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Originally Posted by RandyD Home safe and sound. great trip - the car was superb - even at 7850 feet up in the mountains. You're home!?!?!! I thought you were

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Old 03-03-2013, 11:50 AM   #196 (permalink)
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Home safe and sound.
great trip - the car was superb - even at 7850 feet up in the mountains.
You're home!?!?!!

I thought you were going to Alaska too?
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Sure! - who wants to go see Mount Rushmore with me?
Hell no!

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Home safe and sound.
great trip - the car was superb - even at 7850 feet up in the mountains.
I feel like we're missing some pics here lol.

Welcome home, Randy.
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I really hope you've made a point to check out the night sky while out in the middle of nowhere AZ! Seeing the milky way in person in a really good dark sky is awe inspiring. It's a true shame the majority of the human population will never get to experience this nowadays.
That was one thing I noticed my first time on a ship at sea beyond the coast. With no man-made lights to interfere you can see the Milky Way just like you were looking at it in the science books from school. Awe inspiring! Welcome home Randy!
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now that I'm home, I have a good internet connection again.. I'll upload some vids..
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This is a nice example of the dramatic scenery somewhere in Southern New Mexico.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_sz9AsjpmY
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Welcome home Randy!
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Here's a nice little piece of road in or near the Tonto National Forest in NM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpO9WHCvTR4
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here is a short one showing the Joshua Tree cactus in the National Forest. - kind of hard to see them all clearly - but you get the idea.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXoBDthVclY
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and another showing more Joshua trees and some very cool rock formations.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C69wlD8SGMI
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Here are some cool windmills coming in to the east side of Palm Springs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtCuqc3ev_k
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Here is one crossing the Hoover Dam...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQ8DcNR1vHA
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one of the many pull offs in Grand Canyon...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aCK528CKb0
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Route 64 east out of the Grand Canyon Park. (Bucket List Road for sure...)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjdq395XGPg
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Badass videos Randy, you know Im glad you went on this road trip, with all the videos you posted, I will never have to do what you've done... I can say I've been there, done that.
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