The first leg took us from Brooklyn to Virginia. When F$ and I drove this leg back from Atlanta once, I sort of forgot about a few states, including Maryland and West Virginia. Z and I left late afternoon and drove until long after dark. And I think I only forgot about WV this time, but I didn't take any photos either because I was driving.
But...I did take photos the next day. I think these are Virginia and Tennessee. We got from Virginia to Atlanta where we spent the night with my parents.
On the way, we saw this truck carrying giant tires on the way. Very strange. I have no idea what they're actually for.
The next day, it rained. Yuck. But on our way back up to catch the 40, we passed through Nashville - Z, are we going to stop? Maybe for a bite to eat? Z? Hmm. - then Memphis - Hey Z? How about here? No? Hmm. My driving companion was very good about keeping me on task.
Which is good, because otherwise, I can be very silly.
I did learn Tennessee can be scary. Not all of it, but certainly some of it.
This is Memphis! Hi! Oh, bye!
We also passed through Arkansas. It was pretty flat.
We made it to Amarillo, Texas that night. For those of you keeping score, that was 1,126 miles. In one day. We slept for about five hours (maybe) and then got up and got back in the car. There are no photos of Texas, because I slept through the whole thing except for when Z woke me up to show me the largest cross in the Western hemisphere and I took one look at it, snorted, and went back to sleep.
Here are some shots of New Mexico, which I fell in love with.
My first mesa.
You know what is necessary on a road trip? Coffee. I learned this the hard way on the route to Atlanta when I got a migraine because I hadn't had my chai and we had to stop the car for nearly an hour so I didn't puke in the car. I swear, I'm really not high-maintenance.
I can't even describe how breathtaking the landscape is.
I don't know if this is still a working town, but it's just off the highway.
In Arizona, there were these silly dinosaurs, and some realistic looking ones. I have become somewhat of an expert of shooting photos from inside a car.
We did make a short stop in Arizona. Oh my god, you must be saying, they stopped?! Yes. We stopped at the meteor crater. To be honest, we also stopped in Albequerque on a hunt for coffee and to get me some cold medicine. This is where astronauts trained for the moon landing. It's huge! If you look closely at the second pic, you'll see a life-size image of an astronaut to give you some sense of scale.
Yup. We're finally here. Well, at least in the state.
The sky did crazy things that night.
I've reached LA! It's late, I'm tired, sick, and more than a bit cranky, but I have arrived. :)
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