Greetings from The Silver State. The past week brought me from Nevada to Arizona to Utah and back to Arizona again, all from the seat of a JUCY camper. I feel like a whole new world has been opened up to me — the world of RV travel! I loved every moment of this trip that took in wonders like The Grand Canyon, Lake Powell, and Valley of Fire — I only wish we had twice as long in which to take it in. I have the most epic posts to write from this adventure!
Had we not had a pretty important event looming in Northern Nevada, we may have changed our plans to extend our road trip a bit longer. But turns out, the other 61,998 participants of Burning Man weren’t willing to rearrange their plans for us. Rude, right?! I write this now from Reno, and tomorrow I’ll be bound for Black Rock City. I’ll be off the grid for the week so apologies in advance for the delay in answering your comments and emails. I do have some fun posts planned, kicking off the coverage of another road trip I took this summer — one around Upstate New York! I can’t wait to see what you guys think when I return to the land of WiFi and 3G.
Wishing you a wonderful week, wherever you may be!
Photo A
Nevada’s Valley of Fire State Park
Photo B
The Grand Canyon’s South Rim
Photo C
Natural wonders of Antelope Canyon and Lake Powell
Photo D
Long, lonely roads
Photo E
American woman
Which photo is your favorite?
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I pick the last one. It has it all: the cool and short caption, wonderfull colours en that girl has got some attitude!
She does indeed 🙂 Zoe is the best model!
Photo C – the rocks look unreal! Really cool. Have fun off the grid!
It was great 🙂 Tough to be back!
Photo A? Photo C? How can I choose? It’s just too hard! Thanks again for featuring me on your site Alex. Also, have a great and fabulously crazy time at Burning Man!
You are so welcome! It’s a pleasure to have you!
Definitely C! 🙂
That rainbow gave me chills!
Photo A! It’s nothing short of stunning.
Blew me away! Thanks Marni!
How can you not go with Photo E? But all are incredible — further proof that some of the best sights are right here in the US of A!
This trip definitely had me pumped with patriotism. What a gorgeous country!
Photo C! Antelope Canyon looks incredible!
It was the spot on this trip I was most excited about, for sure. Gorgeous!
Both photos of Zoe! I may have a girl crush because she’s straight-up fabulous.
Well she’s conveniently planning to hit up Bonnaroo next summer. I’ll have to set you two up on a friend date!
Photo C wins for me this week! I love it! Also, the mailboxes are super cute as well… yes, cute- I want tons of mailboxes! Also, Photo A was a close runner-up, absolutely beautiful.
I loved those mailboxes. They just spoke to how remote the place is!
I love peek-a-boo Zoe in Antelope Canyon. So cute! Can’t WAIT to see the rest of those photos 🙂
Ha, we were talking about you when I realized Zoe didn’t pack her Adidas slippers…
Ahhh I love a good roadtrip and a US one is definitely on my list. It’s always so much better when you have the comfort of an RV too!
I love Photo A because the wide open road is so reflective of your road trip!
It is indeed! Nothing more poignant than that yellow dotted line stretching endlessly ahead…
I actually love Photo E. Awesome backdrop!
It’s just begging to be photographed, right?!
Image (a) give you a sense of blending colors in nature around you … where hugging desert plants with solid mountains… The road runs away to carry us the expected and unexpected adventures sometimes ..
all the love and respect, dear
Beautifully put. Thanks Samir!
I like photo B. I also like those campers. I also like that you’re at Burning Man!!! Say hi to the playa for me.
It said hi back 😉
It’s impossible to pick a favorite! I’m from CO and did a very similar solo road trip with my dog when she was just a puppy and it was the best idea I had all year! We slept in the back of my SUV so slightly less comfortable than a JUCY. We had a pretty blank itinerary and just let the road take us. I didn’t make it to Antelope Canyon though and The Wave is also at the top of my bucket list. Another trip is needed. This time with a friend and a JUCY 🙂 Can’t wait to see the rest of these pics!
Ah, I would have loved to have had Tucker along with me on this trip! We’re doing a little Cali road trip together soon and I can’t wait 🙂 Love traveling with my dog!
I love D with all those mailboxes! I hope you have a blast at Burning Man!
Thanks Joella — I did!
As much as I love photo E (it’s awesome how she’s standing in the middle of the flag), I choose photo A because the landscape is majestic.
It was unlike anything I’d ever seen before. Stunning!
Alex, I’m choosing A. The long & winding road.
This was one of the most beautiful I’ve ever seen!
looks like such a great road trip! i love photo A best. we used to live in vegas for the year last year, and valley of fire was one of my favorite places to go to!
I can’t believe it took me five trips to Vegas to catch on. Definitely planning to return next time I’m in the area and devote a whole day to it!
I love them all! Did you take some special photography course?
Thanks Tereza! I’ve taken photography classes for fun in high school and then went to university for an art degree and so took photography classes as a part of that. Plus I just shoot all the time 🙂 You know what they say about practice!
glad u r doing the roadtrip. usa is THE BEST PLACE for this. last photo is my pick. one for you to print in a3 and frame it up. a good portfolio pic that will be.
Thanks! I look forward to a day when I start printing my photos again…
Sure, I realise this is an oldie, but I’m slowly playing catch-up 😉
A tie between A & D for me!
Never too late to read an old post 🙂