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GenCon Photoessay: The Trip

By Jacob Ezzell
August 10, 2000 · 1 minute read

These are mostly random pictures of things that we saw either on the way to GenCon, on the way back, or driving between the Airport Econolodge we got stuck at and downtown Milwalkee.

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The Colorado contingent preps for the 18 hour drive to Milwalkee. We brought our own table and chairs to save some cash, so we had to strap those and all of our luggage on top of the car to have enough room inside for the five of us. As it was, one person had to ride in the trunk.

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Some of the sights on the road from Colorado to Wisconsin. We spared you the 16 hours of corn and wheat fields. From the top left, we have Sweden Creme, Wyanet Meats, and Madonna's bra cup.

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18 hours in a car is enough to drive anyone batty, even if its a normal group. Here we have Dutch passed out in the trunk, Dennis taking up most of the back seat, and Aaron doing his impressions of a certain Centauri Ambassador, stoned and on happy gas.

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Swear to god, we saw this. These are not doctored photos. In fact, the next morning we saw two more of these buses, with different numbers! We never saw anyone riding in them though...

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We found President Regan's childhood home somewhere in Iowa, I think, and Dennis and Dutch paid their respects.

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