My Trip Across The US

Here are just a few pictures of my journey from Redding, California to Groton, Connecticut. The majority of my trip was on US Route 80 with a few variances. I embarked on CA Route 44 in Redding, went by Mt. Lassen and met up with Interstate 80 in Reno, Nevada.

Rode through Nevada to Utah.

The Salt Flats of Utah were pretty amazing.


After seeing the ski jump area from the 2002 Winter Olympics, I wasn't in Utah long before entering Wyoming. What a beautiful state. It started off rocky and ended up with rolling hills.


I particularly liked the what seemed to be chaotically placed fences to prevent snow drifts.

The whole state seems to be above 5000 feet.

Nebraska was boring, not much to say about that.

Iowa was more farm land. I took a slight detour from Interstate 80, jumped over to US Route 30. Drove through some small towns in Iowa like Le Grand and Tama. Try to find them on a map.



I crossed the Mississippi River into Illinois.

Went up to Chicago, picked up my wife at the airport who flew in from California to continue my journey with me. Drove past the home of the White Sox.

We continued to Ohio, where we found a great seafood restaurant and devoured some delicious crab, then the trek across Pennsylvania to Philadelphia.


My wife flew home from Philadelphia while I headed off to my final destination of southeastern Connecticut. It was a fun trip with plenty of things to see. I can't wait to do it again heading west in November.