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US Roadtrip

Friday, July 11th, 2008

In September of 2006, my brother and I packed up all my stuff in a uhaul and drove everything I owned cross-country from Los Angeles to New York. Needless to say, after seven days of 10-13 hours of driving and 7 hours of sleep a night I arrived pretty exhausted. I had done long trips before across numerous states, but it was my brothers first time. Our route took us through California, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio. Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and finally New York. We did not take the most direct route because there were places we wanted to see along the way. The Grand Canyon was our first major stop and it was breathtaking. I have seen photos before but the first time you stand on the edge and see it in person you realize that photos don’t capture how “grand” it really is. We continued on through Utah, which consisted of reddish brown rock formations and deserts and Colorado, which had snowcapped mountains and pine trees. We went up through the bottom tip of Wyoming to hit our next major stop to see Mount Rushmore in South Dakota. I am glad that we stopped there because it was a site to see with your own eyes. It is impressive that they could complete such a monument almost 70 years ago. We continued on through Minnesota and Wisconsin in which the trees were all starting to change to fall colors. I love this time of year on the east coast because the colors are so vibrant. We went through Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania next and I saw corn, corn, and more fields of corn. This was the toughest part of the drive because I swear at times the redundancy was enough to drive you crazy. I know these states have more than just corn but not anywhere near the freeway I was driving on. The terrain changed for the last part of Pennsylvania back to the beautiful fall colors. New Jersey was nice and quick and before you know it I was coming upon my new home: New York. Every time I see the skyline of Manhattan it makes me smile. Never was I so happy to stop driving, give up my car, and go on foot around the city.