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United States of America: An epic road trip summary with plenty of stats

So our trip in the USA finally ended. Since we commenced in NYC in May we’ve come a long way. This post shall give some facts and figures and hence also serve as a summary page. Places that I visited: Itinerary: After a couple of … Read More

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West Texas: Big Bend National Park, Rio Grande and the Mexican border

Day 157 West Texas is a vernacular term applied to a region in the southwestern quadrant of the United States. Time for another national park. And lots of Chihuahuan Desert: West Texas receives much less rainfall than the rest of Texas and has an arid … Read More

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Central Texas: Austin, Texas Hill Country and San Antonio

Day 153 We continued our trip (and surpassed the 28000 mile mark). The city of Austin was today’s destination. It is the capital city of Texas. When entering the city we drove by the Texas State Capitol before we parked on Congress Avenue. From there … Read More

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North Central Texas: Dallas, Texas State Fair and on the road to Houston

Day 150 We’re in Texas! State number 47! And: 27000 miles on the road! From Wichita Falls it was a mere 2.5 hours drive down to Dallas, the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. We went there that day to … Read More

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Green Highlands in Arkansas down to Oklahoma’s Historic Route 66

Day 144 On the eastern river shore we drove up to Greenville which was advertised as another iconic location of the region. It sure wasn’t. The town has a Gus’s were we tried our luck for lunch! Not a good choice. It wasn’t like the … Read More