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St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital

matchboxsarah — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:17:47 MDT

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Andrea and Amanda's Tri Delta connections got us a tour of the hospital. It's run entirely on donations, and it costs $1.3 a day to keep the doors open. It was an amazing experience.

Kay Kafe

matchboxsarah — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:17:46 MDT

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Kay Jewelers donated the state of the art cafeteria. Seriously the most amazing cafeteria I've ever seen.

Danny Thomas Pavilion

matchboxsarah — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:17:45 MDT

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The shrine to Danny Thomas' amazing life.

Inside the Pavilion

matchboxsarah — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:17:44 MDT

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They were setting up for a speaker, but we were able hang out inside for a bit before it started.

St. Jude Statue

matchboxsarah — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:17:43 MDT

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Andrea and Amanda with the statue of St. Jude

Good Catholic Girls

matchboxsarah — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:17:42 MDT

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Beth and I with St. Jude, the patron saint of desperate cases.

End of the Tour

matchboxsarah — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:17:41 MDT

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All of us at the end of our tour.

Pros and Cons

matchboxsarah — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:17:40 MDT

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Some amazing artwork done by the teens at St. Jude. The black and white waves on the yin yang are actually phrases and words that describe the pros and cons of having a disease.

Chili's Care Center

matchboxsarah — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:17:39 MDT

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All of the money made during St. Jude week at Chili's built this awesomely cool care center. It's definitely worth the extra dollar you pay to color a pepper during that week!

C is for Cancer...

matchboxsarah — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:17:38 MDT

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They have an alphabet wall where different kids got to write about a different aspects of St. Jude or their illness. I took pictures of my favorite two...

G is for Gold

matchboxsarah — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:17:37 MDT

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If I would have had more time I might have take pictures of each letter...

Apparently we travelled further than we thought...

matchboxsarah — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:17:36 MDT

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We made it all the way to Cuba! Or a small town in Tennessee called Cuba Landing...whatever...

Bored in the Car

matchboxsarah — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:17:35 MDT

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I was bored while Beth was driving....this was pre-fight....we were still talking at this point....not for much longer though!

License Plate Game!

matchboxsarah — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:17:35 MDT

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This game got intensely competitive....Andrea & Amanda won on a technicality. We agreed once we got out of AZ that if someone found Hawaii they won automatically. They found Hawaii when they pulled into our apartment complex in Virginia. Otherwise...Beth and I might have won!

Subway Guy!

matchboxsarah — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:17:34 MDT

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This 17 year old kid was very sarcastic towards Amanda, so Andrea and I immediately made friends with him. He was a very sheltered local kid who has probably never left Greenville, TN and might not ever...

Creepy Marion, VA

matchboxsarah — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:17:33 MDT

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Our very last stop. The town wasn't creepy by day...but when we rolled in around midnight the night before it was pretty creepy! This is the shady Best Western we stayed at....

Hooray for Tri-Pods!

matchboxsarah — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:16:59 MDT

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Andrea had all of her photography equipment so we were able to set the timers on our cameras and put them on the tri-pod to take our pictures at all of the state signs.

Texas

matchboxsarah — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:16:58 MDT

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Welcome sign for Texas...

Beth doesn't like Texas

matchboxsarah — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:16:57 MDT

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She's a fan of the weird faces...

Wow

matchboxsarah — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:16:56 MDT

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Really...72 oz?!?! Who would seriously eat that?! Only in Texas...

Blue Sky Cafe

matchboxsarah — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:16:55 MDT

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Burger joint in Amarillo, TX where we ate....the burgers were super tasty.

It Was Really Hot

matchboxsarah — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:16:54 MDT

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The four of us in front of the welcome sign...it was super hot that day...

Ooooooooooklahoma...

matchboxsarah — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:16:53 MDT

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Where the wind comes sweeping down the plains....

Largest Cross in Western Hemisphere

matchboxsarah — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:16:53 MDT

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Seriously...it is....and it's in the middle of nowhere in Texas. You can't see it in the picture, but they have a massive stations of the cross set up around the base with giant statues of each station. It looked pretty cool.

Where's Our Welcome?

matchboxsarah — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:16:52 MDT

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The welcome to Oklahoma sign didn't have a "welcome to" on it....it was kind of annoying....not gonna lie!

Texola

matchboxsarah — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:16:51 MDT

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I love border towns...this was less than a mile past the Texas border into Oklahoma...all of the border towns have these weird mixed names.

Surry with the fringe on top...

matchboxsarah — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:16:50 MDT

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Us in front of the Oklahoma sign

I Ain't In Checotah Anymore...

matchboxsarah — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:16:49 MDT

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Home town of the fabulous Carrie Underwood...

Arkansas Sucks....

matchboxsarah — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:16:48 MDT

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We're still smiling because we didn't know it sucked yet...we'd just gotten there.

I heart funny signs

matchboxsarah — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:16:47 MDT

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The diner we ate at in Arkansas. The sign is funny...

Welcome to the Worst State in the Union

matchboxsarah — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:16:46 MDT

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We were getting a little tired of taking pictures at this point...

Welcome to Tennessee

matchboxsarah — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:16:45 MDT

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Unfortunately this sign is on a bridge...so we couldn't take a picture with it.

Mighty Mississippi

matchboxsarah — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:16:44 MDT

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The best shot of the river we could get from the bridge while driving...

Beale Street

matchboxsarah — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:16:43 MDT

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All of us on Beale Street in Memphis...birthplace of the blues....

Out on the Town

matchboxsarah — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:16:42 MDT

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A very nice woman offered to take a picture for us...and here it is!

Street Shot

matchboxsarah — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:16:41 MDT

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Beale Street...we were there on Biker Night...it was pretty awesome.

Pretty Girls

matchboxsarah — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:15:41 MDT

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Beth has amazon arms...so she was able to take photos of all 4 of us during the trip...

Albuquerque Uptown

matchboxsarah — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:15:25 MDT

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The shopping center across the street from where we stayed.

Outside

matchboxsarah — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:15:13 MDT

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The Hyatt Place sign...I only took pictures of the hotel in Albuquerque because they all look the same.

Bedroom

matchboxsarah — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:15:04 MDT

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2 beds and a pretty comfy pull out couch...Hooray Hyatt!

TV

matchboxsarah — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:14:18 MDT

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Flat screen = amazing!

Workstation

matchboxsarah — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:14:08 MDT

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Hyatt Place Albuquerque

matchboxsarah — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:13:58 MDT

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I hooked us up with nice hotels for cheap using my employee discount

New Mexico!

matchboxsarah — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:13:45 MDT

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The welcome sign...

Worried

matchboxsarah — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:06:24 MDT

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Worried that it would just stop working or something!

Old School

matchboxsarah — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:06:15 MDT

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The man who ran this place was so adorable...I personally loved the old school gas station....

Best Friends!

matchboxsarah — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:06:07 MDT

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Me & Amanda at the old school gas station...so excited that she came along for the ride!

Weird...

matchboxsarah — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:05:56 MDT

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Beth attempting to pump gas at the random gas station in Holbrook, AZ

Mom, Me & Daddy

matchboxsarah — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:05:31 MDT

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Love you guys!

Mom & Me

matchboxsarah — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:05:16 MDT

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Before I left and pre-waterworks!

Packed to the Brim...

matchboxsarah — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:05:07 MDT

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Yeah, so we couldn't see out of our windows....no big deal....

Low Rider

matchboxsarah — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:04:16 MDT

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Andrea's car was packed down as well...the Corolla was riding a little low for a week...

Malibu Barbie

matchboxsarah — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:04:02 MDT

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She's all packed up and ready to go. There was no room in there for anything else!