Taxi Driver Goes On 2,300-Mile Journey Across U.S., Passengers Pay $3,000

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EVERETT, Wash. -- What started out as just another early morning fare turned out to be an odyssey stretching about 2,300 miles for taxi driver Mark Forbes.

"When I look back at it, it was one of those cab rides that you think about, but you never realize it's going to come true," Forbes said. "I think every cab driver has a once-in-a-lifetime trip."

The 62-year-old cabbie was nearing the end of a 12-hour shift April 10 when he picked up two men at a Days Inn and one asked to go to a Sikh temple near Seattle, about 25 miles to the south.

After they had gotten a few miles south, the passenger changed his mind and said they wanted to visit his brother in Milwaukie, a Portland suburb.

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