My road Trip '09

[Youngblood]

Loving the pics. Is the trip over, or ongoing?

[killersheep]

Painted Desert, AZ
elevation:5,800 ft.

One of the unique places in Arizona. multicolored badlands. The Cholla cactus seen below only blooms for 2 weeks out of the entire year, so we lucked out seeing it.

[killersheep]

Final Milage:



Other notable cities we visited but I don't have pictures of were:

Moab, UT - A destination for adventure sports people, Utah has really strict drinking laws, and strict laws about everything really. But it is a beatiful area, a lot of people that are into rock crawling go here to climb "Lion's Back".

Boulder, CO - A college town, probably the most liberal place in Colorado. The flat irons are near the city. It was really strange there was ethnic food from all over the world, but the population is almost all white. One of the more interesting things we saw there was a teahouse. The people of Tajikistan came together to build a teahouse over 40 artisans and craftsman, hand painted the walls and ceilings, had carved all the posts and made bronze statues. This was then dissassembled and reassembled in Boulder. The city of Boulder set up a relief fund for Dushanbe (the capital of Tajikistan).

Denver, CO - Denver is a suprisingly small city but it bustles with business and fancy architecture.

Santa Fe, NM - Is what a city looks like when there is very little middle class. As the main hub of southwest art, it is a breeding ground of snobbery. It is interesting though how many adobe homes there are.

Gallup, NM - Near the Arizona/New Mexico border. It is part of a section where Route 66 and the I-40 are the same road, there were a ton of hotels. It was definately offseason as the place was completely dead and some hotels had deals like 2 rooms for $29.99

Flagstaff, AZ - The major city of northern Arizona, home of NAU. Lots of hippies that can't afford it continue to live there because of the scenery.

[killersheep]

Loving the pics. Is the trip over, or ongoing?

That trip is over, I am going to see the Wupatki Pueblo on Saturday though.

[killersheep]

That an outstanding view Greg.looks so rich.Very green and like stepping into another era.Thanks for sharing chief...did your ears pop

My ears seemed to pop about once an hour on the hour.

It's amazing the elevation and temperature swings we took.

Lowest point (Home) Mesa, AZ 1,100 ft.

Highest Point Rainbow Curve 11,000 ft.

Highest temp. (again was at home) Mesa, AZ 109 degrees f

Lowest temp. Frisco, CO 36 degrees f

[Youngblood]

Loving the pics. Is the trip over, or ongoing?

That trip is over, I am going to see the Wupatki Pueblo on Saturday though.

Man killer, thanks for sharing. Seriously, I love seeing stuff like this. Even from the vantage point of behind a keyboard in my bedroom, it is breathtaking. I googled Wupatki Pueblo. It seems equally awesome, but you have a way of personalizing it by being there I won't bother even to try and replicate. I suggest to others they google and have a look.

[killersheep]

Looks like it was a lot of fun Killer. I loved the pics of the Rockies National Park (I think that's what it's called) you posted on Facebook.

I really want to go there now.

Have you been to Banff? It's in heavy consideration for us next year.

Yeah, I was in Banff when I was 19 or so. I went along with some friends on a road trip to Alberta and we stopped there. It's a bit ritzy, but Lake Louise was absolutely stunning. If you're into nature etc and you're coming to Canada, you should consider taking a trip to the west side of Vancouver Island if you're coming anywhere near here. I've never seen anything quite like it.

If we do the Northwest trip next year, we will be doing Seattle, Vancouver, Banff, Calgary, Glacier Park, Missoula

If we do the Southwest trip we will do Las Vegas, Great Basin Park, Bryce Canyon, Grand Canyon, Flagstaff.

So if we do end up heading to your neck of the woods, I will try to hit up Victoria and get a tour from ya. It really depends on how we are doing financially.

[CFH]

Have you been to Banff? It's in heavy consideration for us next year.

Yeah, I was in Banff when I was 19 or so. I went along with some friends on a road trip to Alberta and we stopped there. It's a bit ritzy, but Lake Louise was absolutely stunning. If you're into nature etc and you're coming to Canada, you should consider taking a trip to the west side of Vancouver Island if you're coming anywhere near here. I've never seen anything quite like it.

If we do the Northwest trip next year, we will be doing Seattle, Vancouver, Banff, Calgary, Glacier Park, Missoula

If we do the Southwest trip we will do Las Vegas, Great Basin Park, Bryce Canyon, Grand Canyon, Flagstaff.

So if we do end up heading to your neck of the woods, I will try to hit up Victoria and get a tour from ya. It really depends on how we are doing financially.

Vancouver is a great city.

[killersheep]

Yeah, I was in Banff when I was 19 or so. I went along with some friends on a road trip to Alberta and we stopped there. It's a bit ritzy, but Lake Louise was absolutely stunning. If you're into nature etc and you're coming to Canada, you should consider taking a trip to the west side of Vancouver Island if you're coming anywhere near here. I've never seen anything quite like it.

If we do the Northwest trip next year, we will be doing Seattle, Vancouver, Banff, Calgary, Glacier Park, Missoula

If we do the Southwest trip we will do Las Vegas, Great Basin Park, Bryce Canyon, Grand Canyon, Flagstaff.

So if we do end up heading to your neck of the woods, I will try to hit up Victoria and get a tour from ya. It really depends on how we are doing financially.

Vancouver is a great city.

I have no doubt about it. It is actually the number one city I want to visit.

[BoxingGorilla]

Awesome photos! The only thing missing in the desert pics is a UFO.

I owe you some rep for sharing the moment.

Would you be okay with me using one as my desktop wallpaper?

[CGM]

Nice. I always like a good scenery pic. I particularly liked the look of Vail, CO. Also, #4 of Monument Valley, it almost looked like erosion has carved the design in the shape of a person.