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40 States in 40 Days: Rediscovering America: July 2009
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Monday, July 27, 2009. Thank you for reading. I hope you found something here that opened your eyes or piqued your interest. Best wishes,. Sunday, July 26, 2009. Saturday, July 25, 2009. Washington D.C.- part of Day 2 and Day 3. Let’s make up our minds. Washington D.C.- Day 1 and part of Day 2. As the ambassador for D.C., I had begun to wonder what I had gotten myself into- taking responsibility for what is advertised as the center of American government and history. On top of that, I wanted ...At lunch,...
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Explore. Dream. Discover.: And so it is
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Explore. Dream. Discover. Thursday, July 23, 2009. And so it is. As the news sunk in that we wouldn’t be going to Montgomery at all, I felt remorse, for Emma, the day’s ambassador, and for all of us missing out on the experience. But as I settled into my seat on the new bus and breathed a heavy sigh, I realized it wasn’t the only one I had missed. July 24, 2009 at 7:46 AM. Traveling is wonderful and frustrating and I never could explain the frustration.I think you have done so well. And maybe it was less...
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Explore. Dream. Discover.: Rediscovering the Elephant
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Explore. Dream. Discover. Sunday, July 19, 2009. Author Note: I am sorry about the lack of updates! The last couple weeks of the trip became hectic and exhausting, so the blogs took a backseat to the experience. I wrote bits and pieces of these blogs on the trip, but it took getting home to finally finishing them. I hope you enjoy! It struck me as I watched the film that this is what we are doing on this trip. Each of us approaches this country without any idea of what we’ll find. We have s...This seemed...
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Explore. Dream. Discover.: Built Ford Tough.
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Explore. Dream. Discover. Sunday, July 5, 2009. I was going to write about hopelessness in Detroit. After 23 days of unified hope throughout the U.S. we hit a city that looks like this. Left Post-industrial wasteland is the perfect setting for a film. That feeling came to a head for me when we visited The Heidelberg Project. We saw it in Hamtramck, where the kindness of friends and family still holds strong, as we were treated to an enormous Polish/Ukranian meal made with care by a slew of workers. T...
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Explore. Dream. Discover.: Cleveland Rock.
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Explore. Dream. Discover. Tuesday, July 7, 2009. What is the worst thing to get on the day the group tours the House of Blues, visits the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and goes to a Roots concert? Sorry, Cleveland, I think I'm going to have to pass on this one. I will post the video we've been watching since April to get us amped up for Cleveland. Even the locals think it's funny, and it was stuck in my head all day. The Hastily Made Cleveland Tourism Video (Second Attempt). July 7, 2009 at 12:45 PM.
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Explore. Dream. Discover.: I Remember it Well
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Explore. Dream. Discover. Thursday, July 23, 2009. I Remember it Well. I remember we were in the van in Minneapolis when we found out that Michael Jackson had died. The radio chirped with rumors that he was still alive…no, dead…no, he’s alive…and now, not alive. We all received text messages from friends, voice-mails listing all of the bulleted information they had received, and phone calls from family members urging us to get to a television soon. Long Live the King! But if they were of no importance...
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Explore. Dream. Discover.: June 2009
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Explore. Dream. Discover. Tuesday, June 30, 2009. The tourist versus the local. It's been a major theme of this trip for us as we've planned our destinations and driven through the larger half of our route. Every place we've gone to has been either been dubbed cliche tourist attractions with gift shops and scary tour guides, or slices of local culture. In fact, as I walked around the Mall, if felt exactly like the mall I grew up going to with friends. Like the mall I spent my summers in, working part...
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Explore. Dream. Discover.: Bullet Points and Blog Posts
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Explore. Dream. Discover. Tuesday, June 30, 2009. Bullet Points and Blog Posts. On our way out to Mount Rushmore, I found myself reflecting on the moment at hand. Nearly halfway through the trip, I had never really stopped to think about what exactly I was doing. Mine is not a normal educational experience. For me, it got me thinking again. About how history warps memory. How quickly opinions change. How quickly the truth fades. I wondered if opinion would shift for the three presidents a...I am so old :I.
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Explore. Dream. Discover.: July 2009
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Explore. Dream. Discover. Thursday, July 23, 2009. I think this is it, everyone! The last posts are up. I still have papers to write for class, but the blog is complete. There is so much more to talk about, and I have so many stories, but if I do decide to keep writing about them, it will be with a different site. Belmont was kind enough to let us use personal blogs for the trip, but I don't want to put them or myself in an uncomfortable position by continuing to use this blog personally. To Matt Burchet...