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Minuteman II Nuclear MissileCactus Flat, SD

Minuteman II Nuclear Missile
Paul CloutierJune 23, 2011

The business end of a Minuteman II nuclear missile. This is shot looking down through a glass enclosure on the original site right by the freeway.

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Realizing that they both really just wanted to travel and take pictures, Paul and Alana decided to get rid of all their stuff and hit the road for a year in a 1977 GMC Motorhome that they restored from the ground up. This is their trip.

An archive of a trip that ended in 2012. Nothing here has changed since.