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Alaska and Washington, Sept. 2012 part I

Interrupting the Mexico photos, we now bring you a week-long trip in two stages: several days driving all over Alaska, and several in Washington. This first batch is the flight to Anchorage, and an attempt to drive the Dalton Highway all the way up to the Arctic Ocean at Deadhorse. How far will we make it? Fjords of British Columbia, as seen from a Seattle to Anchorage flight. Typical Dalton [...]

By |2018-01-13T18:48:41-05:00October 3rd, 2012|Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Weather|3 Comments

Sonora Part II

We continue on our Sonora trip, heading south into the mountains to the towns of Nazocari and Hermosillo. Highway 14 across the mountains in the evening. What is going on in this photo? Read on to find out! […]

By |2018-01-13T18:50:00-05:00August 1st, 2012|Sonora|3 Comments

Sonora part I

A weekend trip to Chihuahua, Sonora, and Baja California, Mexico – concentrating primarily on some mountain drives in Sonora. Here is the first part: a quick nighttime dash from San Diego to Columbus, NM, then crossing over to Palomas, Chih., then heading west and south to Hermosillo, Sonora. Not actually in Mexico. here is an Arizona sunrise, somewhere around Benson. Some clouds over a Sonora mountain landscape. […]

By |2018-01-13T18:51:22-05:00August 1st, 2012|Arizona, Chihuahua, New Mexico, Sonora|8 Comments

Baltimore again – June 2012

We had the opportunity to revisit Baltimore again this month to add to some of our exploration from summer of 2010. Researching a few things in advance, we plotted a drive along U.S. 40 east from west of the city to the Orleans Street Viaduct and the vicinity of the Jones Falls Expressway viaduct. A few old signs remain and some drastic changes to the former Interstate 170 freeway were [...]

By |2018-01-18T15:19:59-05:00June 26th, 2012|Maryland, United States|2 Comments

Baja California, June 2011

A brief dash down to Baja California last weekend, made even briefer through mechanical difficulties. Ian B and I were going to drive down to San Quintin, spend the night, and drive back the next day. Since we were ahead of schedule, we decided to drive up to Sierra San Pedro Martir national park, which contains Picacho del Diablo, the highest mountain in Mexico. The mountain is 10157 feet, and [...]

By |2018-01-13T18:56:42-05:00June 22nd, 2012|Baja California, California, Interstate Highways|3 Comments

the last Reichsautobahn

Some photos from Germany and Poland, from November of last year. The road between Cottbus, Germany, and Legnica, Poland, numbered A15 in Germany and 18 in Poland, has some segments which have not been touched since the original construction in 1938! The German road. This was expanded to two carriageways in the 1990s, and at the same time received a lot of modernization. It can be driven at typical Autobahn [...]

By |2018-01-13T18:58:33-05:00June 7th, 2012|Germany, Poland|3 Comments

Alaska March 2012

We interrupt the last batch to bring you some surprisingly recent photos: Alaska, from last weekend! A three-day trip, landing in Anchorage, heading out to Fairbanks and Tok, and then back. Mt. McKinley at sunrise. Taken from about 2 miles south of Cantwell, so maybe 85 miles to the mountain itself. At about 8.30 in the morning, the mountain was completely clear, having not yet generated the cloud system it’s [...]

By |2018-01-13T19:02:33-05:00March 29th, 2012|Alaska, U. S. Highways|6 Comments

Indiana-Michigan Trip Day 5 (Jeffersonville, IN to Montgomery, AL)

Interstate 65 south at I-265, SR 62 and SR 162. Commenced the final day of this trip from Jeffersonville, Indiana, just outside of the Interstate 65, I-265, and Indiana 265 interchange. Avoiding the bulk of traffic along Interstate 65 into Louisville, we opted for I-265 west to I-64 and out of the Falls City area. The west end of Interstate 265 in Indiana. Currently [...]

By |2018-01-18T15:20:00-05:00December 27th, 2011|Indiana, Interstate Highways, Kentucky, Tennessee|2 Comments

Indiana-Michigan Trip Day 4 (Port Huron, MI to Indianapolis, IN)

Began the day on former U.S. 25 (Electric Avenue / Military Street) in Port Huron. U.S. 25 was decommissioned in Michigan in 1973, leaving former stretches of the road as M-125 (Ohio to just north of Monroe), M-3 (Downtown Detroit to Chesterfield Township), Business Loop I-94 (through Port Huron), and M-25 (north of Port Huron) along with portions of U.S. 24, I-75 and I-94. This view looks [...]

By |2018-01-18T15:20:00-05:00December 22nd, 2011|Highways, Indiana, Interstate Highways, Michigan|Comments Off on Indiana-Michigan Trip Day 4 (Port Huron, MI to Indianapolis, IN)
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