American road trip adventures

Photos from a 2009 road trip from Chicago to San Diego via North Dakota, taking in Yellowstone, Tetons, Great Basin Death Valley, Joshua Tree and more

7-Up 100 degrees at 29 Palms

Abyss Pool, West Thumb, Yellowstone

Bear Frequenting Area, Grand Teton National Park

Beartooth Highway, Montana

Beetle on the March across Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes

Black Bear in Yellowstone

Bonneville Salt Flats, Great Salt Lake Desert, Utah

Buffalo in Roosevelt NP North Dakota

Carole Thody in Cathedral Gorge, Nevada

Clouds over Amargosa

Dead Trees at Mammoth Hot Springs

Death of a Joshua Tree

Nevada State Route 160

Eau Claire Express Baseball Pitcher

Grain Silos, Montana

Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone

Hard Rock Cafe Guitar, Chicago

Hoover Dam Bridge Over The Colorado River

Junior Cowboy at Glasgow Rodeo

Jupiter and #119 at Golden Spike National Historic Site

Lehman Caves, Great Basin National Park

Lennep Mailboxes

Lizard at Amboy Crater, California

Mail Boxes on Dusty Road

Montana Silos on U.S. Highway 87

Murray Hotel, Livingston

North Dakota Clouds

Northeast Montana Fair and Rodeo

Oh Say Can You See? Stars and Stripes and Montana

Old Red / Old Ten and St Joseph's Catholic Church

On The Fence, Rodeo, Glasgow

Pool and Loungers at 29 Palms Inn

Prison Area Hitchhiking Prohibited, U.S. Route 93, Nevada

Rope and MHSRA Missoula 2007 Champion Belt Buckle

Roy's Motel Amboy Route 66

Salem Sue, World's Largest Holstein Cow

Stirrup, Boot and Jeans

Trinity Lutheran Church, Lennep, Montana

He's here! Barack Obama at Old Faithful

Western Hospitality at Hotel Nevada, Ely NV

World's Largest Buffalo, Jamestown

Yellow School Buses, Hebron, North Dakota