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			<![CDATA[We invite you to share with us some experiences of the wild west. With trusty steed and swag we will be sashaying from Minneapolis westward across the Minnesota praries and Dakota plains to the Rockies, slipping down south to the canyons, skipping north east to the Sierras and slopping down the coast to Los Angeles.
Come and join us for the experience. Over 40 days between August 17 and September 25 we are visiting several national parks, taking daily scenic drives and generally meandering through a lot of the 'you must see this before you die' places. We don't expect our tyres will see less than 8000 km of road and our shoes more than 80 km of trails.
I will try and post updates daily but some ambitions have to be shaped by the reality of the moment. 
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:28:18 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Los Angeles, California]]></title>
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				<![CDATA[We are home in Mitcham and this is the day after our ariival. Let me retrace our last day in the US.
We drove from Santa Monica to Manhattan and Redondo beaches, walking along the Redondo foreshore an...]]>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:32:24 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Los Angeles, California]]></title>
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				<![CDATA[Well here we are at the end of our hoiday, sitting in the airport at LAX waiting for the clock to turn and get on our plane for the long ride home. I have time to add one last blog with a few pictures...]]>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 05:40:07 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Los Angeles, California]]></title>
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				<![CDATA[We caught a tour of Hollywood today. We could have driven ourselves but we have found that knowing where to look for things is more than having an address. Its where to be for a particular view, or wh...]]>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 06:42:21 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Los Angeles, California]]></title>
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				<![CDATA[Another two days being rolled into one update. 
We spent yesterday at Universal Studios. We bought tickets that jumped us to the head of queues so we only had to wait for shows to start and then go in...]]>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 06:59:18 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Los Angeles, California]]></title>
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				<![CDATA[Forgive the pun that follows -
Todays entry covers yesterday and today - but yesterday was 'to Morro'.
We departed Monterey yesterday and our first point of interest was Carmel by the sea. By chance w...]]>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 06:08:08 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Monterey, California]]></title>
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				<![CDATA[Today we branched off the freeways at Saratoga and crossed the coastal range through a redwood forest and the LorenzoValley to Santa Cruz. From there we followed the coast around Monterey Bay. 
At Mon...]]>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:14:55 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[San Francisco, California]]></title>
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				<![CDATA[An early start and we were at the Powell Street cable car stop without a queue. We rode as far as Lombard Street where we walked up to watch the cars 'waltz' down the street. There are several zig zag...]]>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 05:13:49 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[San Francisco, California]]></title>
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				<![CDATA[To get into the city from our hotel we caught the hotel shuttle to SF airport and then took the BART into the city. The queue for the cable car was at least an hour long so we decided to take a trolle...]]>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 05:06:48 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[San Francisco, California]]></title>
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				<![CDATA[Today we went to Golden Gate Park and saw the Flower Conservatory and Japanese Tea Garden. Then over the Golden Gate Bridge and the coastal highway. I remembered the Pelican Inn where Larry and I had...]]>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 05:34:32 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[San Francisco, California]]></title>
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				<![CDATA[Today we followed the 49ers who searched for gold along the western valleys of the Sierra Nevadas. Starting at Oakhurst we followed highway 49 to Sutters Creek where the first gold was discovered - ph...]]>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 04:30:16 +0100</pubDate>
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