knuckle down, buckle down, do it, do it, do it.

so i drove all the way across the country, to tennessee and back again! it was amazing. lot's of people have done that, but very few have done that in the space of ten days.

this is how i started the trip off. with a big ol' bee sting. it was the coolest part of the whole trip. just kidding.

Tracy, the hitch-hiker! this is the guy that rode with us from barstow, CA to Albequerque, NM. 12 hours or something like that. It was awesome to see him open up to us. By the time he left the car, he was genuinely our friend

I slept on top of my car two nights out of three. it was a dirty/cold/uncomfortable job, but someone had to do it. what if a bad guy came? someone had to be outside to hear him coming and fight him off right?

i think this pretty much sums it up for emily wilkens...

the Cadillac Ranch? what in the world? ten cadillacs just buried in the desert.
This is the largest cross in the western hemisphere! who knew? right there in Oklahoma or something like that.

yeah, we had to stop a lot in order to maintain sanity. it was super fun though

another random stop on the side of the road. i'm pretty sure i got cow poop on my foot from this stop!
This is my personal favorite! we're singing with a guitar in front of the tennessee sign! ah the irony!
on the way back we stopped at union college in nebraska. Emily finally washed her hair... i didn't though. cool!

we stopped once and did the world a favor and removed this tire scarf from the middle of the road where everyone had to change lanes to miss. the look on my face and silly posture can be explained by the next picture:

yep.

this is me and em (palindrome) waving goodbye to the sun for the last time on this trip.


and this is the coolest picture of the whole trip (maybe). some mountain in colorado in the dead of night. p.s. my camera is super-rad


Tell me that's not cool! if you did, you'd be lying. this is somewhere in utah i think.


This picture is really cool from some view point. i couldn't resist stopping!


Emily Wilkens at her finest. i'll tell you this much, the only dull moments were when she was asleep. except the time i almost fell asleep at the wheel and killed us both. that was not dull.


and we made it to nevada the final stop for this nameless roadtrip. we were tired.


That's supposed to say "las vegas or bust", not just "vegas bust". (emily's idea).


so that concludes the pictures and comments for now of this trip which was the coolest thing in the month of march for me. i hope you enjoyed it as much as i did.