NoBodyImportant Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 I have seen most wonderful things, but I am ready to go home now. Almost two weeks ago we left out with zero plans other then to be under the path of the eclipse when it happened and that when one of us said we were homesick we would turn East towards home. We saw prairie that stretched to the horizon and mountains that stretched to the sky. 16 states and well over 5000 miles on the trip odometer. Some days our plans were no more the to go north until sunset then turn west in the morning. Following the compass more than a map we slept in fancy hotels and in the bed of our truck. We ate at exquisite restaurants and had sandwiches in the desert. We wanted to see the eclipse which was happening in middle America. I have flown to most of the big cities in America but I never explored the vast interior, or fly over country as most call it. We headed west across the great Appalachia mountains in North Carolina. Down the Tennessee valley to rolling Ozark hills. Saw the eclipse and toured area. In Arkansas traveling farther we hit the farms of Missouri Headed west the hills gave way to the flat prairie in Oklahoma Still heading west we rolled through Kansas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoBodyImportant Posted April 16 Author Report Share Posted April 16 Slowly the Rocky mountains came into view in Colorado Has we climbed elevation the air got thin and the temperature dropped from warm 80s to the 20s and snowing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoBodyImportant Posted April 16 Author Report Share Posted April 16 After crossing the Rockies we rolled out onto the high mesa. Coming down off the mesa into the high desert the temperature rose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoBodyImportant Posted April 16 Author Report Share Posted April 16 turning off the paved road we explored the vast Moab desert and the Sand dunes National Park Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoBodyImportant Posted April 16 Author Report Share Posted April 16 Honestly Moab was so beautiful that i forgot to take many pictures. Rolling from high desert to low desert we rode through the Canyon Lands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoBodyImportant Posted April 16 Author Report Share Posted April 16 The Painted desert is completely covered in 2000 year old rock art. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoBodyImportant Posted April 16 Author Report Share Posted April 16 (edited) The petrified forest. Stone trees as far as the eye can see. stopped into Texas for some BBQ Edited April 16 by NoBodyImportant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoBodyImportant Posted April 16 Author Report Share Posted April 16 Stopped by a gas station in Louisiana to fuel up and found a mint Ruger number 3 in .223 Stopped by a gas station in Louisiana to fuel up and found a mint Ruger number 3 in .223 Rode through Mississippi, good chicken restaurant in Biloxi, nothing else good about here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoBodyImportant Posted April 16 Author Report Share Posted April 16 From there went north through Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and back to North Carolina. Had a great time in the vast interior. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.C Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 Wow, what a post. Stunning pictures. You're very lucky to have had the opertunity to make that trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robden Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 I love a good road trip.......and that was a GOOD road trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muncher Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 Absolutely brilliant, I’d love to do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yates Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 (edited) Awesome trip, well done for getting out and doing it and thanks for letting us have a peek at your adventure Edited April 16 by yates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12gauge82 Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 Just wow. What an amazing country the USA is, vast with so many differing landscapes 🇺🇸👌 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 That IS a road trip..👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dainty duck Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 Well done , great to see some of your vast country Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 (edited) Hello, can only say WOW !!!!! thanks for sharing 👍, we had an eclipse here in UK a few years back and I and hundreds of people went to White Horse Hill on the Ridgeway, just before the eclipse started it went over to cloudy and saw nothing😂 Edited April 16 by oldypigeonpopper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ttfjlc Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 Stunning photos, thanks for taking the time to post about your trip 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 Thank you for posting, Sir. Sounds just exactly like one of my American holidays. Been in over 20 states. Seen pretty well everything in these pictures. Back again this Summer. If it is amazing to a life long resident of the USA such as our friend Nobodyimportant, just think how wonderful it is to us parochial British. Go and do it lads. You will not regret it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 Immense!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinj Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 Absolutely amazing! thank you for sharing 😵 😮 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 A road trip that now I could only dream about , we thought our county was flat but on some of the photos the sheer distance were just amazing . I have been to Arizona when me and my wife toured the West coast of America and looking back although it was tiring at times with the distance we travelled it was still the best holiday by miles we have ever had , fantastic country . Brilliant set of photos by the way and a very enjoyable post . THANKS for sharing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claydodger Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 Brilliant photos and story, thank you for sharing, you are very fortunate to live in such a vast and beautiful country. I liked the part where you happened to find a mint Ruger 3 in .223 while filling up at the gas station. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clangerman Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 outstanding trip what great memories to look back on the pics are excellent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old'un Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 You wont forget that trip, fantastic scenery, thanks for posting. The picture with the caption “Stopped by a gas station in Louisiana to fuel up and found a mint Ruger number 3 in .223”….only in America as they say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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