2007 Discover America Tour

Let's see if we can beat the tourists to the Grand Canyon...

Westbound:
Leg 1 (Boston to Lewisburg, PA)
Leg 2 (Lewisburg to Des Moines)
Leg 3 (Des Moines to Vail, CO)
Leg 4 (Vail to LA)
Destination

Eastbound:
Leg 5 (LA to The Grand Canyon)
Leg 6 (The Grand Canyon to Roswell, NM)
Leg 7 (Roswell, NM to Memphis, TN)
Leg 8 (Memphis, TN to Roanoke, VA)
Leg 9 (Roanoke, VA to Boston, MA)

and on to Leg 7...

socorro

hey, did we just time warp to the cretaceous period?

and on to roswell, another of dad's wacky destinations, and one of grandpa's WWII stations. grandpa was there in 1946, the aliens crashed in 1947.

and back on the road again...

here is your run of the mill arizona roadside meteorite, gold nugget, ostrich egg shop and petting zoo with baboon and moose statues overlooking

here we are, getting our kicks on route 66...

lovely downtown socorro (not my pic), the armpit of new mexico, where dad got a speeding ticket and where we ran into some guy, who, upon being asked directions to a restaurant, said "hey bro, it's, like, just around the corner. you can't miss it, there's a big fuckin' sign there."

assorted grand canyon lovliness...

on the way to one of dad's classic nerd excursions - the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) Very Large Array (VLA), aka the setting for the movie "Contact" with Jodie Foster, aka SETI Central...

hey, who are these 2 rugged outdoorsy-looking guys?

hey, anybody got some cheetos?

Q: Hey, anybody want to have dinner at Jackrabbit Slims?

A: No, the last time I was there, I found a hare in my food.

ever notice that wherever we go, we seem to attract the local wildlife?

looks like roswellians embrace their silly legacy

cool! all telescopes shifted in unison. come in, zeta reticula

santa fe freight train

songs about astronauts...

David Bowie: Space Oddity
Man or Astro-Man: Reverb 10,000
Smashing Pumpkins: Spaceboy.

on the ipod, songs about deep space...

Muse: Supermassive Black Hole
Beastie Boys: Intergalactic
The Beatles: Across the Universe.