Monday, September 6, 2010

Views along our way to... Bonneville, of course!

Providence, Rhode Island

New Haven, Connecticut - first night we drove until almost midnight!


Shadow of the Phaeton :)


Chris - happy, happy, happy!

Pennsylvania - lots of big rolling hills & trees



Amish cart; the owner had a tent set up selling vegetables. Her horse was tied to a tree a 100 yards away.

Ohio - farmland with a still a lot of trees
Good Year tire company in Akron, OH







Indiana - pure farm land





Illinois - farm land, farm land, farm land



Picture of the Phaton, going down the road. My dad & nephew, Bryan, are riding along. I didn't get a better picture (not sure why...)
Heading into Peoria, IL

Caterpillar headquarters in Peoria, IL
The Mighty Mississippi!

Iowa - the prettiest farm land state (I think) ; lots of small rolling hills



Iowa wind farm. We also passed a couple in Wyoming



Nebraska

They love their college football! (University of Nebraska football stadium)

Nebraska farmers irrigate - the only farming state that did (that we saw anyway - most of the farmers along Hwy 80 NE, had irrigation)
Two girls were driving this guy - all the way back to California. It got a lot of attention.


Wyoming - change of pace from the farmland states

Lots of funky rock formations all along the route

and lots of grazing cows

Utah - prettiest state of our trip
The brown of Wyoming gave way to...
Gorgeous Red Rock!


Then we started heading toward Park City, Utah & the mountains

Once we passed through Park City, we hit Salt Lake City, and the beautiful mountains were gone - replaced with smaller browner versions.

Chris & Ritchie goofing off in some wacky motorcycle car (Orem, UT)


Salt Lake City, UT
The Great Salt Lake (very shallow)
Already posted plenty of salt pictures, so
Chris' pictures that he took on his ride home:
Crazy painted semi (racer)
Chris drove at night a lot more - they were trying to get a lot more miles in each day.

And it rained almost the entire ride home
which was good, because it washed the salt off the car.


Excellent trip/vacation/adventure!!!

Funny signs along the way to Bonneville...or ones that caught my eye

Getting us ready for the salt, although this sign was in Ohio



Shippenville
Knightstown
Jersey Shore (about 500 miles west of Jersey)
Brooklyn (same we were way west)
Atlantic
Montezuma
Happy Jack's Road
Wagonhound Trail Road
Wright Brother's Road - they used these guys a lot. I guess you know you're famous when...
Buffalo Bills Road
Eat & Park (maybe they should park before they eat....)
Kum & Go gas stations (we even passed by their headquarters - lucky us!)
Highest elevation: Wyoming at 8654 & the mountains were in the far distance! Crazy!
I like this one - interstate 80 west at 80 miles in PA
This made me think of MA (Worcester) and CA (Lodi) at the same time. I can't remember what state we were in at the time though - but definitely not MA or CA!
The ole Alma mater
The exit where we met my parents!!!
Colfax, IA
The one we were really waiting for!!
On Chris' drive home- it rained every day. Here's how bad the visibility was & the Phaeton has windshield wipers!