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5 Day DIY Digital Detox + Meditation Retreat

I unplugged for five days and watched my brain scramble to stay relevant. Turns out, she’s dramatic, sneaky, and kind of a gossip.
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Stop sign in Osage language

Route 66 Backwards, Part 7: OK, Twisters & True Crime

From serene botanical gardens to tornados and the haunting history of Osage county—where the real events behind 'Killers of the Flower Moon' unfolded
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On Route 66 in Tulsa, Oklahoma: The Gathering Place

Route 66 Backwards, Part 6: Unexpected Tulsa, OK

Join us at the Center of the Universe, walk into the belly of a whale, and play at One Seriously Overachieving Park
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Tile painted by children of oklahoma at oklahoma national memorial

Route 66 Backwards, Part 5: Oklahoma’s Bridges and Blasts

A mile-long historic bridge that wasn't crumbling, a Czech queen watching over a flour mill, and the silent glow of 168 empty chairs in Oklahoma ...
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Route 66 Backwards, Part 4: Harley in Erick, Oklahoma

Just over the Texas-Oklahoma border, we stumbled upon a weathered wooden building and met Harley, the whiskey-gargling guardian of Route 66
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Spraypainting cadillacs

Route 66 Backwards, Part 3: Texas Waffles & Cadillacs

We dodged tornadoes, feasted on BBQ, and even got to legally vandalize a field of Cadillacs.
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Blue Hole, Santa Rosa NM

Route 66 Backwards, Part 2: New Mexico

A diary of road-tripping Route 66 in our "Hotel Prius" through New Mexico, and on finding the right Blue Hole
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Route 66 Backwards, Part 1… Arizona?

We road-tripped Route 66 West to East on a tight budget, in our "Hotel Prius". But wait. Did we forget Winona?
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