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American Adventures: Directory of Articles
In
the summer of 2007, Peter Thody
and his wife Carole left their home in Leeds, England to embark
on a 4,000-mile American road trip. Hotel bookings in Chicago
and San Francisco established the bookends of the trip, a
rental Jeep provided the means of getting from A to B, but
the four weeks in between were left to write their own story.
The
Adventures:
- Coming
on May 16th-- Eastern Utah: Arches, canyons
and an introduction to Utah's licensing laws
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April
18, 2008
Majesty
and Mortality: It's Good to be Alive in Colorado
A server with attitude ensures that there's no such
thing as a free lunch; a 200-yard stroll brings on a
bad case of altitude sickness; and news from home casts
a shadow over the trip. But for Peter Thody, the abiding
memories of the five days he and wife Carole spent traveling
through Colorado will be of the classic lake-and-mountain
landscape of the Rockies and the canyons and red-rock
country of the West.
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March
21, 2008
Wyoming:
Wine and Hors d'Oeuvres in the Cowboy State
Wyoming is home to the world's largest outdoor rodeo,
historic sections of the Lincoln Highway and an ancient
tree clinging to life on a granite boulder. These are
just some of the must-see attractions that Peter Thody
contrived to miss on his 24-hour dash across the southeast
corner of the state. What he and wife Carole did experience
was an unexpected side of the Cowboy State: one of good
wine, imaginative cuisine and a motel luxury that neither
of them will ever be able to erase from their memory.
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February
22, 2008
Nebraska: God Bless the Amber
Waves of Grain
Before arriving in Nebraska, Peter Thody had been
warned to expect "a whole lotta nuttin'."
But he and wife Carole discover plenty to write home
about, including beautiful scenery, the historic Lincoln
Highway, a don't-miss museum and a particularly aggressive
species of fly. Which just goes to show, you really
do have to find things out for yourself.
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January
25, 2008
Death
Metal and Empty Streets: The Charm of the "Tall
Corn State"
Peter
Thody visits Iowa, the state many believe provides a
window into how America used to be: a simpler, more
innocent way of life. And while credit cards are indeed
still viewed with suspicion, Thody struggles to imagine
Doris Day attending a death-metal disco or Pa Ingalls
searching for work along a climate-controlled skywalk.
Like everywhere else, the "Tall Corn State"
is changing -- and not always for the best.
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December
14, 2007
Chicago
to the Mississippi
Thody's first adventure took him to Illinois,
where he discovered some odd examples of Americana:
a 110-ton coffee bean, a 2,000-foot drill bit and a
seemingly endless supply of artistically rusty, vintage
farm implements.
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