North Central (aka midWest) taco trails and adventures

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welcome to 2o23

What taco adventures + trails await this new year

...looking into a few of these long-haul trails inside/outside of the MW


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the odo is nearing 283k miles
what a great opportunity to wheel the US-283 trail whilst the digits are turning and turning...

US-283 runs from Lexington Nebraska to Brady Texas
a distance of 730 miles once the trailHead is reached on US-30


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a foggy start to the journey west on i80
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US-34 exit at Grand Island/Hastings
i assume to be re-visiting US-34 in the next week much further west

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drove under this display again outside of Kearney...

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38 miles to the trailHead...

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going to exit here and find that 283 trailHead off of US-30

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19 more miles...

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welcome to Lexington...

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283 trailHead just ahead...

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made it to the i70 junction

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plans to be in Denver area at the end of the week...

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K-4 crossing ... wheeled that 370 mile trail back in Sept-2o21

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Ness City Kansas

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the snowy hills of central Kansas

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25 miles to go before 1st stop on the taco adventure

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US-50/56 junction just ahead...

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welcome to Dodge City Kansas

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made it safely to stop 1 (Dodge City) on the mid-winter taco adventure before the sun went down

485 mile treK so far
 
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DAY 2 - starting in Dodge City Kansas
destination is Brady Texas and then to Junction Texas for the overnight

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a cold start this morning...

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had to wait it out for a train!

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made it to Brady Texas

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there is NO sign for the end of US-283 where it terminates but this is Brady Texas and its around this town square area on the maps...
finished wheeling the US-283 within the mileage bands, 283862 on the odo upon completion

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or perhaps US-283 terminated back at the US-87 junction just outside of town?


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this is the southern start of US-283 off of US-87

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oh well IDK!!

made it safely to stop 2 (Junction, Texas) on the mid-winter taco adventure
Had to wheel it 2+ hours on the dark evening... Took a wrong road on the last leg of the day and went 100 miles out of the way :confused: :eek: almost to San Antonio

turnt 284k

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1213 mile treK so far.
 
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DAY 3---
(Junction to Fort Stockton)

a rainy start to day 3
need some taco juice at the shell down the 10 before heading to del rio

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git sum tacoJuice here at Shell

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121 miles to Del Rio

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heading south on US-377


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...first encounter with a border inspection station that is a distance from the border

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on the way to Del Rio this is spotted...

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welcome to Del Rio

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couldn't find anything of much intrest in Del Rio so turning back around and heading west on US-90 in search of Big Bend NP

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made it safely to stop 3 (Fort Stockton, Texas) on the mid-winter taco adventure
Had to wheel it almost 3 hours on the dark evening
13+ hours and nearly 750 miles

1963 mile treK so far.
 
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DAY 4 -- starting in Fort Stockton Texas
destination is Roswell New Mexico after finding the trailHead for US-285 in Sanderson



The border-to-border run continues today
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US-285
runs 846 miles from US-90 in Sanderson Texas to south Denver metro at i25
Starting in Fort Stockton Texas and wheeling it north to Roswell NM
after circling back down US-385 to US-90 to find the 285 trailhead in Sanderson Texas... Odometer ought to turn over to 285k miles shortly before the adventure north begins
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A frosty start to day 4

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US-385, heading south in the morning


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made it to US-90

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turned 285k...

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10 miles to the trailHead...

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trailHead is just ahead...

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and the LONG journey north starts...

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I've gotten the tacoJuice at this Shell before, back in Nov-2o21 on dayRun from Amarillo
will get it juiced up again here tomorrow before heading further north on US-285

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DunkinDs with the alien!... will have to hit it up in the morning before heading to Colorado

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made it safely to stop 4 (Roswell New Mexico) on the mid-winter taco adventure with a bit of sunlight to spare
Had to wheel it through a 40 mile 1 lane no passing 46mph limit at the border
9+ hours and almost 550 miles
2500 mile treK so far.
 
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DAY 5---
(Roswell to Alamosa)

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Continuing north on the 285 starting in Roswell NM and ending a bit across the Colorado border on the mountains
Might see some snow on the ground today! Haven't seen any snow since day 1 of this border to border taco adventure

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137 miles to Santa Fe

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look at that right there!
mile-marker
285 on US-285

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some screwed up highway signage got me off the 285 trail :oops:

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turn it around and get back on that 285 north


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