homebound

dear diary,

our trip home was long and took us across several states again. the highlights were (1) the upper colorado river valley in the morning light, (2) the almost 12K feet tall highway pass across the rocky mountains just before denver, (3) a this-scared-the-shit-out-of-me minitwister ripping through the kansas grain fields in the middle of a major thunderstorm and finally (4) the never-ending cornfields of the midwest that completely hypnotize the driver after a few hours.

the first day we drove from moab, utah to abilene, kansas (lovely little town: word up for pat, who we visited in the native american art gallery. he hails from the potawatomi tribe). second day i drove a brutal 17-hours through to the atl.

















here's a very subjective factual summary that will wrap up our crosscountry blog:

- distance spanned: 6446 miles / 10.373 km
- states crossed: 15 (alabama, missisippi, louisiana, texas, new mexico, arizona, california, nevada, utah, colorado, kansas, missouri, illinois, kentucky, tennessee)
- lowest elevation: -282 feet / -85 m, death valley, california
- highest elevation: 11.990 feet / 3654 m, loveland pass, colorado
- national parks visited: yosemite, death valley, zion, grand canyon, canyonlands, arches
- tribal parks, state parks etc.: 5 (sonoran desert national monument, big sur, glen canyon, antelope canyon navajo tribal park, monument valley navajo tribal park.)
- gallons of gasoline burned: don’t even ask, i have no idea
- cars ruined: fortunately none, our family sedan still runs
- good times: 20 full days