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People of the Internet: I need you all to clap your hands and say “Yay Sara!” for on March 9th, 2008 Sara Rose mastered the art of bike riding and her life will be forever changed! But that comes later in the story, first come all the wake up, get dressed eat breakfast kind of [...]

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March 8th, 2008 First Day in Colorado! Driving out of New Mexico into the breaking dawn; the inky midnight sky evolved into deep hazy blue. A slight glow cresting in the distance beckoned us on, “sunshine is coming, this will be a good day”. The horizon brightened in the East and Melanie drifted in and [...]

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Friday, March 7th, 2008 Logs and Figures: Coffee/Espresso drinks: 131 Related Bathroom Breaks: 126 Suzie gets an Oil change Our most Western point! The Santa Fe adventure didn’t end with the portal, oh no it didn’t. We had a lazy morning at the Brubaker’s with Coffee from the local shop. Oh sweet nectar. There is [...]

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Thursday, March 6, 2008 Logs and Figures 10:06 am or 9:06 am (at some point we crossed a time zone) – Welcome to New Mexico . We see snow . 12:24 am – First view of the Rockies   Thank you Albuquerque for your sunshine; helpful men in hard hats; long-walks (but not on the [...]

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Monday, March 3rd, 2008 Logs and Figures 1:34 pm – Welcome to Oklahoma 3:58 pm – We see snow for the first time in 4 weeks. Sad faces all around. Making the left turn onto a familiar street in Tulsa Melanie consults the GPS again, and then takes out a map. “We are in the [...]

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March 2nd, 2008. Logs and Figures Coffee/espresso drinks: 113 Bathroom stops: 104 12:41 pm: Suzie hits 3000 miles Our time in Austin had to be short since we had a date with fire in Oklahoma City. Arriving around 2 pm, our goal was to hit up at least 3 coffee shops before night fall. Our [...]

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2/26 Logs and Figures Coffee/espresso drinks: 90 Bathroom stops: 79 4:30 pm: 2000 miles * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 2/28 New Orleans Roasters In a city that is a major port for coffee importing, there was a fairly small amount of independent [...]

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Dear People of the Internet, We have some other people we would like you to meet: The Class on Fire.  You may have noticed their comments already, but we felt it was time for a formal introduction.  These are some students from Ms. Brubaker’s class in Hong Kong.  We are able to connect with these [...]

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Driving for so many hours Sara and I can get a little loopy… But sometimes it is the road that gets a little interesting. Its a giant something… OR         One of these things is not like the other… Mom, Dad – If you really want grandkids all you have to do [...]

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2:15pm: Suzie (the Saab) clocks in at 37.4 miles per gallon! 2:37 pm: Upon reading a chalkboard in a bathroom, Sara asks: “Is it a good thing that your face melts off?” People of the Internet-what do you think? Days on the road: 12 Cups of coffee/espresso: 86 Related bathroom breaks: 71

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