Car Tripping

Published July 1, 2010

All from a cross-country drive spanning June 7-21.

A low-riding Volvo from New Jersey to Philadelphia...

A low riding '93 Volvo wagon

...drove to Kooser State Park in Pennsylvania on June 7...

A headlamp-lit tent in the evening hours.

The Volvo's doors are wide open while the tent is deconstructed

...through Ohio to Shades State Park, Indiana on June 9...

Indiana Campsite

... to a campsite off the Mississippi in Illinois on June 10 ...

Car door open, tent and table above.

... then Great River Bluffs State Park in Minnesota on June 11 ...

Camp packed, the car is ready to go

... outside of Bob's Diner on June 12, we check in on low riding-ness ...

Ride low, sweet Volvo

... still low. Continue to Vermillion State Recreation Area, June 12 ...

The tent sits behind a wagon-style covered table

... and then see some Presidents on June 15th ...

The dead presidents faces peek out of Mount Rushmore

... and also Crazy Horse ...

A silhouette of the projected crazy horse sits in front of the actual sculpture

... but before all that, we got to see The House on the Rock's Infinity Room ...

A seemingly infinitely long room

... which looks like this from the outside ...

Photo of a photo of the infinity room exterior

... but not backwards, forwards, cross the Utah Salt Flats ...

A sea of Salt

I stand on salt

A close up of the salt - it looks like snow.

... and into Sonoma county ...

Silhouette of a winemaker standing above the sunset-lit highway