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At the beginning of August I went on a little road trip. I drove to Fayetteville Arkansas to visit my brother. After staying a few days I drove to Colorado

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Old 09-02-2010, 01:23 PM   #1 (permalink)
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At the beginning of August I went on a little road trip. I drove to Fayetteville Arkansas to visit my brother. After staying a few days I drove to Colorado and Utah before heading north then back east to Ohio. Here is a link to the route I took Willoughby, OH to Willoughby, OH - Google Maps

All told it was almost 5500 miles.

I of course drove my 370z for this fun little adventure




I bought the car about a month before the trip with only 2500 miles. At the start of the trip this is what it had.



Day 1-6
No pics from this part it was just a normal boring drive. Drove normal freeways from Ohio to Arkansas as fast as possible. Didn't do much in AR because it was to damn hot.



Day 7 (Oklahoma)
Now the fun starts. When I decided to do this trip I decided I would be taking as many two lane interstates as possible. I had no idea how this would work out. The first day went great drove through both small abandoned towns and large cities. The majority of the time I had the road all to myself with nothing for miles. I should have taken more pics but I didn't.

This is my view for most of the day. Cruising at 80+ for long distances between towns became the norm.



Oklahoma had a bunch of these pick nick areas along the way so I ate lunch at one.


Day 8 (Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado)
Oklahoma got old in the morning but luckily I was only in it for an hour or two. Once I got into New Mexico the landscape started to change and I got to play in my first set of mountains. I was not in Colorado very long before it started to rain heavily so I didn't get to see much yet.

This is how I started my day Water spots etched into the paint on my hood. I think it was from the sprinklers but not sure.

Then I went the wrong way and made a detour into Texas for a few minutes

Old mostly abandoned town on the border of Ok and Tx

After turning around I found I95 long straight with some hills. One can easily break 100mph with no fear of a cop or other traffic (not that I would do that)

I95 had two turns in 20 or so miles. Both 45 degree with a nice bank to them. Cant see it that well in this pic but I would imagine somebody driving a Z could take these at 80+ no problem (once again not that I did this)

Old gas station with tons of stuff still inside

New Mexico finally

Found an inactive volcano. Paid $5 to drive up it and took tons of pics.






Started to get into the mountains. Lots of turns and way to much fun. It was hard t get a good pic because I had nowhere to stop at.

Canyon I drove over

After a little rain in Colorado


Day 9 Million dollar highway in Colorado and drive to Moab Utah
The million dollar highway is amazing. I will let the pics to all the talking.











Day10 Moab Utah
Went and spent a day at arches national park. Walked a trail that was about 5 miles. This is one place I will be coming back to at some point in my life.













Day 11 Moab Utah to Ashley national park Utah
This is where I started to take less pics. Got a little worn out or stopping all the time. It was a nice little drive through some small mountains and then into the national park. Camped out for the night.




Day 12 Wyoming
By now I have lost the battle against the bugs. A new clear bra will have to be bought

Double Rainbow

Drive into my Camp site was a 2 mile dirt road. Got some funny looks driving down it.




Day 13 South Dakota and North Dakota
Boring part of the trip. The trip was getting long at this point and I needed to get back home in a few days so I hoped on a freeway and drove straight across ND.

Day 14 North Dakota to Minnesota.
Tried to get my oil changed at a Nissan dealer but they didnt know what ester oil was (not kidding) so I had to drive towards Minneapolis and get the oil change the next day.

Day 15 Minnesota to Wisconsin
Got my oil changed and drove onto Wisconsin. Camped out in Chequamegon nation park.


Day 16 Wisconsin to Michigan.
Decided to take an easy day and only drove a few hours. Camped out in the Hiawatha national park.
Another long dirt road drive to my camp site

This is where I spent the last evening of my trip. Had a nice bottle of Southern Comfort and just hung out till it was dark.


Day 17 Michigan to Ohio (home)
By this point I was ready to be home. Lake Michigan is amazing felt like I was on an Island and not a lake.
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Absolutely stunning photos! Wow. What a sick road trip. The pic after the rain is straight out of a magazine!
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That looks like a great trip.
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love the one shot of that curvy road - woulda just gone back and forth on that thing for a while!!

Hahaha dirt road. Nice. I took mine on one of the same looking quality to get to a trailhead in the Adirondacks earlier last month. 4 miles both ways. One ranger stopped his truck from roaring past me at 30mph as I crept along at 10-15mph and asked if I was okay, LOL. Car took it like a pro
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You have got me thinking about driving across the country and camping now.
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Man that looks great!

Minus the bug splatter
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A-MAZ-ING! your pics look awsomeeeeeeeee and that looks like SO much fun! id loveee to go on a roadtrip!
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A-MAZ-ING! your pics look awsomeeeeeeeee and that looks like SO much fun! id loveee to go on a roadtrip!
Maybe we'd finally see some pics of the beema
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Great pics! So many people taking trips... I wish I had the time and money!
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The whole trip was a blast. I had a general idea of where I wanted to go but I only planned exact locations a day or two ahead and on a few days had no idea where I was going. Only downside of that is that I did not get to camp out as much as I wanted but I will be taking the Z for some camp trips next summer.

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Amazing pictures. Sounds like a great road trip.
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awesome trip! great pictures too.
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Thanks for sharing, very good photography!
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