with my car keys on my knee i’m a-goin’ ’cross the country up to washington, dc The fog rolled in the day i left the sun shone through the sky the cars so slow, i sped to death susanna don’t you cry Oh, susanna! now don’t you cry for me for i’m driving up the 85, to washington, dc ’Round richmond does the highway …

We’re on the last stretch of the trip! Today I’m going from Durham, NC up I-85 and 95 to Washington, DC. I’m leaving at 6 AM to avoid the traffic and also get in early enough to take care of moving things in. So the road is entirely covered in fog. Here it wasn’t so thick, but in other places I couldn’t see more than …

road trips there are not forgotten look away! look away! look away, dixie land In dixie land where i did travel on through memphis, on through nashville look away! look away! look away, dixie land I’m driving down i-40 hooray! hooray! through giant clouds and buffet crowds i’ll make my way through dixie my way, my …

oh where, oh where could it be? washington, dc? maybe northern cali? nope, i’m still in kentucky! Oh where, oh where has my little car gone? oh where, oh where did i drive? new england, beyond— now i’ve crossed the pond… versailles? nope, i-65! Oh where, oh where has my little car gone? did i drive back to irvine? …

In Kentucky, you drive over the hills. In Tennessee, you drive through the hills!

A group of bikers on I-75, in Kentucky.

this road is my road from western Texas up through Ar-KAN-sas (make it rhyme) through hills and forests we’ll sing this chorus I-30’s made for you and me.

This would make a great desktop background. Taken on the way from El Paso to Austin.

After staying the night in Las Cruces, NM, I’m taking a short detour to White Sands National Monument. It’s about a half hour drive there, and there is pretty much nothing to see on the road: The area is a missile testing range, hope they’re not testing anything today: There’s a border patrol checkpoint on the way. …

By the time I’m in Arizona, I’ve gotten better at taking pictures while driving. Here’s a picture that captures the mirage from the heat on the road (it’s over 100°F): I’m also experimenting with taking pictures through the mirrors. Here is one through the driver-side mirror: And one through the rear-view mirror, …