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40. ALBUQUERQUE (CONTD.) AND SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO
Santa Fe is an absolute joy, a glorious  high-desert jewel, burning brightly, its wonders to display. For some reason, we thought Santa...
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41. LOS ALAMOS AND THE ATOMIC BOMB
Imagine a town miles from anywhere, isolated from the world. A town with no name, with equally nameless streets and buildings.  A town...
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42. TAOS AND BANDELIER, NEW MEXICO
Travel is discovery. Preconceived images in the mind dispelled in a second. Reality replacing illusion. No research, no internet, no...
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43. TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, NEW MEXICO
America. The greatest nation on Earth. It has it all. Riches beyond imagination, limitless talents that lead and amaze the world and a...
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44. OLD TUSCON & TOMBSTONE, ARIZONA
To arrive in Tucson had gives you a special thrill of arriving somewhere special. We are in true cowboy country and over next few months...
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45. THE MEXICAN BORDER, THE WALL, TUBAC & THE MISSION OF SAN XAVIER, ARIZONA
Nothing divides like The Wall, both physically and politically. This ugly, barbed barrier doesn't just separate the US from its colorful...
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46. TITAN II MISSILE, ARIZONA
Just outside Tucson lies the perfectly preserved corpse of a monster, a fire-breathing dragon once so fearful, so terrible that...
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47. YUMA, ARIZONA, ALGADONES, MEXICO & THE CORONADO HOTEL, CALIFORNIA
Almost exactly a year and a half to the day since we set off from Key West, we have reached the West Coast. That day in Key West when we...
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48. SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
San Diego is a city easy to fall in love with. It entices you, seductively lying back on the edge of the Pacific under azure blue skies,...
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49. CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA
We cannot with honesty waste your time on flattery of Oceanside. We were not impressed. At best, it is a plain seaside town with a...
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50. PALM SPRINGS, JOSHUA TREE & PIONEERTOWN, CALIFORNIA
Just the mention of some place names sends images flickering into life. Venice and its canals, New York and its skyscrapers, Rio de...
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51. THE WEIRDEST PLACE ON EARTH? SALTON SEA, BOMBAY, SLAB CITY AND EAST JESUS, CALIFORNIA
The upscale, well-heeled retirement haven of Palm Springs lies in the Coachella Valley, luxuriating in its high-class shops, expensive...
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52. HEARST CASTLE, SAN SIMEON, CALIFORNIA
It is to the rich benefit of mankind that so many wealthy men have felt an irresistible need to leave an architectural and artistic...
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53. PASO ROBLES, MORRO BAY & RAGGED POINT, CALIFORNIA
Spring has been a long time coming. The icy fingers of winter have held America in its grip for longer than usual this year. Even the...
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54. CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA & PEBBLE BEACH GOLF CLUB, CALIFORNIA
Carmel is, and has long been, the stuff of dreams. Its blissful hillside setting, overlooking the restless Pacific, is the perfect stage...
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55. SAN FRANCISCO & ALCATRAZ, CALIFORNIA
There are few, if any, cities whose names bring such a tingle of excitement for the traveller as San Francisco. Even going back to the...
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56. NAPA, REDWOODS & PETRIFIED FOREST, CALIFORNIA
The seaside town of Pacifica is plain and uninteresting, with a dreary brown sand beach that looks bruised and battered from the beating...
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57. LAKE TAHOE & VIRGINIA CITY, NEVADA
Mark Twain needs to be listened to. Anyone who writes such pithy aphorisms as these deserves to have your ear: 'Whenever I get the urge...
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58. LAS VEGAS & TONOPAH, NEVADA
Imagine the Old Man of Nevada had two sons. The elder is the sensitive one, imbued with a sense of family heritage and honor. Stories of...
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59. ZION NATIONAL PARK & BRYCE CANYON, UTAH
There is a place on Earth where Mother Nature has secretly taken time off from her day job, forgotten for a moment her tireless devotion...
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This is a light-hearted record of our trip. We hope that you will enjoy some of the insights as we poke and probe the stubborn little corners of this great country. From the extraordinary Maine Coast to the crazy world of Salton Sea in California to whale watching in the Puget Sound near Seattle. Thank you for joining us.
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