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Episode 23: Atomic Tour Day 19: Boring! Boring!

We leave Abilene behind us and head east across the hat of Texas across miles and miles of boring highway. Then we cross into Arkansas and hope that things get more or less boring just for a change of pace but alas everything stay as boring as ever. Listen to the podcast on this page Direct Link [...]

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Episode 22: Atomic Tour Day 18 - Roswell

Assaulted by another day of amazingly inclement weather (one that makes that rainstorm back in Kentucky look like a gentle mist by comparison), Dave and Tara head for Abilene, TX. (New state!) But first, there’s a visit to the UFO Museum And Research Center in Roswell, which challenge the version of the Roswell Incident they’ve [...]

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Episode 21: Atomic Tour Day 17 - White Sands

With The Atomic Tour hitting Day 17, it turns out to be a sleepy day for Dave and a drive-y day for Tara. New Mexican adventures continue: a Sweet Tomatoes in Albuquerque; the promise of a missile range; a new New Yorker; a new National Monument (and what is the difference between a Monument and [...]

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Episode 20: Atomic Tour 16 - One Day, Four States

Eager to wipe away the memories of the horrendous hotel in Moab, Dave and Tara venture out to not one but two National Parks: Arches and Mesa Verde. And they do NOT disappoint. The day takes them straight the hell up to some gigantic red rocks; up and down trails; into cliffside ruins; to impressive [...]

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Episode 19: Atomic Tour Day 15 - Moab, Mo’ Problems

It’s a Grand old Canyon! It’s a high-flying Canyon! It’s…well, not a letdown, but maybe kind of hard to appreciate from the top of the rim? Anyway, Dave and Tara leave Flagstaff but continue exploring Arizona by visiting both the Meteor Crater (FEEL THE IMPACT!) and the aforementioned Grand Canyon. There’s also first glimpses of [...]

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Episode 18: Atomic Tour Day 14 - Damboree

The Atomic Tour has been rolling strong for two full weeks! Dave and Tara celebrate by leaving Las Vegas without performing any homage to Lost In America; admiring the effort taken by the designers of the Hoover Dam to slap nature square in the face; visiting more antique shops; failing to drink homemade root beer; [...]

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Episode 17: Atomic Tour Day 13 - Hazy Days of Summer

Unlucky (?) Day 13 finds Dave and Tara making their way from California’s Bay Area to a town where luck is paramount: Las Vegas! Along the way, there is a minor confrontation with a hotel clerk; lot of smog; a little religion; some heavy metal-inspired sandwiches; a lot of yelling at Lou Dobbs; a bit [...]

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Episode 16: Atomic Tour Day 12 - Coin-Op

On the twelfth day of Atomic Tour, my true love gave to me: twelve coin-op wonders; eleven avocadoes; ten Mio wrong turns; nine startled tourists; eight tales of RVs; seven kinds of salsa; six bumper stickers; five Golden Gates! (okay, just one, and only from far away); four bum queries; three soup lines; two cute [...]

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Episode 15: Atomic Tour Day 11 - They Might Be Giants

It’s big tree country! We travel from the big trees in Oregon to the bigger trees in Redwood National Forest to the biggest trees in the Avenue of the Giants. Along the way we find giant bovine balls, drive-through trees, Germans with walking sticks (or so they say), evidence of unfathomable flooding and a fancy [...]

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Episode 14: Atomic Tour Day 10 - Oregon Has A Stick Up Its Ass

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to drive across half of Idaho and three-quarters of Oregon in a day? Let’s just say Dave and Tara no longer have to wonder. As our fearless Atomi-tons (we’re going to see if that catches on) try to get most of the way to Redwood National Park, they [...]

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