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In search of Dambo's

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What is it about me and lists? As soon as someone mentions "Have you been to every.." or "Have you seen all the...?", then that becomes a thing that I must absolutely do or see. It's pathological, really. Don't believe me? How's about a list. *Countries: It started innocently enough with someone asking how many countries I'd been to. Now, it's an obsessive quest that has me researching countries most sane people have never heard of. Current count: 135 *US States: Similar origin story to counting countries. This one had me recently dragging friends across the Dakotas to complete 50 out of 50.  *US National Parks: Whoever came up with the National Parks passport knew exactly what they were doing. All those blank pages just waiting to be stamped speak to me. They've led me to convince a group of people that we need to rent a car and drive halfway around the island because there is a US National Park in Guam. Current count: 29 *Pokemon Go: "...
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ChatGPT takes on the Utah Valley

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Country #135: Beaching it in Cap Haitien

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You betcha, we're saving the best for last.

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There was a general plan. My friends and I had just spent four glorious days exploring South Dakota. On this, our fifth day, we would be crossing the border into North Dakota and with that, I would complete my quest to visit all fifty states. Certainly, we would stop and take photos at the state's welcome sign. Odds were good there was an alcoholic beverage or two in our handy cooler for us to toast with. We could do a TikTok. The details were fuzzy but the celebration was certain. All we had to do was keep an eye out for the sign.  At one point, I knew we had to be close because when we stopped for  gas , the store had a rack full of ND magnets. There was also a separate area that doubled as a visitor's center with brochures for ND attractions. In retrospect, I think there may have had a machine where you could renew your ND driver's license. Were those ND lottery tickets they were selling? Yup, we had missed the sign entirely. Also missed were all the indications that we ...
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