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Simon's 2019 Road Trip
Jul 17 - Jul 28 2019
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Peter J. Camiel Service Plaza
Jul 17 2019

First stop on the 2019 road trip! Elph picked up mustard and mayo from the Roy Roger's open bar. You really have to hear her say it to understand why this memory is worth noting.

#picnic #roadtrip #royrogersopenbar

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Charlottesville
Jul 17 2019

Charlottesville

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Douthat State Park
Jul 17 2019

Douthat State Park

#virginiaisforlovers

#fungusfun

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Richlands
Jul 18 2019

Scored a faded Sinclair dinosaur Christmas air freshener tucked away on a dusty gas station shelf, possibly from the dinosaur age.

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Oklahoma City
Jul 19 2019

We made it to our first official stop for sleep at the Springhill Suites Oklahoma City Quail Springs.

Not to waste all our time indoors, we picked an area with a body of water that looked like a oark. It turned out to be a housing development, but it led us to this random cairn city. We sat on a bench near an artificial lake and saw a tree full of owls. At one point we we saw at least three owls in flight all at once! We were later told by a Native that this was a good omen.

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Cherokee Trading Post
Jul 19 2019

A fun stop at the Cherokee Trading Post. I bought an amazing pair of moccasin booties that I wore traveling in Greece later that summer.

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New Mexico Welcome Sign
Jul 19 2019

Welcome to New Mexico, Land of Enchantment

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Sandia Peak Tramway
Jul 19 2019

Sandia Peak Tramway

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Jul 21 2019

Durango, CO

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US-160, Towaoc, CO 81334, USA
Jul 23 2019
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Coyote Village
Jul 23 2019

Coyote Village at Mesa Verde National Park

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Four Corners
Jul 23 2019

Four Corners

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Petroglyph National Monument
Jul 24 2019
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13
Padilla's Mexican Kitchen
Jul 24 2019

A delicious feast at Padilla's Mexican Kitchen was our one of our last moments with Jennifer on the trip.

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I-40 EB Rest Stop - Santa Rosa, NM
Jul 24 2019

Pit stop

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15
American Quarter Horse Association
Jul 24 2019

American Quarter Horse Association Hall of Fame & Museum sculpture garden. I wanted to take pictures of Simon for my mother. Instead, I mostly remember this as the place where we started acquiring pets on the road trip.

The Dash for Cash statue--there's a kitten under those bushes around the outside, and they are scratchy af.

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PetSmart - Free Curbside Pickup Available
Jul 25 2019

Playing with Dash the kitten while Elph shops at the pet store for emergency kitty supplies.

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Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Muskogee
Jul 25 2019

And then there were four in the car. \240Introducing (Flap)Jack found sniffing around the back of an IHOP for food.

By this time we have already visited the vet to check for an identifying microchip. No chip.

He's wearing a rusted chain that has snapped.

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Alma
Jul 25 2019

Simon stopped to visit Uncle Scott and Aunt Sue.

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Fayetteville
Jul 25 2019
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Johnson, Schneider & Ferrell, L.L.C.
Jul 26 2019

Cape Girardeau, Missouri, aka a cute \240place I never would have heard of were if we didn't plan our stops around places I could use my Marriott points. (Their Courtyard location was one of my favorite Marriotts to date.)

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Garden of the Gods
Jul 26 2019

Time to hit the trails with Dash and Jack. Simon and the turtle are green with envy about these travel intruders so they stay behind.

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Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Lexington Berea
Jul 27 2019

Dash and Jack living it up in Berea, Kentucky.

Well, maybe not Jack who is probably trying to figure out how he got himself into this mess.

Dash, however, has readily adapted to his new life on the road.

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50 Co Rd 3172, Hazel Green, KY 41332, USA
Jul 27 2019

Sleepy beagle in the back seat with sleepy Simon in a cargo net.

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Waffle House
Jul 28 2019

My first stop at a Waffle House! Had to get my waffle to go because Elph, Jack, and Dash were all waiting in the car.

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