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9-12-19 I wake up really early today, before 5:00 AM, excited that I will be at my destination in California this evening, and a little nervous since the longest and most desolate day of travel is beginning. In my road atlas, US-50 bares the ominous sounding label "Loneliest Road" along the...

Yeah that area was pretty and 191 through Indian Canyon was a real high point in the trip.

Thank you. Your kind words mean a lot to me. I am fairly young, having just turned 35, and writing all this has reinvigorated my enthusiasm for it. I don't have quite the wanderlust that I did several years ago, and have mostly stuck to the Midwest recently. I love my ugly bug. The car...

Thanks. I am glad you are enjoying it. Though this would have been a fairly unremarkable trip in most other cars, driving it in the VW that I built almost 10 years ago made it an adventure. The west is most unfamiliar to me. Its beautiful but overwhelming at times since I've lived most of my...

Well it appears that my post with story and pictures is too much together so I'll split it. Here are the pictures. The mountains west of Laramie, Wyoming. VW in Medicine Bow National Forest, Wyoming. Colorado all green after the rain. Near Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado. I wish I...

9-11-19 I wake up and do the usual morning routine of checking the VW's oil level before giving the gas pedal one good stab to set the choke and firing the engine up for another day of inching my way westward on the map. It is still dark and chilly, only in the upper 40's, as I drive southwest...

Yeah I fought with a wicked south cross wind through most of Nebraska and Iowa on the return trip. Good idea with the sandbag up front. These cars have a relatively tall profile and when combined with little weight up front it can be quite and experience in strong winds. I've never personally...

Most people think of Kansas, Nebraska, and the other Midwest states as nothing but endless flat cornfields. True there is plenty of monotony but there are some really neat places in the flyover states if you get away from I-70 and I- 80. The Flint Hills area in Kansas is also a great spot that...

9-10-19 The temperature is in the upper 60's when I leave Norfolk, Nebraska at around 6:00 AM. The lingering humidity from the previous day's rain results in a thick fog as the sun starts to rise. The fog is so bad in places that I can only see four lines ahead on the roadway, and beyond the...

Thank you everyone for the replies. Creating this report is making me remember how much I enjoy writing when I have a topic I am passionate about. This trip is giving me a reason to write for the first time in quite a while.

I have lots of pictures to share, just not from the first day due to a lot of rain, so bear with me as this first entry will be text only. I assure you there will be plenty of photos to come. Enjoy. I'll start with a little back story as to the purpose of this trip. My good friend Nick from...

North Loup River, Nebraska Marsh in the Nebraska Sandhills Medicine Bow National Forest, Wyoming Colorado

A ranch road in the Sandhill region of Nebraska.

Southeastern Wisconsin yesterday evening and this morning.

Scuppernong Prairie State Natural Area, Wisconsin

This morning from the Scuppernong Prairie, Wisconsin. Ice Age Trail in the hills that surround the prairie.

Tallgrass prairie in bloom. Lapham Peak State Park, Wisconsin.

Wildcat Mountain State Park, Wisconsin The Kickapoo River Valley from Mount Pisgah

The Mississippi River. Effigy Mounds National Monument, Iowa.

Glacial Park, Illinois