Travels Across America!
My son Jeff took a job in Atlanta, so I decided to drive him there – well, let him drive while I took lots of pictures to document the places we passed on our journey across the US…the trip took us from Los Angeles through California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Alabama and finally Georgia – 8 states in 5 days, and here’s how it all began…
We headed east from Los Angeles on the I-10 interstate – where you drive through an hour’s worth of sameness, until you finally hit the desert.
Not much to share except the incredible array of solar power-generating windmills outside of Palm Springs…
It’s a pretty if unspectacular trip across the I-10 in California, but things started to heat up once we crossed into Arizona – as in 107 degrees hot!
Some incredible images of hills and mountains of all sizes everywhere you look – oh, and these are also everywhere as well:
Arizona’s “Dust Devils!”
Yes, they are called “Dust Devils”, and we encountered dozens of them during our desert drive.
They are an everyday part of desert life: these mini-twisters that form in the distance like this:
As you drive, you can see them come closer and closer to the highway, and I saw one in enough time to capture it in full force, when THIS HAPPENS:
Poof! They roar out of the desert and then are gone as quickly as they appear! They seemed to lose power as they hit the highway, so they didn’t impact traffic at all – we averaged 80 mph the whole way…
The rest of the trip into Tucson Arizona was uneventful, but leaving the next day was an adventure!
More of that coming up: I’ve got the Gunfight At The OK Corral, the mystery of “The Thing” revealed, and the funniest McDonald’s order of all time….stay tuned, we are just getting underway – I leave you with a jumbo jet graveyard right off the Arizona highway!
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johnrieber 
Happy to travel this route with you, John, as I doubt I will ever go myself. The scenery is very different to England of course, and we don’t have ‘dust devils’ either. 🙂 450+ miles a day is a lot of driving. Glad to hear you flew back.
Best wishes, Pete
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Pete, it’s always an adventure when you are on the road, but my son drove the whole way so I got to take a lot of pics!
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What a great trip John! I love the pictures! We did a trip across the USA some years ago but didnt make it to many southern states. Looking forward to more of your adventures to come!
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Thanks, I have some funny stuff still to come!
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I drove the I 10 to San Antonio, so I know what you’re looking at! It sure is hot right now. I assume you made the trip safely. Looking forward to more of your road trip.
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Thanks Cindy, this is your neck of the woods…lots of fun adventures and all safe and good! No issues of any kind on the 2,200 mile trip
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That’s even better! You were way south of me. I’m up by Flagstaff — Rt 40 — where it’s cooler and. You taking Rt. 66 back or staying south on the 10 to cross back over the country?
I guess I will find out tomorrow!
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Cindy, we didn’t take the 40 because my son was eager to see Austin, and boy, did we! More to come – and no drive home, I am flying back, we took his car!
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I’ve always wanted to go to Austin. I hear it’s a fun city.
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Had one night and filled it with multiple bars that offered up live music – terrific
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