Fun trip! I wish you could have spent more than 17 days on it though. I lived in Texas in HS and I live in Alaska now, so road trips are pretty common. From age 16-18, I did a LOT of solo road trips around the midwest. Pretty much any time I wasn't working or at school, I would be driving around. When I got my driver's license I got a cheap car that had 180,000 miles on it. When I was about to graduate from HS, that car had 250,000 miles on it. I've driven through most of the areas in your photos.
I have a small warning for you. A trip like yours tends to give someone the bug. You look at your itinerary and then you see that there are a bunch of other cool places that you missed. All of a sudden, you could fill another 17 days easily!
Yes, the 3 of us got the bug for sure, and you are right, it is intoxicating! We've been on other trips together, especially Japan, stayed at a monastery for 3 days eating all vegetarian (we would sneak out at night and walk to the village to get some proper protein though) We walked the Philosopher's Path outside of Kyoto during fall, where the colors on the trees was amazing. I will post some pictures from that trip in the coming weeks if you guys are ok with that. They will be in color.
I do have color pics of the cowboy trip and will rustle them up.
I think the Little Big Horn was very moving, to actually ride on horseback the very trails that Custer's men road to their deaths was chilling. As far as scenic, Monument Valley was pretty dramatic, going to John Ford's point and realizing how many movies I saw with that view...and then walking for a day through the terrain was pretty cool.
I am going to Italy this summer, a semi-road trip, not the rough and tumble Cowboy style, going with another family, Start at Rome drive up through the Tuscany region, Florence, Siena, Pisa and end up in Venice. We booked a place right on a canal, yay for Airbnb! We try to go somewhere once a year together. Last year we went to France and drove all through Alsace and over to the Black Forrest, even went to Verdun. Amazingly German. Had no idea about the history of that region. We stayed at a working Dairy farm!
For the Cowboys, we have been discussing a multiple overnight desert outing to get some awesome night shots. Camping out and eating Mormon stew!
Fun trip! I wish you could have spent more than 17 days on it though. I lived in Texas in HS and I live in Alaska now, so road trips are pretty common. From age 16-18, I did a LOT of solo road trips around the midwest. Pretty much any time I wasn't working or at school, I would be driving around. When I got my driver's license I got a cheap car that had 180,000 miles on it. When I was about to graduate from HS, that car had 250,000 miles on it. I've driven through most of the areas in your photos.
I have a small warning for you. A trip like yours tends to give someone the bug. You look at your itinerary and then you see that there are a bunch of other cool places that you missed. All of a sudden, you could fill another 17 days easily!
So now I have a few questions for you.
1. Where was your favorite spot?
2. Do you have any color photos you can share?
3. When is your next trip?
Yes, the 3 of us got the bug for sure, and you are right, it is intoxicating! We've been on other trips together, especially Japan, stayed at a monastery for 3 days eating all vegetarian (we would sneak out at night and walk to the village to get some proper protein though) We walked the Philosopher's Path outside of Kyoto during fall, where the colors on the trees was amazing. I will post some pictures from that trip in the coming weeks if you guys are ok with that. They will be in color.
I do have color pics of the cowboy trip and will rustle them up.
I think the Little Big Horn was very moving, to actually ride on horseback the very trails that Custer's men road to their deaths was chilling. As far as scenic, Monument Valley was pretty dramatic, going to John Ford's point and realizing how many movies I saw with that view...and then walking for a day through the terrain was pretty cool.
I am going to Italy this summer, a semi-road trip, not the rough and tumble Cowboy style, going with another family, Start at Rome drive up through the Tuscany region, Florence, Siena, Pisa and end up in Venice. We booked a place right on a canal, yay for Airbnb! We try to go somewhere once a year together. Last year we went to France and drove all through Alsace and over to the Black Forrest, even went to Verdun. Amazingly German. Had no idea about the history of that region. We stayed at a working Dairy farm!
For the Cowboys, we have been discussing a multiple overnight desert outing to get some awesome night shots. Camping out and eating Mormon stew!