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\u00a0 \u00a0 This trip represents at least the fourth time that I\u2019ve driven by Cahokia, not far from St. Louis, without having the time to stop at the site. \u00a0I\u2019ve always been in a hurry to reach somewhere else. \u00a0It\u2019s becoming a real frustration. \u00a0 I thought I had it worked out for this trip, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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