I've never been a beach person - nor much of a water person for that matter - there are only lakes and rivers in the land-locked Prairies scoured out of the ground by the glacial action of the last ice age and the meltwaters of the Rocky Mountains .
But, I think I could be... Place name links like Carolina Beach, NC go to Wikipedia. Place name links like Carolina Beach use the local tourism or government website.
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These are my last couple hours on this side of the border.
I'm only an hour from the border so I should cross by noon and be home after the evening rush-hour in Edmonton. The thin Great Falls Tribune made for a quick morning read with coffee, and the hotel didn't have USA Today, which I've quite grown to like reading as the 2nd morning paper. I'll pick one up when I get gas.
Time to quit putzing here in my hotel room and get my 'Eh' game going!
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This last leg of driving was long and uneventuful, over ground I'm quite familiar with. It was a very smooth cruise, more largely-empty roadways until near the end, big blue skies and sun, and CKUA on the radio (yay!) from about a half-hour in. Lots of time to reflect on the last seven months.
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