see the USA in your chevrolet

[_Ogre]

not a real chevrolet, more like my 09 sierra dd

just returned from a 3 week, 6275 mile trip around the good old USA.
starting out in motown to nashville (daughter) to antimony UT. antimony is in nowhere, family reunion at a the rockin r dude ranch. peaceful 4 days without any cell service. visited with family in twin falls, moscow, port ludlow and seattle. stopped by orrieg in boise to check up on his 58 truck progress. good to see a fellow 4 eyed forum member

then... the reason for this thread... drove US hwy 2 from seattle to mackinaw bridge and home to motown. it's been 2 years since i did a serious road trip. cruising US hwy 2 was as peaceful as you can get on a road trip. probably drove thru 500 small towns USA and 100 mountain passes. i've cruised the whole east end of hwy 2 thru the adirondacks and small portions out west, but this is the first time i did the whole western enchilada

i have a 1976 bicentennial edition road atlas that i have marked up for every road traveled in my life time. i used to markup an old 80s atlas that i also used until it was to beat up. bought the 1976 version off ebay about 10 years ago and transferred all the roads traveled on to it, it's pretty full of lines. have probably missed a few small trips but it has all the major trips. it's sort of fun to look at it and remember the trip

really wished i had driven the 58 truk, but i like being married