Great American Road Trip Photo Gallery

Great American Road Trip Gallery

My dad, my brothers, and I drove from Phoenix to Florida to Maine to Prince Edward Island to Chicago and Denver, and then back to Phoenix some 10,000 miles later.

Here's our plan that we sketched out before the trip. It misses a few things we actually did (like Indiana, Delaware, and Canada), but it's fairly accurate. 10,000 miles, 31 states, and 4 provinces in 3 weeks.

On the first day of our trip, we drove from Phoenix to San Antonio, where we spent the night. This is the morning of day two, and the first thing we did was head downtown to see the Alamo.

This statue stands beside the Alamo and commemorates those who died defending it.

Here we are making our way down the Riverwalk in downtown San Antonio, Texas

Lunch on the Riverwalk in downtown San Antonio

After the Alamo, we drove from San Antonio to New Orleans and spent the night. This is the next morning as we head downtown to the French Quarter.

John, Nathan, and Geoff standing in the street in the French Quarter of New Orleans. We don't care that a car is coming, because this is the City That Care Forgot

The St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans

John, Nathan, and Dad in downtown New Orleans

Mississippi River

We drove from New Orleans to Mobile, Alabama and stopped to check out the bay.

In Mobile, Alabama

Geoff, Nathan, and John in front of the USS Alabama in Mobile.

Battleship Pose

Your welcome. Haha, very punny!

From Alabama we drove to Greenville, South Carolina and spent the night. The next day we drove through North Carolina toward Washington DC.

Near Asheville, NC

North Carolina Town

On the border between North Carolina and Tennessee

Great Smoky Mountains

This path is in the Great Smoky Mountains in eastern Tennessee

The path leads to a scenic view of the mountains

From Tennessee we drove north through Virginia to Alexandria and spent the night. The next morning, we drove to the National Mall in DC and saw the Washington Monument first.

The beginning of our long walk around the National Mall.

Washington Monument

Looking up the Washington Monument

Monument Up Close

Nathan, Geoff, John, and Dad in front of the Tidal Basin and the Jefferson Memorial

In Washington DC

Jefferson Memorial

Inside the Jefferson Memorial in Washington DC

Thomas Jefferson

He was doing a meet and greet outside the White House. Lucky us!

The next stop on our walk around the Mall was the White House.

The White House

Here is the front side of the White House, up close

White House Front

�and here is the back side of the White House

White House Back

And here we are, outside of the White House.

In Front of the White House

On the far western side of the National Mall

Lincoln Memorial

Here's the huge statue of Lincoln inside of the Lincoln Memorial

Abraham Lincoln

The Capitol building is in the distance

Washington Streets

The national military cemetary just outside of Washington DC

Arlington Cemetary

The home of George Washington, in Virginia

Here we are, hanging out in George Washington's backyard at Mount Vernon

Washington's Backyard

Like true Americans, we got passes from our congressman and went in to see a Senate session, featuring Hillary Clinton and Paul Wellstone.

Here's a close-up of the Capitol and its dome. Unfortunately, we were touring shortly after September 11, and security renovations prevented us from entering the dome area.

Capitol Building

This picture is taken from the steps of the Capitol. The Washington Monument is in the distance. In front of it, you can see the construction on the then-incomplete World War II Memorial

Looking across the Potomac River at the Washington Monument.

Washington at Night

The next morning we drove from Washington DC to Baltimore and went to Fort McHenry

This fort repelled the British invasion of Baltimore during the War of 1812 and inspired Francis Scott Key to write the Star Spangled Banner.

From Baltimore we drove northwest across Maryland into Pennsylvania. Here, we are approaching Gettysburg.

The site of the bloodiest battle of the Civil War. Here are a couple of the numerous memorials to the soldiers and events.

An authentic cannon from the Civil War, aimed at some civilian barns.

Gettysburg Cannon

A lot of Gettysburg has monuments and authentic weaponry in place to re-create the battle.

Gettysburg Battlefield

It's hard to imagine a war being fought on these peaceful fields.

From Gettysburg we drove east to Philadelphia. The next morning, we went downtown to Independence Hall.

This is the tall bell tower on top of Independence Hall.

Independence Hall

The cracked bell, inside Independence Hall in Philadelphia. We had to wait in line for probably an hour and go through a dozen security screenings to get to it.

This is the room inside of Independence Hall where they signed the Declaration of Independence. It is configured now as it was on July 4, 1776.

Declaration of Independence

From Philadelphia we drove north on the New Jersey Turnpike to Liberty State Park, where we looked across the Hudson River at Manhattan.

Here I am in front of Manhattan.

Looking across Liberty State Park in New Jersey and the Hudson River at midtown Manhattan and the Empire State Building.

Empire State Building

This city north of Harlem was founded by Duke Vanderdonk, who was known to the Indians as DeDjonkers; thus, the city was called Yonkers. Thank you, AAA Tour Book. We were priveleged to witness a Mafia wedding reception at our hotel, and a mob boss, surrounded by bodyguards, peeing on a bathroom wall.

The bridge is on the right and lower Manhattan is in the center and left. We are on the ferry to Liberty Island.

Brooklyn Bridge

Here is America's icon, up close and personal.

Statue of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty, looking out over New York Harbor. Manhattan is in the background, and the Empire State Building is on the left.

Statue and Manhattan

Ongoing excavations at the site of the World Trade Center.

From New York City, we drove northeast through beautiful Connecticut.

From Connecticut we drove to Newport, Rhode Island, where we stopped for lunch at Christie's.

From Rhode Island we drove to Boston, MA. Here we are entering the downtown.

This mall is in downtown Boston. A number of buildings from the 1600s, including Paul Revere's home, still stand.

Paul Revere Mall

From Boston we drove north through New Hampshire and up the coast of Maine.

On the coast of Maine

Acadia National Park

Standing on the cold shores of the Atlantic Ocean in Acadia National Park.

Geoff in Acadia

Seen from the road going around Mount Desert Island in Acadia National Park.

The Maine Coast

We took a brief hike around Mount Desert Island and had a great view from this summit.

Mount Desert Island

From Maine we drove through New Brunswick to Halifax, Nova Scotia. The next day we drove to the Atlantic Coast.

Here are the rocky shores of Nova Scotia, near Peggy's Cove

Here is beautiful Peggy's Cove, near Halifax, Nova Scotia.

This famous lighthouse is the most photographed site in Canada and doubles as a post office.

Peggy's Cove Lighthouse

From Nova Scotia, we took a ferry to Prince Edward Island. Here, we are at the red beaches on the northern tip of the island.

Prince Edward Island

We visited Charlottetown and the Anne of Green Gables House. Here is the Confederation Bridge going southwest across the Northumberland Strait, back to New Brunswick

The bridge from Prince Edward Island to New Brunswick is over eight miles long. This makes it the longest bridge over waters that freeze in the world, and the longest bridge in Canada.

Confederation Bridge

We just crossed the Confederation Bridge back into New Brunswick.

From New Brunswick, we drove through Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont to Cooperstown, NY for the Baseball Hall of Fame. This exhibit commemorates the Arizona Diamonbacks winning the 2001 World Series.

The scoreboard from Arizona's game seven win over the Yankees in the 2001 World Series.

Baseball Hall of Fame

This river is approaching Niagara Falls in New York�

Upstate New York

�and over it goes.

Here's a closer view of the falls

From New York we drove through Ontario, Canada, to Detroit and then north to the Upper Penninsula. Here we are recently arrived on the UP, looking back at the Mackinac Bridge.

From northern Michigan we drove south through Green Bay, Wisconsin to Wausau.

This is the farm my grandmother grew up on near Wausau, WI.

Here is the Lutheran Church my grandmother went to as a child. Uphill both ways, everything was in German, and the pastor was an abusive Nazi-type.

This is the house my dad grew up in, in Milwaukee, WI

This is my great-great-aunt Marcella in her nursing home in Milwaukee.

From Milwaukee, we drove to the Windy City. This picture was taken from the observation deck on top of the Sears Tower. Lake Michigan and the John Hancock Building are in the background. In the center of the foreground is the famous Marina City complex, featured on the cover of Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.

Well, there's not much to do in Nebraska. Except for this.

So, the last leg of the trip. We drove from Chicago through Iowa and Nebraska to Denver. Then we drove to Albuquerque and back to Phoenix. This picture was taken outside of Gallup, New Mexico. The smoke in the sky is from the massive Rodeo-Chedeski fire in Arizona that destroyed entire towns.

Rodeo-Chedeski Fire

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