The Importance Of Traveling To California

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My family and I are now setting off and heading to the west. We are starting from our hometown New York, New York and will be traveling to California. The trip will be at least 1,722.95 miles, and will be approximately 20 days if all goes well, as planned. We are leaving our hometown for several reasons, but, mainly because we want to find some gold nuggets and become rich. When we arrive in California we should be alright, we will have a place to live, bathe, and eat. We are expecting Cleatus ( cousin ) to still live in California.

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