Gallup, New Mexico: places from the road trip story, “Discovery of an Eagle”

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Cosmo 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”

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Cosmo 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”

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Soon 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”

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Cosmo 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”

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On 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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