Driving to the end of the freeway would have to wait. I had to make a pit stop at Ft. Bragg to check in. But there is no way you can drive that much …

That evening, it was time to go back to I-40 and finish off what little was left. It was night time, the last hundred miles to Wilmington. …

Again, this is just to make the travel line more accurate.

I didn't stop here, but it was the intersection of the 40 and 95 freeways, and I had to change direction. This is where I had to make the big side tr…

The first big city in North Carolina is Asheville, home of the Biltmore house. Could I make it all the way to Fayetteville tonight? Just how far away…

I saw very little of Arkansas since I drove through it late at night, stayed at a rest area, then got up right around sunrise and continued east, beg…

Tennessee is an incredibly long state! 450 miles. The Tennessee/ North Carolina border is in the middle of the Appalachian mountains, and the freewa…

I stopped in Nashville to take one picture of the Grand Ole Opry. Next door is a giant shopping and entertainment complex, the former site of Oprylan…

I was able to stop for five minutes at the Casey Jones museum. This a a good place for a rest stop from all the driving. They have his house, a repli…

Here is where I crossed the Mississippi river. A trip to Memphis isn't complete without a trip to Graceland, but unfortunately I got there durin…

Also in Amarillo is Wonderland Amusement park, next to Thompson park and a zoo. This park is what you would build if you had a big back yard and abou…

Interstate 40 follows roughly the same path as Historic Route 66, you will find many roadside attractions along the way Just before entering Amarill…

One of many small cities along historic route 66. I didn't stop here, but posting this does help the travel line on the map stay in synch. http://ww…

In Oklahoma City is Frontier City, a park that thinks its a full fledge theme park by offering overpriced preferred parking and fun things like that,…

This cross is easily seen from the freeway for miles in each direction. It's 190 feet tall, and there are other exhibits at the foot of it. I didn't …

Day Two. Time to travel east again leave New Mexico.  No matter how far you drive in New Mexico, the scenery looks just like it did an hour befo…

The smooth roads of Arizona and New Mexico are quite noticable at the Texas border, where the freeway makes it sound like your tires are screami…

In Amarillo I stopped for gas at a station that had a full service side. I didn't know what to do, so went to the self service side, where you still …

I wasn't able to stop here, it was rather late in the day, and they require too much time. However I took a few photos of the colorful rocks along In…

I spent a year at Ft Irwin, and have seen more than enough of Barstow. Barstow is home to the first Del Taco. This is also the starting point of…

So on Tuesday, August 7 I got the phone call asking if I could be at Ft. Bragg on the following Tuesday, which meant I had a week to drive …

Finally I got to Flagstaff, an alpine oasis surrounded by desert, with a giant mall that didn't even have a camera store! They advertised a Best Buy …

The California desert is full of little houses surrounded by old Santa Fe boxcars. There were a hundred signs for Needles. Not because it&n…

Late that night I drove into Albequerque for a hotel room. But the night wasn't over, I had to race over to Cliffs Amusement park to ride the New Mex…

Outside Flagstaff is Meteor Crater. For being out in the middle of nowhere, it had a large number of visitors. When you drive up it actually has…