My Grandmother Helen passed away a few years ago and left me her Oldsmobile 1999 Alero in Boca Raton, Florida. I flew in from school in Chicago and then drove, most of the trip by myself sleeping in the back seat to back home in Seattle, Washington.
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Everglades.
I had hoped to camp here but the amount of bugs, signs warning of courgars and alegators, and the humitdity I chose to just drive as far as I could. Slept in the parkingl lot behind 7/11 in Naples, Florida.
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Lost (Somewhere in Georgia)
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Sending out an S.O.S. in Madison, Alabama
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Broke down in Illinois
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Acne of the earth - Arches National Park, Utah
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Delicate at sunset
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Goodnight Moab
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Mojave Desert
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Never lonely
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Inspiring
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Water & Electricity living completely off the grid in the Mojave desert, Nevada
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The Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
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Trinidad flew out to be my partner in crime on this journey! She flew out from Chicago to meet me in Las Vegas then we backtracked to the Grand Canyon
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I want to jump just to see how deep it is
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"Take pictures for my jewlery website"
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"Take pictures for my jewlery website"
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The Valley, California
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Waterfall
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Stream
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Stream
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Bridge
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Mirror lake...
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Camping in Yosemite