South Texas II
The second batch of South Texas photos. A pair of Mexican eagles, not too far across the Rio Grande in Texas. Odd duck of an interstate shield. Several of these are found in Laredo. […]
South Texas I
Some photos from a trip to south Texas, February 2009. One of the oldest signs in Texas. Mid-70s or so. How it has survived, I will never know. […]
Alaska Highway VII
the last Alaska Highway batch, which contains no actual Alaska Highway – and, in fact, very little Canada. We had about 24 hours before we needed to be at the airport, so we spent some time exploring eastern Washington, Idaho, and even a little bit of Montana. What do we have here? An original I-90 trailblazer, complete with green sign back. We found a few of these in Spokane, and [...]
Alaska Highway VI
day 7 of the Alaska highway trip, where we finally cross the Rockies, and are promptly greeted with even more snow than before. Dawn. The roads have been plowed. We head east on the Yellowhead Highway into Alberta. This could be a problem. Since 93 through Jasper National Park in Alberta is a park route, it is closed to commercial traffic, and therefore not plowed particularly frequently. [...]
Alaska Highway V
The sixth day of the Alaska Highway trip, where we see the Alaska Highway for the last time, and head down the Cassiar Highway – route 37 in Yukon and British Columbia. We make a brief stop in Hyder, Alaska, just to say that we’ve been there, and then head east on the Yellowhead Highway and attempt to cross into Alberta. However, we’re nearly eaten alive by that snowstorm that’s [...]
Alaska Highway IV
the fourth fifth day of our trip. The fourth day was spend snowed in in sunny East Anchorage, where 16 inches fell overnight. Remember that storm that we escaped in the mountains to get to Anchorage? Well, it found us. However, Anchorage has the best snowplow routine I’ve ever seen, and we could’ve gotten out of there by noon, had we not been zonked. We waited ’til about 6 the [...]
Alaska Highway III
the third day of our trip, on which we actually cross into Alaska, and complete the Alaska Highway. Dawn in Yukon. Just past Haines Junction, we hit the final stretch of Alaska Highway. Close-up of distant purple mountains over Destruction Bay. Yes, that is what it is called! It was named by the troops who were building the road in 1942, and had the wind blow away their new structures. [...]
Alaska Highway II
Continuing northward … and, on this day, greatly westward, as that is the way to get from Dawson to Delta Junction, which is the official end of the Alaska Highway. This batch of photos includes plenty of British Columbia and even some Yukon. About 70 photos total! Dawson Creek at dawn. This monument is at the intersection (BC-49 and BC-2, actually) where the Alaska Highway officially begins. 2 ends at [...]
Alaska Highway I
Photos from the Alaska highway! Okay, well, first photos from flying to Seattle, and then driving to Dawson Creek, where the Alaska Highway begins. Some photos in this post brought to you by Daniel Brim. We have an equitable arrangement: he provides talent at taking photographs, I run us off the road only occasionally. Somewhere over the Rockies. Between Denver and Seattle for sure. And here’s the northern lights! Just [...]
New Orleans III
The third day of the southern trip from July, 2008. And the fourth, since a lot of the third day was unfortunately spent in boring parts of Tennessee. Somewhere in all that kudzu, there is an old US-11 bridge. […]