The Western Express is amazing! Did it summer of '05 with six high school kids, all of whom had zero prior touring experience and I had only the previous 5 weeks solo on the west coast under my belt.

It was hot, it was dry, it was beautiful and we had a blast. We were up by 5am everyday to beat the heat, carried a ton of water and found great towns along the way that never failed with cold swimming pools, basketball courts and great Americana diners. At times, it felt like we had the whole of the west to ourselves b/c the traffic was practically nonexistent on 50.

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