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My family is moving to Hawai'i. My sister and I are driving my car across country to ship it from California. We're taking route 50 west from Ocean City, MD to Oakland, CA. We'll probably have several detours on the way. I can't wait to see parts of the country that I'd never get to see. Wish us luck.

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Liz by the Main Mound

Liz and I checked out of the shady hotel and headed for Ohio.  Liz was really realived to get the hell out of West Vriginia.  We stayed on 50 all the way through Ohio.  The ride was pretty boring, not very much to see.  We stopped halfway through Ohio in Chillicothe to see the Mound City.  It was a pretty awsome sight.  The weather couldn't have been nicer for walking around the park.  The museum was pretty small but gave some good background. 

Its strange to think that there were people living in Ohio over 2000 years ago.  Liz and I walked around the mounds and took a bunch of pictures.  We went down to the river and tried to see the mounds on the other side, but the bank was too high.  We got some postcards at the giftshop and got back on 50.  We wanted to make it to Cincinnati by the end of the night.

Liz by the Main Mound
The three main mounds lined up
Hopewell Burial Mounds
Liz by the Scioto River
Liz by the outline of the Big House
Main Burial Mound
Queen of the mountain
Seip Mound
Seip Mound
Seip Mound again
8,655 km (5,378 miles) traveled
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