The Lost Abbey
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." Benjamin Franklyn reported said that and I wholeheartedly agree. The...
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Chuck Marra
- Aug 28, 2021
- 2 min
Modern Times
It was a warm day, and a drive down the Coast Highway again was just what I needed. I headed down to Encinitas. Just feet before the...
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Chuck Marra
- Aug 20, 2021
- 5 min
The Mission at San Luis Rey
It was a day for a beautiful drive. I left the coast in Oceanside and the road heated up quickly going east. The ocean was behind me...
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Chuck and Megan Marra
- Aug 13, 2021
- 2 min
A Good Cafe on Pleasant Drive.
Then there was the hot weather, and the need to find some sort of escape from it. If you head east from Los Angeles and just about when...
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Chuck Marra
- Aug 7, 2021
- 3 min
The Pier in Oceanside
At home, I am a local living in a tourist town, so it is nice to be a tourist in someone else's hometown. To see what they live in. day...
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Chuck and Megan Marra
- Sep 15, 2020
- 6 min
The End and The Beginning - Santa Barbara and Back. September 15, 2020
This was going to be such a fun day and start to a great fall (no pun intended). We were going to drive Sophia up to Santa Barbara to AA...
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Chuck Marra
- Sep 2, 2020
- 3 min
Day 15 - California and Home Again - September 2, 2020
We've driven the I-15 back from Vegas maybe 50 or sixty times, and I love it, but it is a whole different drive in a ragtop. From the...
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Chuck and Megan Marra
- Sep 1, 2020
- 6 min
Days 12-15 - We'll Always Have Paris. Aug 30-Sept 1, 2020
The sights and smells of a casino at three in the afternoon are delicious and intoxicating. The the sweetness of fresh pastries, charred...
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Chuck and Megan Marra
- Aug 29, 2020
- 5 min
Day 11 - Tucumcari to Flagstaff - August 29, 2020
The next morning, we packed the car, Richard makes two different brews in the morning. He is kind of a coffee aficionado. And what we...
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Chuck and Megan Marra
- Aug 28, 2020
- 3 min
Day 10 - The Road to Tucumcari - August 28, 2020
The sun burned down on us and the air was still. The large metal sign in front of us informed us rattlesnakes were nearby; just off the...
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Chuck and Megan Marra
- Aug 27, 2020
- 4 min
Day 10.1 - The Historic Motor Court - August 27
Night had fallen and a desert chill had taken the air, by the time we pulled off the interstate. It was as if we had sailed on a fast...
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Chuck and Megan Marra
- Aug 27, 2020
- 4 min
Day 9 - Oklahoma City Memorial - August 27
We hadn't planned on going to see the Oklahoma City Memorial. We had to get on the road. We still had half the country to get across and...
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Chuck and Megan Marra
- Aug 26, 2020
- 2 min
Day 8 - Beale Street Blues - August 26
I had always wanted to see Memphis and still do. Just about everything was closed due to the Covid-19 shut down. Streets were quiet. ...
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Chuck and Megan Marra
- Aug 26, 2020
- 4 min
Day 8.1 - Straight through Arkansas - August 26
With not a lot of time to spare, we decided to cross the Memphis Arkansas Bridge and drive straight through Arkansas and get to Oklahoma...
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Chuck and Megan Marra
- Aug 25, 2020
- 4 min
Day 6 - Like Family That We Had Not Yet Met - August 25, 2020
We had to direct some VoiceOver pieces and do a few classes so we stayed put in Knoxville for one extra night. Too bad we didn't get to...
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Chuck and Megan Marra
- Aug 25, 2020
- 5 min
Day 7 - Nashville to Memphis - August 25, 2020
With only so many days left to get to the California DMV and register and smog Sofia, we had planned our milage and our stops carefully....
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Chuck and Megan Marra
- Aug 23, 2020
- 3 min
Day 5 - Durham to Knoxville. The Adventure Begins... August 23/24 2020
We left Durham this morning at 8:30; half an hour later than we wanted to leave, and half an hour earlier than we thought we’d actually...
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Chuck Marra
- Aug 22, 2020
- 2 min
Day 4 - Farmland and Shaved Ice - August 22, 2020
Today, we left Durham for a bit. We took the backroads of North Carolina east through farm country to meet some of Laura's family, and...
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Chuck Marra
- Aug 21, 2020
- 2 min
Day 3 - The Woods of Chapel Hill - August 21, 2020
The woods of Chapel Hill are as magical as any I have ever seen. We had taken Sophia from Durham to Chapel Hill up to meet our great...
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Chuck Marra
- Aug 20, 2020
- 5 min
Day 2 - Durham - August 20
We woke up late; must have been 11 a.m. There are pictures of me sleeping that will never see the light of day because I look like raw...
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