Brooke Geery

cross country drives

States #21-23: Ohio, Indiana and Illinois

Circa 2000 (no pay at the pump!) Ahh the Midwest. It's really a hard place to avoid if you want to get to one coast from another by car, so it's fitting I would hit all these states on my first cross-country trip in 2000, and have been back many times since. 21. Ohio Cleveland rocks! For a long time Ohio was a drive thru state, but during my two-month stint in Chicago, I ended up in Kent for a video premiere. I ended up making friends there, and subsequently spending a decent amount of time in Akron and Ravenna. Random. 22.    Indiana Definitely a drive-thru state, in fact, it’s…
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States #24-26: Iowa, Nebraska and Colorado

Circa 2000 My first cross country road trip, right after my Freshman year of college at PSC in the year 2000, took me to a ton of new states, so many in fact, I am breaking them into two posts. I've also been back to each of these states many times and they are big, and unavoidable (also CO has good snowboarding.) 24. Iowa Dexter, IA. Circa 2006 I spent a night in Ames, a college town USA, a college town that could have been anywhere, but just happened to be in the middle of Iowa. On the same trip I skated the Council Bluffs skatepark where I found it…
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States #21-23: Ohio, Indiana and Illinois

Circa 2000 (no pay at the pump!) Ahh the Midwest. It's really a hard place to avoid if you want to get to one coast from another by car, so it's fitting I would hit all these states on my first cross-country trip in 2000, and have been back many times since. 21. Ohio Cleveland rocks! For a long time Ohio was a drive thru state, but during my two-month stint in Chicago, I ended up in Kent for a video premiere. I ended up making friends there, and subsequently spending a decent amount of time in Akron and Ravenna. Random. 22.    Indiana Definitely a drive-thru state, in fact, it’s…
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States #24-26: Iowa, Nebraska and Colorado

Circa 2000 My first cross country road trip, right after my Freshman year of college at PSC in the year 2000, took me to a ton of new states, so many in fact, I am breaking them into two posts. I've also been back to each of these states many times and they are big, and unavoidable (also CO has good snowboarding.) 24. Iowa Dexter, IA. Circa 2006 I spent a night in Ames, a college town USA, a college town that could have been anywhere, but just happened to be in the middle of Iowa. On the same trip I skated the Council Bluffs skatepark where I found it…
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