The ultimate Road Trip(s)—a photo essay in B&W By Christine Cutler
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can’t count how many times I’ve driven crossAfter spending the holidays there last year, we drove country—usually east-west (or vice versa) but back to Las Vegas to get ready for the move. Never also north-south (and viceones to make it easy, though, we versa). Sometimes I’ve driven drove from St. Petersburg to London, alone (except for my child and my ultimate (adjective) Ohio, to Las Vegas—about 3500 dog), and other times I’ve been in miles in total—in five days. “We’re /əl•tə•mət/ the passenger seat as my husband never doing that, again,” we said as final; last mans the wheel. Some of the we limped out of the car. journeys have been one-way and due Famous last words, as they say. In to moves, but over the last 11 years, October, we loaded up a Penske truck and headed we’ve headed Las Vegas to Virginia or, most recently, from the desert to the bay for the last time. The Florida to visit our son and daughter-in-law. Driving ultimate road trip. (Or so we think.) 2400+ miles one way got old fast, and last year, we decided to move from closer to them and bought a (Please note: Most of these photos I took from the condo in Florida . window of our car as we flew by during a few of our final cross-country trips.
Kaibab National Forest, Arizona
Las Vegas, Nevada
Concho, Arizona
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WInslow, Arizona
Holbrook, Arizona
