Snow, Rain, Hobos and More Americana in New Mexico and Arizona: Highlights

Snow, Rain, Hobos and More Americana in New Mexico and Arizona: Highlights

Though I am now living in our new apartment in San Francisco, there are still a couple more photos and stories from Route 66. As I left Texas and entered New Mexico and then Arizona, I found myself wondering, “is this the desert?” All my life I pictured the desert …
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Snow, Rain and More Americana on Route 66 in New Mexico and Arizona – This and That

Snow, Rain and More Americana on Route 66 in New Mexico and Arizona – This and That

New Mexico When I was in Santa Fe, New Mexico, it actually snowed. But not like back home with big flakes. These were small round balls: almost like hail, but not hail. On Sunday, the south is closed. I think I’m the only person who drives through the desert and …
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Snow, Rain and More Americana on Route 66 in New Mexico and Arizona – Photos

Snow, Rain and More Americana on Route 66 in New Mexico and Arizona – Photos

Travel photography and stories from Arizona and New Mexico during my trip across Route 66.
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Giant Whales and Cadillacs on Route 66 in Oklahoma and Texas

Giant Whales and Cadillacs on Route 66 in Oklahoma and Texas

The road trip continues. Leaving the desolate stretch of Route 66 in Kansas behind, I paid a visit to the World’s Largest Totem pole before spent a night in a classic Route 66 motel in Oklahoma. From there my journey west continued as I watched the scenery morph from mountains …
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Giant Whales and Cadillacs on Route 66 in Oklahoma and Texas – This and That

Giant Whales and Cadillacs on Route 66 in Oklahoma and Texas – This and That

I had a defective gas pump outside Oklahoma City. First it kept shutting off like it was done even though I had just started pumping. Next, after finally finding a position that kept it on, the thing actually overflowed my gas tank. A man who worked at the gas station …
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Giant Whales and Cadillacs on Route 66 in Oklahoma and Texas – Photos

Giant Whales and Cadillacs on Route 66 in Oklahoma and Texas – Photos

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Sorry Oregon Trail, I’m taking bedbugs to go with my trip through Americana on Route 66 in Missouri and Kansas

Sorry Oregon Trail, I’m taking bedbugs to go with my trip through Americana on Route 66 in Missouri and Kansas

Change of plans. Instead of shooting north to take the Oregon Trail, I’ve decided to just stay on Route 66 all the way to Los Angeles. It’s just too much fun! After leaving St. Louis, I spent a two full days doing nothing but driving The Mother Road and taking …
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Religious Farmers, Smoking in Restaurants and Other Observations

Religious Farmers, Smoking in Restaurants and Other Observations

When I asked for directions at a post office in Missouri, the woman actually said to me, “go west young man.” Classic. Store employees are constantly impressed by my New York license plate and how far I’ve driven. Some nights I eat out…others I eat random foods I brought with …
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Travel Photography Highlights from Route 66 in Missouri and Kansas

Travel Photography Highlights from Route 66 in Missouri and Kansas

Travel photography and stories from my trip across Route 66.
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Adios East Coast, I’m Packing my Car and Driving Route 66 Across America to Relocate to San Francisco!

Adios East Coast, I’m Packing my Car and Driving Route 66 Across America to Relocate to San Francisco!

For those who don’t know, I’m on the move again…this time on a road trip across America. After years of talking about it and planning it, I am finally moving out to San Francisco where Carrie just found us a great apartment a block off of Haight Ashbury. So, on …
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Route 66 Past and Present: A Summary

Route 66 Past and Present: A Summary

Sometimes referred to as The Mother Road or Main Street of America, Route 66 was paved in 1926 and was the primary way for drivers to get from Chicago to Los Angeles until the creation of the interstate highway system. During the Great Depression, countless farmers packed up their lives …
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Travel Photography Highlights from Getting to the Mother Road and Driving the First Leg of Route 66

Travel Photography Highlights from Getting to the Mother Road and Driving the First Leg of Route 66

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The Craziest Traffic on Earth…and Learning to Ride a Motorcycle In It

The Craziest Traffic on Earth…and Learning to Ride a Motorcycle In It

Traffic in Vietnam is unlike anything I’ve ever seen before. Stop lights are few and far between and motorcycles outnumber everything else. Intersections are the craziest, with all modes of transportation converging together
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