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Hidden : 3/26/2010
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Geocache Description:

ABOVE CORDS ARE TVV MEMORIAL PLAQUE LOCATED @ THE CENTER PARKING LOT @ TEXAS TRAVEL INFORMATION CENTER.....
APPROVED AND PLACED BY:
SUPERVISOR JOSE "JOEY" SERNINO JR.

HE'S EXPECTING YOU TO COME INSIDE AND SAY HELLO.....

FOR EXTRA CREDIT: GIVE ME THE NAME OF THE PERSON WORKING COUNTER.... DON'T FORGET TO SAY "THANK YOU" AND SMILE......

READ THE PLAQUE CAREFULLY AND FIND HOW MANY TIMES 'HWY 83' IS MENTIONED.

TAKE THIS NUMBER TIMES 5 AND ADD 1 (ONE).
MINUS THIS NUMBER FROM THE LAST 3(THREE) DIGITS OF NORTH DEGREES.....N 26 11.____ W 097 43.152 GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!

THIS IS FITTING.....
THIS WAS THE WAR (CONFLICT) OF MY TIME... VIETNAM AS DIVIDED NORTH AND SOUTH... PEOPLE OF THE U.S.WERE DIVIDED... MY GENERATION WAS DIVIDED...
A LOT OF MY FRIENDS SAW ACTION IN "NAM".... SOME MADE IT BACK AND SOME DIDN'T BUT THERE ARE FEW THAT CAN TALK ABOUT IT.....
(visit link) - www.jamesmceachin.com
www.geocities.com/texvetride/home.html
www.bikerplaza.com/event-TexasVietnamVetsMemorialHighwayRun.html

US 83 THE ROAD SOUTH:
THIS ROAD RUNS FROM CANADA TO PANAMA,, SOMETIMES CALLED THE PAN-AMERICAN HIGHWAY....
IT RUNS FROM VIRDEN, MANITOBA, CANADA (FROM Hwy #1 SOUTH IS CALLED 83)SOUTH TROUGH TH U.S. ENTER MEXICO AT BROWNSVILLE, TX / MATAMOROS, MX (Hwys 180, 38, & 101) THEN TO IT'S END TO YAVIZA PANAMA.....
IT COMPLETELY DIVIDES THE COUNTRY (NORTH TO SOUTH)....
US 83 WAS BUILT TO MOVE SUPPLIES FROM US AND CANADA TO THE BIG DIG IN PAMAMA.... AS A KID I DISCOVERED THAT THE US WENT BEFORE AND BUILT WATER AND SEPTIC SYSTEMS ALONG THE ROUTE.... TO KEEP THE PEOPLE THE WERE TRANSPORTING FRON ILLNESS..... THE SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN WORKING , OR NOT WORKING, FOR A LONG TIME... GOOD ADVICE IS TO PLAY IT SAFE....
ALSO MR. SANBORN, OF THE CHASE AND SANBORN FAME, PLACES CAFES WITH CLEAN SAFE WATER AND CLEAN RESTROOMS ALONG THE WAY AND THEN ALL OVER MEXICO.... AND THEY ARE STILL SAFE TODAY..... GOOD TRAVELS.....
( visit links )
www.barrypopik.com/.../longest_main_street_in_the_world_highway_83_through_rio_grande_valley/
www.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_83_in_Texas
www.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_83
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HAQRE GUR ONANAN YRNS???????

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