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Nothing on my trip thus far was as I expected which shows you that rather than simply read about the United States you have to log the journey.

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Jim Harrison
Age: 78 †
Born: 1937
Born: December 11
Died: 2016
Died: March 26
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Michigan
James Harrison
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