back to US-10, back to Montana. We head out in the night eastbound, just to touch North Dakota, and then as the sun rises, to scour all the old alignments and see what there is to see – mainly, old I-94 signs. Then we head south on US-87 into Wyoming and search for old I-90 signs. Old US-10 bridge at dawn. Glendive, Montana. The bridge dates back to 1922 and [...]
more photos from my trip across the Rocky Mountains several times – in the dead of winter, of course! old US-91 in Idaho. Between the full moon and the snow, it was bright enough to drive without headlights! Interstate Ninety. Appropriately, I’m doing ninety. The storm behind on top of me, threatening wind and rain and snow, is doing ninety as well. This oughta be fun, especially since I am [...]
these photos go very far back – to a trip I took in December, 2007 … crossing the Rocky Mountains and the Continental Divide several times, including a dead-of-night blizzard trip across the treacherous Million Dollar Highway in western Colorado! here is the first day of that trip – the Bay Area to Arco, Idaho. The Sierras, in southeast Oregon. Just about the northernmost extent of this mountain range. [...]
not featuring any photos from Union County – this was the return trip of over 1200 miles, in time to even show up to work in mid-afternoon! We are on an old US-70 alignment, and here is the obligatory photo of the curves warning sign with the treacherous mountains in the background. […]
Plano, a suburb of Dallas, opened Texas' first "Michigan Left" today. http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/States-first-Michigan-Left-Turn-opens-at-Plano-intersection-99324379.html The newspaper was replete with graphic and map, while the local news had stories from confused locals - who were unable to ascertain how to use the newfangled contraption. Plano is also getting the state's first SPUI, now under construction. Preston and Legacy Michigan Left
The first in a series of articles about historic highway signage. We will be featuring many, many more articles, on a great variety of sign-related topics, on the AARoads Shield Gallery. This Midland Trail overview is made possible by the indispensable research of Devon Mich’l, the foremost authority on Nevada highway signs in general, and especially the Midland Trail. All accurate facts in here are to be credited to Devon. [...]
a trip to Mills Canyon, along the Canadian River in northeastern New Mexico. A demon beetle! These creatures are all over Mills Canyon. They’re two inches long and make shrieking noises. Oh, and they fly. The Canadian River, in infrared. This is where we park for a lazy day of being lazy. Really, this is our parking spot. It’s a little-known feature of the International Harvester Scout: Jesus Mode. Here, [...]
fireworks on the fourth of July in Raton, New Mexico – and other odds and ends. Sunset over highway 64/87. A few test shots before the last of dusk. Perfectly clear skies at 6800 feet. 5 1/2 minute exposure. […]
more from my trip to New Mexico, home of thunderstorms and brilliant orange sunsets. It happens to be raining in sunny Union County. Fence post, and observer, at sunset. Orange skies are orange. I had not seen this sort of sunset since just after a thunderstorm in South Dakota in 2006! […]
a visit this 4th of July weekend to sunny Union County, New Mexico. Just a brief dash of a trip: 2500 miles in two days driving, and then two days spent there being lazy and taking pictures of bees. Sunny Union County is inhabited by huge bees. Little house on the prairie. […]
