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    The Lost Abbey
    Chuck Marra
    • Sep 6, 2021
    • 3 min

    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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    Modern Times
    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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    The Mission at San Luis Rey
    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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    A Good Cafe on Pleasant Drive.
    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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    The Pier in Oceanside
    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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     The End and The Beginning - Santa Barbara and Back. September 15, 2020
    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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    Day 15 - California and Home Again - September 2, 2020
    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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    Days 12-15  - We'll Always Have Paris.  Aug 30-Sept 1, 2020
    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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    Day 11 - Tucumcari to Flagstaff - August 29, 2020
    Chuck and Megan Marra
    • Aug 30, 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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     Day 10 - The Road to Tucumcari - August 28, 2020
    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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    Day 10.1  - The Historic Motor Court - August 27
    Chuck and Megan Marra
    • Aug 28, 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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    Day 9 - Oklahoma City Memorial - August 27
    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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    Day 8 - Beale Street Blues  - August 26
    Chuck and Megan Marra
    • Aug 27, 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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    Day 8.1  - Straight through Arkansas - August 26
    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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    Day 6 -  Like Family That We Had Not Yet Met - August 25, 2020
    Chuck and Megan Marra
    • Aug 26, 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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    Day 7 - Nashville to Memphis - August 25, 2020
    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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    Day 5 -   Durham to Knoxville.                 The Adventure Begins... August 23/24 2020
    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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    Day 4 -  Farmland and Shaved Ice  - August 22, 2020
    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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    Day 3 - The Woods of Chapel Hill  - August 21, 2020
    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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    Day 2  -  Durham - August 20
    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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    Our Drink of Summer (2021)

    Our Drink of Summer (2021)

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    The Lost Abbey

    The Lost Abbey

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    Modern Times

    Modern Times

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    The Mission at San Luis Rey

    The Mission at San Luis Rey

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    A Good Cafe on Pleasant Drive.

    A Good Cafe on Pleasant Drive.

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    Car Classic by the Sea

    Car Classic by the Sea

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    Our Drink of Summer (2021)

    Our Drink of Summer (2021)

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    The Lost Abbey

    The Lost Abbey

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    Modern Times

    Modern Times

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    The Mission at San Luis Rey

    The Mission at San Luis Rey

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    A Good Cafe on Pleasant Drive.

    A Good Cafe on Pleasant Drive.

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    Car Classic by the Sea

    Car Classic by the Sea

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    Our Drink of Summer (2021)

    Our Drink of Summer (2021)

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    The Lost Abbey

    The Lost Abbey

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    Modern Times

    Modern Times

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    The Mission at San Luis Rey

    The Mission at San Luis Rey

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    A Good Cafe on Pleasant Drive.

    A Good Cafe on Pleasant Drive.

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    When we met in 1987, Chuck had a dark blue  1973 Alfa Spider, that started  only when it wanted to. Ah, but he was in love with that car. A few years later we got a 1984 seafoam green Spider which we reluctantly sold when our second baby was on his way. Now, 26 years later, the kids are grown and he finally got his dream: A 1985  red Alfa  Spider for us to travel around California (and places beyond), finding and exploring all the riches this state has to offer.

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