Movin Out

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Movin Out !

• (A Boy, A Girl, and 8 Days in a Ryder Truck)

Cecily Walker LIBR 500 cecily_at_interchange.ubc.ca
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Once Upon A Time
A boy from Vancouver, BC
A girl from Atlanta, GA
met
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They Fell In Love

• And decided to get MARRIED!

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After the Wedding

• There was no time to relax!
• We packed my apartment
• We rented a Ryder truck
• We said goodbye to friends and family
• I shed hundreds of tears
• And we were on our way!

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The Road Home

• We passed through
• Georgia
• Alabama
• Mississippi
• Tennessee
• Arkansas
• Slept in West Memphis, AR
• Oklahoma
• Slept in Shawnee, OK
• Texas
• New Mexico
• Slept in Tucumcari, NM and Gallup, NM
• Arizona
• California
• Slept in Needles, Fresno, and Yreka, CA
• Oregon
• Washington
• Slept in Olympia, WA
• British Columbia

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The South

• Georgia
• Gentle, rolling hills.
• Warm people.
• No, Im not biased at all.
• Alabama
• Move along, folks. Nothing to see here.
• Mississippi
• Nice river.
• Lots of Elvis swag.
• Rebel flags are a fashion accessory.

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The South (contd)

• Tennessee
• More Elvis.
• Blues and real barbecue.
• The Peabody Memphis Hotel.
• Daily Duck marches (with real ducks!) through the
  lobby at 1100 am and 500 pm
  
• Arkansas
• Bill Clintons home state.
• State budget was obviously spent on hushing up
  state troopers instead of highway improvements.
  
• The Iron Skillet Truck Stop Diner
• Truckers have iron stomachs. Newlyweds do not.
• Menu items include salt, salt, salt, and sweet
  ice tea.
  

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Route 66

• In Oklahoma City, our route started to run
  parallel to the old Route 66.
  
• Route 66 stretched from St. Louis, Missouri to
  San Bernadino, California
  
• During the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, thousands of
  families traveled the route in hopes of finding a
  better life in California
  
• After World War II and the automobile boom
  travelers used the road for recreational
  purposes.
  
• The road was replaced by interstates in the 1950s
  and 60s, but parts of the road are still passable
  today.
  

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Route 66 Museum2229 W. Gary Blvd. Clinton,
Oklahoma

• A reinterpretation of life along Oklahomas
  Route 66

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Bits of Americana

• 190 feet tall
• Can be seen from a mile away
• Looks to be made of metal sheeting
• Located in a field east of Amarillo, TX

Largest Cross in Western Hemisphere -- Groom, TX
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Bits of Americana

• The Big Texan Steak Ranch
• Home of the 72 ounce (2.2 kg.) steak
• If you eat the steak and the sides in one hour,
  its free
  
• Only 9 people have successfully finished the
  steak in the restaurants 60 year history
  
• No, we didnt try to eat the steak

Amarillo, Texas
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They Dont Mince Words in Oklahoma
(You call it ABORTION, GOD calls it MURDER)
spotted off I-40 west of Oklahoma City. Needless
to say, we didnt stay in Oklahoma long.
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Petrified Forest National Park

• Located in northeast Arizona off I-40
• Contains worlds largest concentration of
  petrified wood
  
• Also includes over 95,000 acres of badlands known
  as the Painted Desert

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The Painted Desert
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California -- Days 5 and 6

• California, youre such a wonder that I think
  Ill stay in bed. -- Rufus Wainwright
  
• We hadnt seen a single palm tree so far in our
  trip, but as soon as we hit the
  Arizona/California border we saw palm trees, in
  the middle of the desert, in the middle of
  nowhere.

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The Northwest -- Days 7-8

• Oregon was a blur.
• We had our first fight in Portland.
• The ride from Portland to Olympia, WA was very
  quiet.
  
• Washington flew by too.
• The next morning we stopped for breakfast at the
  Spar Café in downtown Olympia.
  
• We drove from Olympia to Blaine, WA where I
  stored my belongings for five months.

State Capitol, Olympia, WA
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The True North

• At the border, the guard asked us lots of
  questions. We said we were friends and that I was
  only visiting.
  
• We couldnt tell the truth because I hadnt yet
  applied for permanent resident status.
  
• When we were waved through, we waited until we
  were 150 feet from the booth and S-C-R-E-A-M-E-D
  our fool heads off!
  
• Eight days and nearly 3000 miles later, Vancouver
  became my new home.

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The End!
(Johann, our trip mascot, Fresno, CA)