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Day 2 of the February Photoblogging Challenge: Morning beverage.

Delicious Guatemalan coffee from Pair Cupworks. Big carafe, thermos, cup.

Coffee mug with colorful letters partially filled with black coffee, beside a stainless steel carafe and a blue thermos on a dark countertop.
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This is my workstation setup for our February stay in Mesa, AZ. The mStand is critical to getting the screen and camera at a good height. The 12.9” iPad Pro does great double duty as a second display using Sidecar.

Folding table workstation with MacBook Pro on an mStand, iPad Pro as second display via Sidecar, Magic Keyboard, and a mug, beside a window overlooking a suburban street.
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Day 1 of the February Photoblogging Challenge: Close up.

It is novel for us Minnesotans to see lemons growing in the yard of this rental that we are staying in Mesa, AZ.

Ripe yellow lemons hanging in clusters on a tree with green leaves, close-up view.
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Fun to see a wind generator blade getting transported down the road. It had a pilot vehicle in front and behind as well.

A massive wind turbine blade on a flatbed semi-truck marked Oversize Load traveling down a rural highway under a clear blue sky.
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I thought North Dakota had the record for roads that go straight as far as the eye can see. It turns out Arizona gives it a very good run for the prize! This is I-40 heading West.

Two-lane interstate highway stretching ruler-straight to the horizon across flat Arizona high desert under a clear blue sky, with semi-trucks visible ahead.
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Today’s point of view for the next several hours. Impressive volume of semi-trucks on I-40.

White semi-truck with Hyundai trailer on a flat desert highway flanked by dry grassland under a clear blue sky.
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Day two on way to Mesa, Arizona departing from Elk City, Oklahoma. 835 miles, 12.5 hours, 4 states.

Map showing a driving route from Elk City Oklahoma to Mesa Arizona spanning 835 miles across Texas and New Mexico.

5:57a Left Elk City, OK
6:33a entered Texas
8:54a entered New Mexico and mountain time
12p lunch at Green Jeans
TAL Ship
TAL Fiasco
1:58p enter Arizona

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These Duke’s Hatch Green Chile sausages are delicious. Great flavor and the Hatch chiles are great.

Hand holding a bag of Duke's Hatch Green Chile Smoked Shorty Sausages inside a car, highway visible through windshield.
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Family selfie by Clear Lake, IA on the road with the Honda Pilot stuffed full!

Family of two adults and two kids smiling in a packed SUV with a fluffy white dog in the back seat.
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Big road trip to Arizona this weekend. Today’s drive is to Elk City, Oklahoma from Minneapolis, Minnesota! 913 miles, 13 hours, and 5 states.

Map showing driving route from Minneapolis Minnesota to Elk City Oklahoma passing through Iowa Kansas City and Kansas covering 913 miles

Log

6:04 Left home
6:45 Played Trace
7:33 Entered Iowa
8:55 Gas and stretch in Ellsworth, IA
10:10 TAL: Kids Logic
10:48a Enter Missouri
12:15p Culver’s in Lincoln
4:35 Entered Oklahoma