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ON $499 As part of a series on budget travel, a plucky couple shows us the best of the city without breaking the bank.
Our job is done. We’ve chosen our winners. Now they get to enjoy their 15 days of fame. Since it’s obvious from the miles they log that our Road Warriors get around, we decided to pick their brains — and their itineraries
A look inside the diary of American Ways grand prize winner.
[image-static:hs-adam-pitluk.jpg,Picture of Adam Pitluk]Kimberly and I were making the high-speed burn down Interstate 35 in a caravan reminiscent of the pioneers of yore. I was in the lead, driving my 1993 Jeep Cherokee, and every inch of space both in the cabin and on the roof was occupied with all my worldly possessions. Kimberly followed in her 1991 Chevy Cavalier, which also was packed to the hilt with all her stuff (and some of mine that I couldn’t strap down). It was 2000, and cell phones weren’t the extension of the hand that they are today. Kimberly and I communicated with each other through walkie-talkies we’d purchased at Target only hours earlier for this, our move together away from her hometown of St. Louis.