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61. I once drove 7200 miles in 11 days..

Thu Feb 21, 2013, 10:10 PM

Feb 2013

well.,..I didn't get to stay long anywhre..,...but I sure did go far..
..Chciago, to Glacier National Park, to Banf and Jasper National Parks.., to Vancouvor to San Franciso to Reno..and back to Chicago....summer..1973..It was driven in a 1971 Dodge Dart...with stick shift...ok,,not exactly easy on those hills.................

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Name a completely meaningless accomplishment of yours. [View all] Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2013 OP

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No, the other Southernmost place: NYC_SKP Feb 2013 #6

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I was thinking in this direction as well. discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2013 #71

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that is not meaningless in any way. triguy46 Feb 2013 #64

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I walked/hitchhiked ~200 miles just to get home a couple days sooner Spike89 Feb 2013 #57

I've driven the entire length of Interstate 10. Los Angeles to Jacksonville. kwassa Feb 2013 #59

I once drove 7200 miles in 11 days.. Stuart G Feb 2013 #61

I can still recite all the prepositions - LiberalElite Feb 2013 #62

My draft number was 365. triguy46 Feb 2013 #63

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