THE ROAD TRIP In 1996, my friend, Guido and I decided to ditch our jobs, buy a van, and cruise around the U.S. and Canada.  We lived primarily in hotel parking lots and stayed with friends whenever possible.  These are a few pictures from the trip.  Click on thumbnails for larger view.

Constructing the inside of the van with the help of Guido's friend, Boo, outside of St. Louis.

Playing frisbee on the grassy knoll where President Kennedy was shot.

Behind the wheel of our Ford Club Wagon (15 passenger).

Guido doing his best Jesus impression in Fort Worth, Texas.

Inside the makeshift museum at the ruins of the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas.

At a modern fountain in Fort Worth, Texas.

Cannon at the Vicksburg Civil War battleground.

Guido reenacting the Kennedy assassination in front of the Book Depository building in Dallas.

A stop at a junkyard somewhere near Anniston, Alabama.

Up above Crater Lake in Oregon.

Guido, with a freshly shaven head, in Great Falls, Montana.

Guido outside the gates of Graceland in Memphis.

The remains of the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas.

Guido and some Russian guy that we played pool with in a bar in Calgary, Alberta.

Guido out on a ledge in the Badlands of South Dakota.

A bison that wandered into our campground in the Badlands, South Dakota.

A mountain goat near Banff in Alberta.

A crazy woman at a gas station feeding a fox near Wawa, Ontario.

A mountain lake somewhere in British Columbia.

A scenic view at Yosemite National Park in California.

Guido at a waterfall in Yosemite.

Me at a waterfall in Yosemite.

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