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Day 21: Somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert

I hadn’t had enough of Los Angeles, but for­ward motion was crit­i­cal to my jour­ney if I was going to make Las Vegas by the end of the day, given the places I wanted to go first. It was push­ing 100 … Continue read­ing

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Day 20: Hooray for Hollywood

I woke to the sound of jack­ham­mers out­side again, stum­bled to break­fast in the lobby, and charted a course for Mulholland Drive to get a view of Los Angeles from above.

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Day 19: To Live & Die (Laughing) In L.A.

Eager to escape the depress­ing Morro Bay, I started toward Hearst Castle for a tour, but dis­cov­ered that tick­ets started at $24 and, since I am noto­ri­ously cheap when it comes to such things, decided not to spend what rel­a­tively … Continue read­ing

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