back roads
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The Gitters began regular travels on back roads in the Southeast in their Toyota pickup, searching for works by other self-taught artists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
We’ve left our town for California, exploring back roads the whole way through, and then back again.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025
“Going to head up north on the back roads traveling through Field and Farm and enjoying God‘s beautiful country,” he wrote on Instagram.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2025
"Anybody who knows the area knows it's back roads and windy roads and really unsuitable for people to come along," he said.
From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2025
After twenty minutes, Blake returned to Rotterdam, using the back roads he had learned as a teenager in the Dutch resistance.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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