled at the Park
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E. Camden, AR
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1/11/10
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Visitors From Afar
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Buena Vista, AR
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1/12/10
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The Roadside Park
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Buena Vista, AR
McNeil, AR
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1/13/10
1/14/10
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Back on His Feet Again
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Stamps, AR
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1/15/10
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Nice, Warm Day
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Stamps, AR
Garland, AR
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1/16/10
1/17/10
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No Pressure to Find a Camp
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Texarkana, AR
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1/18/10
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16
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Texarkana
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Texarkana, AR
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1/20/10
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Easy, Peaceful Days
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Macon, MS
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1/23/10
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Easy Street
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East Texas
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Redwater, TX
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1/28/10
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18
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The Lone Star State
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Redhill, TX
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1/29/10
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20
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Rainy Day
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Pruitt Lake, TX
Coffeeville, TX
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1/30/10
1/31/10
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18
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Treking Thru Northeast, TX
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Gilmer, TX
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2/1/10
2/2/10
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A Nice day off in Gilmer
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Big Sandy, TX
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2/3/10
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22
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Tons of Visitors & Well Wishers
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Winona, TX
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2/4/10
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12
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Big Sandy Elementary School
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Tyler, TX
Brownsboro, TX
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2/5/10
2/6/10
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15
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Tyler, TX & Beyond
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Athens, TX
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2/7/10
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14
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Cowgirls and Fast Horses
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Malakoff, TX
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2/8/10
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14
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Athens, TX, a Great Place
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Kerens, TX
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2/9/10
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14
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Kind and Generous Texans
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Kerens, TX
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2/10/10
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5
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One Year Later
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Kerens, TX
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2/11/10
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Very Deep Thoughts, by B.O.B. the Horse
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Corsicanna, TX
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2/13/10
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18
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Back on the Road
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Hubbard, TX
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2/14/10
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26
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Long Drive to the Cowboy Church
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Mount Calm. TX
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2/15/10
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12
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Short Drive in the Sunshine
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Waco, TX
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2/16/10
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23
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Waco, TX - Leg 1 Complete
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Leg 1 Complete
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1180 Total Miles for Leg 1
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Leg 2 - Waco to the West Side of the Rockies
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West Texas
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Waco, TX
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2/24/10
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Ready to Pullout
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McGreger, TX
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2/25/10
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22
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Busy Highways & the Media
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Gatesville, TX
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2/26/10
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16
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Longhorns
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Arnett, TX
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2/27/10
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17
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Bringing Smiles
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Evant, TX
Center City, TX
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2/28/10
3/1/10
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16
18
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Barbecue & Abandoned Homestead
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Center City, TX
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3/2/10
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Texas ‘Horse’ Independence Day
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Mullen, TX
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3/3/10
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18
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Goats, Puppies & Other Critters
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Early, TX
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3/4/10
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17
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Driving to the Picnic Area
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Bangs, TX
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3/5/10
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18
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Saying ‘Hi’ to Hundreds
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Santa Anna, TX
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3/6/10
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16
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A Road Paved With Good People
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Silver Valley, TX
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3/7/10
3/8/10
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Resting the Horses
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Lawn, TX
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3/9/10
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24
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Sunny Day to the City Park
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Abilene, TX
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3/10/10
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22
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One of Those Days
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Impact, TX
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3/11/10
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17
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Abilene
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Anson, TX
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3/12/10
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23
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Back in the Country
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McCulley, TX
Roby, TX
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3/13/10
3/14/10
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13
13
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King Cotton
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East of Snyder, TX
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3/15/10
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18
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The Moses Effect
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West of Snyder, TX
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3/16/10
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18
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Minor Rodeos
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W. of Snyder, TX
East of Gail, TX
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3/17/10
3/18/10
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Great People & Rattlesnake Catchin’
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West of Gail, TX
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3/19/10
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17
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Under the Caprock
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Lamesa, TX
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3/20/10
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20
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Cold, Windy, 1st Day of Spring
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Lamesa, TX
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3/21/10
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Day Off in Lamesa
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Welch, TX
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3/22/10
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23
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Reprovisioning & a Long Trek
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Brownfield, TX
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3/23/10
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20
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Rolling Like the Tumbleweed
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Needmore, TX
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3/24/10
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13
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Cotton Gin
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Levelland, TX
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3/25/10
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17
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Cattle, Oil & Constables
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South of Levelland, TX
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3/26/10
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Kicked Out of Levelland, TX
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Whitharral, TX
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3/27/10
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17
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Support For Each Other
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Littlefield, TX
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3/28/10
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14
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Everybody is Saying Hi
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Sudan, TX
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3/29/10
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17
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The Nursing Home
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Muleshoe, TX
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3/30/10
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16
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Super Collider & the LIvestock Auction
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Lariat, TX
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3/31/10
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15
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High Plains Drifters - Daa Da Daaa
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New Mexico
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Clovis, NM
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4/1/10
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18
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Tough 1st Day in New Mexico
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St. Vrain, NM
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4/2/10
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20
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Great Day on the 2nd
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Tolar, NM
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4/3/10
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25
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Across the Stockaded Plains
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Fort Sumner, NM
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4/4/10
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20
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Into the Pecos River Valley
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Fort Sumner, NM
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4/5/10
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Preparations for High Desert Crossing
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Yeso, NM
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4/6/10
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23
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Antelope & the Almost Ghost Town
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Yeso/Vaughn, NM
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4/7/10
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16
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Open Country
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Vaughn, NM
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4/8/10
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20
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A View of the Mountains
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Encino, NM
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4/9/10
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22
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Halfway Across the Empty Land
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Clines Corner, NM
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4/10/10
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25
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North of I-40 Again
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White Lakes, NM
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4/11/10
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17
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Visitors and Vistas
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Lamy, NM
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4/12/10
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19
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Rough Night, Fantastic Day
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Santa Fe, NM
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4/13/10
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13
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Approach to Santa Fe
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Tesuque Pueblo, NM
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4/14/10
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18
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Santa Fe Trail
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Hernadez, NM
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4/15/10
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25
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Kids, Kids, Everywhere
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Medanales, NM
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4/16/10
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10
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Finally, Some Time Off
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Medanales, NM
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4/17/10
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What a Nice Day Off
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Medanales, NM
Abiquiu Dam, NM
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4/18/10
4/19/10
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Through the Valley & Up the Headwall
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Cebolla, NM
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4/20/10
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22
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Pictures are Better Than Words
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Tierra Amarilla, NM
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4/21/10
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17
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At the Ponderosa
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Tierra Amarilla &
Chama, NM
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4/22/10
4/23/10
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Chama
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Continental Divide- on US 84
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4/24/10
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11
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Leg 2 Complete
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Total Miles for Leg 2 = 923 Legs 1 & 2 = 2103
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Leg #3 - Up the West Side of the Continental Divide
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Colorado
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Chromo, Co
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4/24/10
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12 - (23)
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Across the Divide & In CO
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S.of Pagosa Springs, CO
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4/25/10
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13
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Short Day in the Mountains
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N. of Pagosa Springs, CO
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4/26/10
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19
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Good Folks in Pagosa
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N. of Pagosa Springs, CO
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4/28/10
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Horses’ Reward
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N. of Pagosa Springs, CO
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5/1/10
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Women’s Driving Clinic
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W. of Pagosa Springs, CO
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5/3/10
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10
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Carrots, Colorado Style
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Piedra, CO
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5/4/10
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20
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Winding Through the Hills
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Gem Village, CO
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5/5/10
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19
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Yellowjacket Hill
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Durango, CO
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5/6/10
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18
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Durango
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La Plata Canyon, CO
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5/7/10
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14
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Into La Plata Canyon
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La Plata Canyon
Mancos, CO
N. of Mancos
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5/8/10
5/9/10
5/10/10
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Mancos and Beyond
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Dolores, CO
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5/11/10
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15
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In the Shadow of Mesa Verde
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Lewis, CO
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5/12/10
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16
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Going to Southeast Utah
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Dove Creek, CO
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5/13/10
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17
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Little Clementine, 1991-2010
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Northdale, CO
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5/14/10
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11
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Provisioning & Poised For Utah
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Top of Slip Rock Hill, CO
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5/15/10
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18
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What a Day, What a View
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Gypsum Gap, CO
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5/16/10
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18
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Slip Rock Hill
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Broad Canyon, CO
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5/17/10
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18
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Dry Creek Basin
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Redvale, CO
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5/18/10
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8
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Hooligan Horses on the Mesa
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Redvale, CO
Norwood, CO
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5/19/10
5/20/10
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Stalking the Wild Asparagus
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Placerville, CO
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5/21/10
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11
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San Miguel River
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Noel, CO
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5/22/10
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12
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Great Folks & the Sheep Corral
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Ridgway, CO
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5/23/10
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18
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Drats! an Impassable Cattle Guard
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Uncompahgre, CO
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5/24/10
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12
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Visitors From Near & Far
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Montrose, CO
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5/25/10
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12
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Slow Road to Montrose
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Montrose, CO
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5/26/10
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Doc’s Day Off
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E. of Montrose, CO
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5/27/10
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13
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The Lads Visit the Museum
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Cimmaron, CO
Uncompahgre Forrest, CO
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5/28/10
5/29/10
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12
15
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Bar E Ranch to Mountain Mode
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Uncompahgre Forrest, CO
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5/30/10
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4
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East Fork of the Cimmaron
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Uncompahgre Forrest, CO
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5/31/10
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3
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Fishing in the Cimmaron’s
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Cimmaron, CO
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6/1/10
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17
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A Teamster First?
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Cimarron, CO
Montrose, CO
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6/2/10
6/3/10
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Bar E to the Museum
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Montrose, CO
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6/4/10
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Camped at the Museum
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Montrose, CO
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6/5/10
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5
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The Duke & the Three Amigos
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Colona, CO
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6/6/10
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13
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A Hot Day
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Dallas Creek, CO
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6/7/10
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18
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Poised For the Sneffels Range
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Mt. Sneffels, CO
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6/8/10
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8
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Base Camp
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Mt. Sneffels, CO
Dallas Creek, CO
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6/9/10
6/10/10
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8
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Mountain Vacation #2
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Telluride, CO
Dallas Creek, CO
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6/11/10
6/12/10
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With Old Friends
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Noel, CO
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6/13/10
|
11
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Starting Down the Road to Telluride
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Sawpit, CO
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6/14/10
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14
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Fire!
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Priest Lake, CO
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06/15/10
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18
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Loose Bob & the Mountain Unicorn
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Lizard Head Pass, CO
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6/16/10
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6
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High Altitude Horses
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Rico, CO
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6/17/10
6/18/10
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18
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Into the Dolores River Valley
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Stoner, CO
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6/19/10
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8
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Fishing Down the Dolores
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Dolores, CO
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6/20/10
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17
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The Lower Valley
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Dolores/Mancos, CO
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6/21/10
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15
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Wild Horses, With a Mountain View
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Mancos, CO
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6/22/10
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18
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Biker Horses
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Hesperus, CO
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6/23/10
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18
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Hesperus
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Mayday, CO
La Plata, CO
Mayday, CO
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6/24/10
6/25/10
6/26/10
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12
4
4
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Camping in the La Plata’s
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Durango, CO
Yellowjacket Hill, CO
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6/27/10
6/28/10
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21
19
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The Universal Goodness of People
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Dyke, CO
Pagosa Junction, CO
Pagosa Junction, CO
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6/29/10
6/30/10
7/1 &7/2
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22
17
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To Cat Creek
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Pagosa Junction, CO
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7/3 & 7/4/10
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Rain & Buggy Rides
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Pagosa Junction, CO
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7-5 to 7-8-10
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Near Miss
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Pagosa Junction, CO
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7-9 to 7-11-10
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Shoeing and Privies
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Pagosa, Junction, CO
Dulce, NM
Lumberton, NM
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7/12 to 7/15/10
7/16 to 7/18 am
7/18 pm to7/19
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40
24
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Little Beaver
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Continental Divide
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7/20/10
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14
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Leg 3 Complete - Total Miles for Leg 3 = 809, Leg 1, 2 & 3 = 2912 miles
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Leg 4 - Continental Divide, East to Indiana
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Chama, NM
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7/20/10
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7 (21 total for day)
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Nice Return to Chama
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Cumbres Pass, CO
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7/21/10
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13
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Cumbrous Pass
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La Monda Pass, CO
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7/22/10
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14
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La Monda
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Fox Hill, CO
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7/23/10
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19
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Down From The Hills
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Manassa, CO
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7/24/10
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19
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All in a Day’s Work
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Estrella. CO
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7/25/10
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20
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Blessed With Great People
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S. Fork, Conejos River
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7/29/10
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Counting Sheep
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San Juan Mnts.
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7/30 to 8/1/10
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Camping in the Mountains
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Estrella, CO
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8/6/10
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A Beginning
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San Luis Valley, CO
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8/10/10
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A 6000 Mile Odyssey
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San Luis Valley, CO
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8/15/10
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News from the Valley
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San Luis Valley, CO
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8/22/10
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The Sand Dunes
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San Luis Valley, CO
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8/28/10
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Moonlit Drive & Book Writing
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Monte Vista, CO
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8/30/10
|
14
|
Back on the Road!
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N. of Monte Vista, CO
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8/31/10
|
16
|
Brabants
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|
La Garita, CO
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9/1/10
|
20
|
Good Friends in La Garita
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|
Saguache, CO
|
9/2/10
|
15
|
A Beautiful Day of Travel
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Estrella, CO
|
9/6/10
|
54
|
Where is Bob, Anyway?
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Estrella, CO
|
9/13/10
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Life in the Valley
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San Luis Valley, CO
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9/15/10
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Mustangs
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San Luis Valley, CO
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9/19/10
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Wild Horses & Wild Girls at the River
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San Luis Valley, CO
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9/21/10
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BLM Horse Rescue
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Alamaso, CO
|
9/26/10
|
16
|
Back on the Road?
|
|
Monte Vista, CO
|
9/27/10
|
18
|
Down the Backroads
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|
La Garita, CO
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9/28/10
9/29/10
|
18
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A La Garita Invitation
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Grand Rapids, MI
|
10/6/10
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To Indiana & Michigan
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Grand Rapids, MI
|
10/9/10
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The ‘Ol Home Town
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Monroe, MI
|
10/29/10
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Marking Time
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Monroe, MI
|
11/18/10
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Colorado Again?
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|
La Garita, CO
|
11/22/10
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The Shelter
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|
La Garita, CO
|
11/25/10
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Wagon Thanksgivings, Past & Present
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La Garita, CO
|
12/9/10
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Bouncing Around
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Hampton Beach, NH
|
12/18/10
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Arrival in New Hampshire
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Total Miles for Trip #3 - 3175 Miles
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Thanks to Barry Rayburn for the Trip #3 Maps
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