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Northern Tier Progress - June 19, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Northern Tier Progress - June 18, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Northern Tier Progress - June 17, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Northern Tier Progress - June 16, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Northern Tier Progress - June 15, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Northern Tier Progress - June 14, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Northern Tier Progress - June 13, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Northern Tier Progress - June 12, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Northern Tier Progress - June 11, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Northern Tier Progress - June 10, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Northern Tier Progress - June 9, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Northern Tier Progress - June 8, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Northern Tier Progress - June 7, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Northern Tier Progress - June 6, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Northern Tier Progress - June 5, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Northern Tier Progress - June 4, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Northern Tier Progress - June 3, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Northern Tier Progress - June 2, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Northern Tier Progress - June 1, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Northern Tier Progress - May 31-2, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Northern Tier Progress - May 30, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Journal Entry - May 28, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Journal Entry - May 27, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Journal Entry - May 26, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Journal Entry - May 25, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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@ayjay Thank you for the recommendation. I’ll grab that and give it a go. This will be my first foray into wayward historical fiction…

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@ayjay Brilliant!

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@PaulnRhe Love following! If you export your photos to .jpeg with a width of 640 then post, they will be MUCH smaller and will still size to page width with high resolution. Cheers!

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@PaulnRhe I’m very excited for you! I will be starting the TransAm in Williamsburg on May 5. I too will be blogging the adventure! Cheers!

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