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Friday,...,Wednesday 07,12DEC12 - Houston visit, selected pictures
Friday,...,Wednesday 07,12DEC12 - Houston visit, even more pictures
Friday,Saturday, 07,08DEC12 - trip to Houston, all pictures
Sunday,Monday, 09,10DEC12 - Houston, all pictures
Tuesday,Wednesday, 11,12DEC12 - the return trip, all pictures
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Trip to Houston to visit mom and dad in their new digs...
I-5 south to Buttonwillow...
58 weat thru Bakersfield over Tehachapi Pass thru Mojave past Edwards Air Force Base to Kramers Corner...
395 south over the best roller coaster highway in the state (at 80mph) and merge onto...
395 south and merge onto I-15 south and merge onto I-215 south to San Bernadino...
I-10 east thru Phoenix to Tucson...
crash...
I-10 east thru Demming and Las Cruces and Elpaso and San Antonio to Houston.
the return... same thing only backwards.
To Houston Summary: 1937.6mi, 30:36hrs, $240.22 gas, lo=54o, hi=66o
- WSac/Tucson: 7:40am/10pm=14:20hrs, Tucson/Houston: 6:23am-10:39pm=16:16hrs
- Best mpg: 32.8mpg/40mph in San Bernadino afternoon traffic
- Best mph: 78mph/22.0mpg between Ozona & Comfort
Houston Summary: 48.9mi, N/A hrs, $40.98 gas, lo=54o, hi=68o
- 22.0mpg/16mph in town
To WSac Summary: 1949.9mi, 31:36hrs, $296.23 gas
- Houston/Tucson: 7:40am/10pm=18:17hrs, Tucson/WSac: 6:23am-10:39pm=13:19hrs
- Best mpg: 28.2mpg/61mph between Tucson & Chandler
- Best mph: 80mph/19.3mpg between Comfort & Fort Stockton
TOTAL: 3887.5mi, 62:12hrs, $1K [$577.43 gas, $163 Avis, $65 x 2 Red Roof, $129.57 food/etc]
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Thursday, 06DEC12, pick up a rental vehicle...
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... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
Friday, Pearl Harbor Day... Sac to Red Roof Inn in Tucson...
windmills on I-10 east of San Berdino...
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... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
Saturday, 08DEC12... Tucson to Houston...
"rocks like huge dinosaur poop at road side park...
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... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
the "pink & purple rock wall"...
source of our pink & purple rocks...
between Cavot Rd, Az exit 390 & Steines Rd, NM exit 3
in the land of that prickly ocotillo cactus...
... still have criss-cross scars from one of these
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... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
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Lordsburg, NM Chevron station...
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... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
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Historic Indian Trading Post, NM exit 42...
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... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
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... photograph by Russell Holder
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... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
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... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
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... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
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El Paso, home of the world's largest Harley dealer...
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... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
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... photograph by Russell Holder
... photograph by Russell Holder
Sunday, 09DEC12... Houston...
this property to be sold for the land...
i.e., this solidly built house will be leveled...
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... photograph by Russell Holder
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Friday,...,Wednesday 07,12DEC12 - Houston visit, selected pictures
Friday,...,Wednesday 07,12DEC12 - Houston visit, even more pictures
Friday,Saturday, 07,08DEC12 - trip to Houston, all pictures
Sunday,Monday, 09,10DEC12 - Houston, all pictures
Tuesday,Wednesday, 11,12DEC12 - the return trip, all pictures
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