Crossing the Desert

[bearly]

about a week and a half ago i finished a 2000 mile road trip from California to Colorado. here are some photos i took while the the desert in Nevada.


Blooming flowers on the edge of the Toiyabe National Forest


Snow still laced the high peaks even in June


My ride... a faithful (sometimes) 1968 VW Bug


"The Loneliest Road in America." Route 50

[lputman]

What a great adventure and seems so fitting to undertake it in a Bug! Great job and thanks for sharing!

[pjflan7]

great little car to take a trip like that! love that last shot too....so many desert roads look like this....dead straight until out of sight!

[Chewys Dad]

Great Post Bearly! Love the Poppy and the rest especially the Road shot! I've driven that road and it's miles and miles of beautiful desert!
Thanks for sharing these
Michael.

[angeleyes216]

Sounds like a great adventure..i just regret that when we drove from Indiana to san diego, that i wasnt really into photography. Now i think of all the great photos i could have taken. Not sure if i would do it in a Bug, we were in a cadillac and that was still tough..the flower is gorgeous and its amazing how beautiful the desert really is....great photos and i really enjoyed them
Lori

[gottasnap]

Beautiful set. I love the desert flowers. And the Bug is great! What a way to travel. I had one about 20 some years ago. I miss it! And, is that the hiway where you roll out a small town in Colorado and see a sign that says "NO SERVICE NEXT 100 MILES"? And they mean NONE. No stations, no phone service, very few other cars. NOTHING but an occasional vulture over the desert. I have been there before. Thanks for sharing your trip!

[fstopMike]

Nice shots of a marvelous adventure. thanks for sharing.

[jack russell]

what an adventure! great shares from your trip

[Haj533]

Great set! I really love the one of your faithful bug! What a good time!

[bearly]

thanks for all the comments guys!!

@lputman, fstopMike, jack russell & Haj: it was a great adventure... i had a few car problems, but for the most part i loved just cruisin' across the country in that Bug

@pjflan: those roads were so crazy straight! i started looking at the odometer when i got on a long stretch and sometimes it was up over 20 miles without a single curve in the road... the longest i remember was 27 miles!!

@Chewys: the desert is sooo beautiful. so many people just think there's nothing to see out there, but they couldn't be more wrong... i love it

@angeleyes: i was almost regretting taking the Bug at the very beginning, because the starter and generator died on back to back days, but luckily i was near VW spe******ts both times, and after that i had no problems. i only wish that i had more time to stop and explore and snap photos, but i had to make it back by a certain time so i pretty much had to just keep on going. oh well, there will always be other photo-roadtrip opportunities for each of us in the future i'm sure

@gottasnap: yes. it was that road. i saw one of those signs pretty much every time i passed through a town... "NO SERVICE NEXT 100 MILES", "NO SERVICE NEXT 83 MILES","NO SERVICE NEXT (insert some ridiculously large number here) MILES"