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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Northern Tier Progress - August 31, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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

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Northern Tier Progress - August 29, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Northern Tier Progress - August 28, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Northern Tier Progress - August 27, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Northern Tier Progress - August 26, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Northern Tier Progress - August 25, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Northern Tier Progress - August 24, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Northern Tier Progress - August 23, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Northern Tier Progress - August 22, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Northern Tier Progress - August 21, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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Northern Tier Progress - August 20, 2026: lifeonab17.me

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

","summary":"","url":"https://www.lifeonab17.me/2026/08/19/163034.html","date_published":"2026-08-19T21:30:34+00:00","author":{"name":"Brad Adkins","url":"https://lifeonab17.me","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F36%2F74173.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bradjadkins"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-19 21:30","date_timestamp":1787175034,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"96028572","content_html":"

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

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

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

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

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Northern Tier Progress - August 14, 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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