The start of US Route 2 heading west out of Ironwood, MI
It is nearing the end of June 2015. About a year ago at this time I was rolling down US Highway 61, better known as the Blues Highway, in Mississippi. I was on my way to Galveston for a family reunion and then would make my way back home to Kentucky via Houston, Austin, Fort Worth and then thru Oklahoma, Missouri and Illinois. I love the freedom of the road and sitting home in Lexington, KY is not what I wish I were doing. Following is a pictorial of what I am missing and longing for on this hot, humid Kentucky day.
These are photos of the highways…the well beaten, but sometimes less beaten paths of our spacious and beautiful expanse we call America. I don’t even recall where some of these were taken, nor when, but they represent this wonderful country. I will return to these long solitary highways again someday soon. But, for now, I can only dream about them and look back…. Enjoy the Ride!
Algonquin National Park in Ontario, CanadaA mountain highway in Central OregonBluegrass Parkway in Central Kentucky, near BardstownHeading towards the Grand Tetons in WyomingSouth on I-15 into IdahoI-15 South of Divide/Wisdom, MTSnowy road in the Rocky Mountains of MontanaI-94 west of Bismarck, NDStretch of Hwy 200 heading from Jordan to Mosby Rest Area in MontanaHarmons Lick Road – Crab Orchard, KYApproaching Wolverine Creek Wind Farm, near Iona, IDSnowy Scenes along highway 32 in IdahoBack road to What Cheer, IA…. a six mile long dirt roadScene from ND Hwy 22A typical Hi-Line scene on US Route 2 in northern MontanaThe “Main Drag” in Havre. US Hwy 2 runs right through the middle of town.Gravel Road – Yoleta Trail Rd. east of Craig, CO
I-80 near Green River, Wyoming
US 30 east of DiamondvilleUS 30 heading east to Kemmerer, WYUS 30 east of Montpelier, IDGrandview Canyon on US 93 in Idaho – northern section of the Peaks to Craters Scenic BywayUS 20 heading to Idaho 75 and Carey, ID
Heading West towards Wyoming on I-90
SD 63 going though prairie grasslands and badlands in central South Dakota
Heading west on US 18 out of Winner, South DakotaThe road goes on forever – US 18 in southern South DakotaA typical road in Oxford County, OntarioBluegrass Parkway near Bardstown, KentuckyUS Route 60 west of Mountain Home, MissouriUS 87/287 heading south into Amarillo, TexasUS 87/287 South near Masterson, TexasI-25 East towards Trinidad, ColoradoCO Hwy 69 south towards the Wet Mountains in Colorado
A road near Lexington KY with the shadows of the famed plank fences
Eureka Springs, Arkansas back road
Land of the Lakes in southern Kentucky
Bridge over Mississippi River at Cairo, IL
Shaded hills on US Route 2 as the sun lowered in the sky east of Wolf Point, MTDriving south of ND Hwy 3 heading towards Rugby, ND
