Silvia’s car breaks down, forcing the traveling siblings to find an auto body shop. Luckily, this happens as they are near the city of Bakersfield, a freeway-filled place with no shortage of automobile services. About a hundred miles north
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Flagstaff, Arizona: places from the road trip story, “Discovery of an Eagle”
Posted by Grace Mattioli in The Places in "Discovery of an Eagle" | 0 commentsAfter their visit to the Grand Canyon, Silvia and Cosmo head down to Flagstaff. Established in 1882 as a railroad stop, today this lovely little city has a population of just over 67,000 and is home to Northern Arizona University, Lowell
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Hopi, Arizona: places from the road trip story, “Discovery of an Eagle”
Posted by Grace Mattioli in The Places in "Discovery of an Eagle" | 0 commentsThere aren’t many places in the world as sacred as the Hopi Reservation in Arizona. Situated in the Northeastern part of the state and completely surrounded by a much larger Navajo reservation, Hopi was settled in circa 1100 making it the
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Gallup, New Mexico: places from the road trip story, “Discovery of an Eagle”
Posted by Grace Mattioli in The Places in "Discovery of an Eagle" | 0 commentsCosmo and Silvia stop in Gallup, New Mexico after a day of driving for dinner. Founded in 1881 as a railhead for the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, today Gallup is the most populous city between Albuquerque and Flagstaff, and about one-third of
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Tucumcari, New Mexico: places from the road trip story, “Discovery of an Eagle”
Posted by Grace Mattioli in The Places in "Discovery of an Eagle" | 0 commentsCosmo and Silvia stop in a town just west of Albuquerque which is modeled after Tucamcari, New Mexico. Named after the mountain that is situated near this small city, it has a charm of its own with a number of vintage styled hotels and
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Groom, Texas: places from the road trip story, “Discovery of an Eagle”
Posted by Grace Mattioli in The Places in "Discovery of an Eagle" | 0 commentsSoon after Cosmo and Silvia cross the border into Texas, they stumble upon an unusual sight- a 190 foot-tall free-standing cross. The cross lives in Groom, Texas, a small town with a population below 600 in the panhandle region of Texas- the
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Texola, Oklahoma: places from the road trip story, “Discovery of an Eagle”
Posted by Grace Mattioli in The Places in "Discovery of an Eagle" | 0 commentsCosmo and Silvia make it to the western most edge of Oklahoma and stay in a motel near Texola, Oklahoma for the third night of their journey. This nearly abandoned ghost town sits on the Oklahoma-Texas border. This town dates back to the
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Memphis, Tennessee: places from the road trip story, “Discovery of an Eagle”
Posted by Grace Mattioli in The Places in "Discovery of an Eagle" | 0 commentsOn the second night of their journey, Silvia and Cosmo make it to Memphis, Tennessee, where Silvia has a friend, Clay, who is Blues musician. When he tells Cosmo that he moved there to study the Blues, Cosmo assumes that he is attending a school
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Blue Ridge Parkway: places from the road trip story, “Discovery of an Eagle”
Posted by Grace Mattioli in The Places in "Discovery of an Eagle" | 0 commentsAfter a near fatal accident with a Mack truck soon after entering Virginia, Cosmo is grateful to be alive and his eyes are open wide to the physical world around him. As they drive through the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, he readily
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Hammonton, NJ: places from the road trip story, “Discovery of an Eagle”
Posted by Grace Mattioli in The Places in "Discovery of an Eagle" | 0 commentsSilvia picks Cosmo up in the beginning of the second chapter, and they’re off on their journey. Or so he thinks. She forgot her phone at their father’s house in New Jersey and so she must return there before they can begin the trip.
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