{"id":188,"date":"2007-05-14T08:00:36","date_gmt":"2007-05-14T12:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lklawless.com\/blog\/archives\/188"},"modified":"2014-09-24T06:27:04","modified_gmt":"2014-09-24T10:27:04","slug":"us-southwest-in-sum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lklawless.com\/blog\/us-southwest-in-sum\/","title":{"rendered":"US Southwest, in sum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So that&#8217;s it. We spent 14 days in the US southwest, during which we visited 6 states: Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas, plus the Mexican state of Chihuahua. We flew from Philadelphia to Las Vegas, drove 2,757 miles, hiked at least 15 miles, took over 200 pictures, and flew home from El Paso. I only went online once. We saved at least $20 by purchasing <a href=\"http:\/\/store.usgs.gov\/pass\/\" target=\"_blank\">America The Beautiful<\/a>, the national parks and federal recreational lands annual pass. 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