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105. I towed a car on a tow dolly from San Francisco to Philadelphia.

Sat Feb 23, 2013, 01:05 AM

Feb 2013

Summer of 2007---My oldest daughter got accepted to Med School in Philly. I put her Honda Civic on a tow dolly behind my pickup and headed out on I-80 smack at the beginning of a heat wave that crossed the US with us (it was 114*+ crossing Nevada).

Got to Philly in time to drive through downtown during the commute, still towing that car, during the worst summer downpour I'd ever experienced.

Spent three days helping her get situated, then drove home via Virgina, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California coast.

Great road trip.

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