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Excellent description of a great Road Trip!

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Thank you, David.

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Oh, I’ve heard about that state. The one they call The Tick Fever State, or The Cousin Marryer State, or the State Modern Dentistry Forgot.

Why would anyone ever want to go to a state like that?

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They referred to them as "western teeth." Wide open spaces. Meth use helps a lot. It's also the State that Inflation Left Behind.

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I’ve heard them also called summer teeth: summer there and summer not.

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LOL!!!

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Wow! Nice road trip -- I loved this journey. Your section beginning with "Roses! Redolent roses", would be a lovely stand-alone piece if written in the present tense. And I chuckled at your euphemism " A nostalgic hotel...with deferred maintenance." You know, instead of "A run-down flea bag hotel". ha ha ha

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Thank you, Sharron. Yeah, rural Nevada is an interesting place. A time warp sometimes ... 19th century rather than 20th.

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Due to your wonderful description of it, My wife and I will have to take a jaunt over to see the next Basque festival, mainly because I love a good flan. Nice!

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You won't be disappointed, Ed.

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Gorgeous, sensory details: well done, Sue!

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