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Preparation
First day
August 22 - Sat
Washington D.C.
August 24 - Mon
August 25 - Tue
oh, oh, OHIO
August 27 - Thu
August 28 - Fri
August 29 - Sat
August 30 - Sun
Nebraska!
September 1 - Tue
Black Hills
September 3 - Thu
Yellowstone
September 5 - Sat
September 6 - Sun
Salt Lake City
September 8 - Tue
Reno, Nevada
September 10 - Thu
September 11 - Fri
The Donner Party
California
Stanford University
New Home
Statistics
August 29 - Sat

A notebook is practical, oh my ...For all those that want to know how we send the daily comments through the Internet, this represents a self-explanatory and typical situation.

Equipment needed: electricity socket + telephone socket + phone cable. That's all.
checking the road

Nature's Nation by John OpieBriefing in the morning with John Opie regarding how to make next move. Where it's better to go, and how. John is a well known Environmental Historian, and experienced traveler himself. Excellent writer ... Important guy, anyway.
Spaghetti Carbonara: the recipe

Usual break for lunch. And another "spaghetti carbonara" for all. It's easy and fast to make, never fails, usually everybody likes it ...
Barbara & John Opie
Lake Michigan

And then a good-bye to the lake Michigan and the Opies, and new adventures waiting for us in ....
Chicago rush hour

CHICAGO!
oh man!
steel? nuclear?
First test with the tent ...

... no instructions needed

Roads, lots of traffic, a power plant on the road, and finally the first camping experience in the "Apple River Canyon Campground" in Illinois.

First experience with the tent too, that worked OK, and will be good reason of more close-to-the-wilderness experiences, especially ... it worked!!because campings are very comfortable and cheap (seven bucks for all ... car included)
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