What was your favorite road trip?

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answer:One of the craziest, and therefore fun, was from Santa Barbara to Reno for a fraternity weekend. And I had a couple pretty good ones from San Francisco to Jackson Wyoming, one in the summer to go backpacking, one in the winter to go skiing. My “bucket list” trip is to do Denver to Mt Rushmore, then West to Yellowstone and Glacier Nat’l Parks. Another is to fly to Las Vegas and then to the Utah Nat’l Parks.

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