Photo Gallery

Every photo and video from the trip, grouped by day.

141 photos 2 videos 9 days

Day 1 - Friday, January 30

Philly -> Charlotte

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Digging out the Tacoma in Philadelphia — Dug out before seven.

Mom saying goodbye — Mom. The send-off.

Dad and Ben with a hoagie — Last hoagie before the road.

Life is Good red truck hat — Life is Good. Red truck. Seems right.

City BBQ Charlotte — City BBQ, Charlotte. Night one.

Day 2 - Saturday, January 31

Charlotte -> Montgomery

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Georgia welcomes you sign in the snow — Georgia. In the snow. Unexpected.

Dad standing by the snow-covered Tacoma — Dad and the Tacoma. Neither bothered by it.

Ice caked on the truck grill — The grill carrying it all the way.

Sweet Home Alabama welcome sign — Sweet Home Alabama.

View east from the Elevation Hotel, Montgomery — Montgomery, looking east.

View west from the Elevation Hotel, Montgomery — Montgomery, looking west.

Ben and Dad at the Elevation Hotel — Made it. Montgomery.

Elevation Hotel library — The hotel library. Didn't expect that.

Elevation Hotel library — Elevation Convening Center — the library.

Elevation Hotel library detail — Good place to land after a snow day.

Day 3 - Sunday, February 1

Montgomery -> Jackson

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Dad at breakfast — Dad at breakfast. Montgomery.

Protest sign sculpture, EJI Montgomery — Equal Justice Initiative. Montgomery.

Alabama River ferry — Alabama River ferry. Across to the sculpture park.

Freedom Monument Sculpture Park — Freedom Monument Sculpture Park.

Freedom Monument Sculpture Park — Forty degrees. We stayed.

Freedom Monument Sculpture Park — Freedom Monument Sculpture Park.

Harriet Tubman sculpture — Harriet Tubman.

Rosa Parks sculpture — Rosa Parks.

John Lewis sculpture — John Lewis.

The Brick Makers sculpture — The Brick Makers.

Martin Luther King Jr sculpture — Martin Luther King Jr.

National Memorial for Peace and Justice — National Memorial for Peace and Justice.

Wilcox County Alabama memorial marker — Wilcox County, Alabama.

Memorial county markers — Every county. Every name.

Lancaster County memorial marker — Lancaster County.

Going down into the memorial — Going down.

We will remember — We will remember.

Protest walkers at the memorial — Still walking.

Memorial plaques — The plaques.

Protest imagery at the memorial — The work continues.

Welcome to Mississippi sign — Mississippi. Moving again.

Evening arrival in Jackson — Jackson after dark.

Day 4 - Monday, February 2

Jackson -> Austin

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Sam's Southern Eatery, Shreveport — Sam's Southern Eatery, Shreveport. Pulled off lucky.

Dad with the fried jalapeño crayfish egg roll — Fried jalapeño crayfish egg roll. Dad approved.

The Tacoma parked in Shreveport — The Tacoma in Shreveport.

Dad navigating — The navigator.

Rudy's BBQ Austin — Rudy's, Austin.

Rudy's BBQ food — Brisket in butcher paper.

Behind the wheel — Behind the wheel.

Driving into the sunset — Sun going down over Texas.

Day 5 - Tuesday, February 3

Austin -> Terlingua

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Heart of Texas waffle — Heart of Texas waffle. Before the long road.

Empty two-lane highway — Two lanes. Nothing but road.

Panorama of Hwy 190 — Hwy 190. Nothing in any direction.

Empty highway — Six hours of this. We liked it.

Roundabout on the highway — Smallest roundabout in Texas, probably.

Highway near Fort Stockton — Fort Stockton.

Empty highway, late afternoon — Still going.

Desert highway panorama — Desert wide open.

Road toward the mountains — Mountains on the horizon. Getting close.

Terlingua ghost town cemetery — Terlingua cemetery.

Terlingua ghost town cemetery — The ghost town that didn't finish dying.

Local flavor, Terlingua — Local flavor.

Dad and Ben at the Starlight Theatre — Starlight Theatre, Terlingua. Night one.

Day 6 - Wednesday, February 4

Terlingua -> Big Bend

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Study Butte, TX — Study Butte. West entrance to Big Bend.

Dad pointing at rock formations — Dad reads the geology.

Open desert — Open desert.

Green cactus — Green.

Spiky cactus — Spiky.

Purple cactus — Purple.

Pointy cactus — Pointy.

Desert road tunnel — Desert tunnel.

In the Rio Grande — Toes in the Rio Grande. Ankle-deep in Mexico.

Rio Grande wetland — Rio Grande wetland.

At the overlook — The overlook.

Dad at the overlook — Dad at the overlook.

Boquillas Canyon — Boquillas Canyon.

Boquillas Canyon walls — The left wall is Texas. The right wall is Mexico.

Boquillas Canyon — Boquillas Canyon.

Boquillas Canyon trailhead — Boquillas Canyon trailhead.

Big Bend National Park sign — Big Bend National Park.

Road up to the Chisos Mountains — Road up to the Chisos.

Above the Window, Chisos Mountains — Above the Window.

Ben and Dad at the old mine — Old Mine Trail. Dad's call. Two extra miles.

Upper Window, Chisos Mountains — Upper Window.

Starlight Theatre at night — Starlight Theatre, night two.

Night sky over Terlingua — Stars over Terlingua.

Night sky over Terlingua — No light. No ceiling. Just this.

Day 7 - Thursday, February 5

Big Bend -> Big Bend

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Sunrise over Terlingua — Sunrise over Terlingua.

Terlingua sunrise — Last morning at the Airbnb.

Terlingua sunrise — Up before the sun.

Espresso y Poco Mas — Espresso y Poco Mas. Breakfast burrito before the hike.

Old Ford in the ghost town — Ghost Town Ford.

Window Trail — Into the Chisos.

Window Trail — The trail drops through the trees.

Window Trail — Descending.

Window Trail — Sky island.

Window Trail — Still going.

Window Trail — The desert opens below.

Window Trail — Five miles. No shade.

Window Trail — Window Trail.

Window Trail — The pour-off ahead.

Window Trail — Getting close.

Window Trail — The canyon narrows.

Window Trail — Almost there.

Window Trail pouroff — The Window.

The Window — sea of desert below — Sea of desert below.

At the Window — We stood there for a while.

At the Window — At the Window.

Desert cactus — Desert cactus.

Ben and Dad in the desert — Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive.

Desert cactus — Sonoran desert.

Desert vista — The desert going on.

Santa Elena Canyon — Santa Elena Canyon.

Santa Elena Canyon panorama — The walls close in.

Santa Elena Canyon — 1,500 feet on both sides.

Ben and Dad with rabbit ears at Santa Elena — Rabbit ears. Santa Elena.

Ben and Dad high five at the canyon — High five at the canyon.

Sunset at Santa Elena Canyon — Santa Elena sunset.

Starlight Theatre — Starlight Theatre, night three.

Terlingua Sky Airbnb at night — The Airbnb after dark.

Night sky over Terlingua — Night sky, Terlingua.

Night sky over Terlingua — Stars over the desert.

Night sky over Terlingua — Last night under this sky.

Night sky over Terlingua — No light for miles in any direction.

Day 8 - Friday, February 6

Big Bend -> Tucson

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Last sunrise from the Terlingua Sky Airbnb — Last sunrise from the Airbnb.

Terlingua sunrise — Terlingua at dawn.

Terlingua sunrise — We watched this one. Had to.

Terlingua sunrise — One last look.

Terlingua sunrise — Sun coming up over the desert.

Terlingua sunrise before the drive — Sunrise before the long drive.

Highway 170, Presidio County — Highway 170. Rio Grande below.

Highway 170, Presidio County — No guardrail. No cars. No problem.

Dad being a tourist on Highway 170 — Dad doing the tourist thing.

Plaque: First Ranch in West Texas — First Ranch in West Texas.

Marfa, TX — Marfa.

Marfa, TX — Marfa. Coffee and a stamp.

Welcome to New Mexico sign — New Mexico.

New Mexico desert — New Mexico desert.

El Chorro, Tucson — El Chorro, Tucson. Since 1922.

Day 9 - Saturday, February 7

Tucson -> Los Angeles

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Last morning, sunny Tucson — Last morning. Sunny Tucson.

Snow shovel still in the truck bed — Snow shovel still in the back. Philadelphia to Tucson.

Dad ready to go — Dad ready.

Denis — Denis.

Horses by the road — Horses on the road.

Final trip mileage: 3,753 miles — 3,753 miles.

California palm tree lined street — Palm trees. Made it.