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Supabase tables needed: photos (id, url, caption, location, reactions, created_at) and guestbook (id, name, message, created_at) and dispatches (id, day, location, text, created_at) and train_count (id, count)
✦ May 23 – June 7, 2026

The Great
American Road Trip

Ballwin, MO · Virginia · NYC · Niagara · Chicago · Home

2,261Miles
16Days
7States + Canada
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6 Legs · 2,261 Miles

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🚇 Ride the PATH Train — Jersey City → Manhattan
🚊 NYC Subway ride
🚂 Museum of Science & Industry — Chicago train exhibit
🪟 Spot a freight train from the car window
🏭 See a rail yard from the highway
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The Luker Family
Road Trip
May 23 – June 7, 2026 · 2,261 Miles
Chapter 1 · The Drive East
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762 miles from Ballwin to Springfield — the great American highway stretched ahead as we left before dawn...
Chapter 2 · Langhorne & Sesame Place
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Three nights near Philadelphia. Sesame Place, 0.7 miles from the hotel. The aunts joined for the weekend...
Chapter 3 · New York City
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The PATH train under the Hudson. The skyline. AMNH. Central Park. The boys saw New York City for the first time...
Chapter 4 · Niagara Falls
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Into Canada for the first time. The falls thundered below our window. Fireworks at 10 PM. The boys, speechless...
Chapter 5 · Chicago
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The Bean. The Museum of Science & Industry (the 6-year-old lost his mind at the train hall). Deep dish at Lou Malnati's...
Trip Stats
Total Miles2,261
Days on the Road16
Hotels5
States + CanadaMO IL IN OH PA MD DE VA NJ NY ON
E-ZPass Total~$87
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