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Life at the Wright City rest area along westbound Interstate 70
Date: 6/30/2012 Album ID: 1495745
Photos by David Carson
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Scenes of the comings and goings of travelers from the Wright City rest area along westbound Interstate 70.
A pin marks the location of the Wright City rest stop on a map near the restrooms on Tuesday, June 26, 2012. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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James Merrow (center) and Melanie Young clean up their dogs and belongings at the Wright City rest stop on westbound Interstate 70 on Tuesday, June 26, 2012. The couple were stuck in a traffic jam caused by the Interstate 64 resurfacing when one of their dogs pooped in the car and the other one barfed. They are moving from Florida to Alaska where Merrow will work as a firefighter and Young will complete her schooling to become a nurse. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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James Merrow (center) and Melanie Young clean up their dogs and belongings at the Wright City rest stop on westbound Interstate 70 on Tuesday, June 26, 2012. The couple were stuck in a traffic jam caused by the Interstate 64 resurfacing when one of their dogs pooped in the car and the other one barfed. They are moving from Florida to Alaska where Merrow will work as a firefighter and Young will complete her schooling to become a nurse. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Calvin Young (left) and his daughter Faye Young plan out their route to Calgary, Alberta as they take a break at the Wright City rest area on Tuesday, June 26, 2012. Calvin Young, from Fayette, Miss., is traveling to the United Commercial Travelers convention and his family was coming along for the ride. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Alexis Dorris, 10, and her mother Erika Tate, both from Cobb Co. Georgia, both say it was the other person's idea to dress alike for their mother-daughter road trip. They stopped at the Wright City rest area to use the restrooms and pick up a map. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Alexis Dorris, 10, and her mother Erika Tate, both from Cobb Co. Georgia, take a look a map to figure out where they are. Both say it was the other person's idea to dress alike for their mother-daughter road trip. They stopped at the Wright City rest area to use the restrooms. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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A bus load of senior citizens walks toward the restrooms at the Wright City rest area on Tuesday, June, 26, 2012. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Dr. I DavŽ, 74, naps at the Wright City rest area on Tuesday, June 26, 2012. I'm too tired. I thought I'd lay down for couple of hours said DavŽ, from Los Angles, who said he was traveling to an Indian reservation in South Dakota. DavŽ said he travels across the country to provide medical services to the residents on different reservations. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Dr. I DavŽ, 74, naps at the Wright City rest area on Tuesday, June 26, 2012. I'm too tired. I thought I'd lay down for couple of hours said DavŽ, from Los Angles, who said he was traveling to an Indian reservation in South Dakota. DavŽ said he travels across the country to provide medical services to the residents on different reservations. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Yoga instructor Tabitha Frazer (left) stretches with her children Samuel Frazer (center), 5, Lileannah Frazer, 3, and Rebecca Frazer, 7, at the Wright City rest area on Thursday, June 28, 2012. Frazer says she usually does stretching, jumping jacks and yoga for my sanity with her children when she travels. The family is moving from Owensboro, Ky. to Colorado Springs. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Rebecca Frazer, 7, plays with her mother Tabitha Frazer as her sibblings Samuel Frazer (center), 5, Lileannah Frazer, 3, chase after them at the Wright City rest area on Thursday, June 28, 2012. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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An overheated van sits in the parking lot cooling as temperatures rose well above 100 degrees at the Wright City rest area on Thursday, June 28, 2012. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Joshua Johnson, the night shift supervisor for the Wright City rest area, cleans up truckers area on Thursday, June 28, 2012. Johnson supervises a team of employees who clean the rest area. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Joshua Johnson, the night shift supervisor for the Wright City rest area, cleans up the road side on Thursday, June 28, 2012. Johnson supervises a team of employees who clean the rest area. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Joshua Johnson, the night shift supervisor for the Wright City rest area, waves good bye to a departing trucker on Thursday, June 28, 2012. Johnson supervises a team of employees who clean the rest area. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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A vehicle leaves the Wright City rest area to continue it's trip on westbound Interstate 70 on Thursday, June 28, 2012. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Daylight fades into night at the Wright City rest area for westbound Interstate 70 on Thursday, June 28, 2012. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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