Anyone fan of road trips? Share your stories!
I went on 2 solo road trips throughout California since I relocated to LA.
The best one was LA, Santa Barbara, Monterrey – Carmel by the Sea – Big Sur – Silicon Valley – San Francisco – Sausalito - Napa Valley – Sacramento and Lake Tahoe in 10 days. What a rewarding experience!
This Sunday, I am planning to go for a ride to Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve. I will share some pictures when I have a moment.
I am also planning to do Route 66 sometime.
Some months ago, I watched this British documentary called Billy Connolly’s Route 66 by Billy Connolly. The document focused on his travels along the famous United States highway Route 66. The series consist of four episodes.
Here they are:
Season 1 Episode 1
New series. The comedian fulfils a lifelong dream of travelling along the world’s most famous highway on his motor-trike. Beginning in Chicago, he goes to the top of the Willis Tower, America’s tallest building, before visiting the home of Abraham Lincoln in Illinois and meeting the state’s champion pie-maker. Going off-route, Billy heads to Amish country, where he takes a horse-drawn buggy ride, and then talks to two women in St Louis whose homes were recently destroyed by a tornado.
Season 1 Episode 2
The comedian begins this second leg of his journey in St Louis, Missouri, by climbing the Gateway Arch – which signifies the start of the American West. He visits a wolf sanctuary, takes in a Civil War re-enactment, tries his hand at hunting wild turkeys and makes himself comfortable in the world’s largest rocking chair. His final stop is in Oklahoma City, where he visits a memorial to the 168 victims of the bombing of the Alfred P Murrah Federal Building in 1995.
Season 1 Episode 3
The comedian joins ranch hands on a cattle drive to Oklahoma City before heading into Texas, where he visits the ghost town of Glenrio and Devil’s Rope Museum. In Los Alamos, New Mexico, he meets two men who helped create the atomic bomb and attends a rodeo in Arizona. Driving off-route, Billy ends the episode in Monument Valley, where he talks to a Navajo medicine man.
Season 1 Episode 4
The comedian completes the last leg of his motor-trike journey along the world-famous Route 66. Billy visits a massive meteorite crater in Arizona, before heading to the Grand Canyon. He meets a campaigner trying to keep the historic route alive, and bottle-feeds a lion cub in a sanctuary for unwanted exotic pets. Finally he reflects on his 3,000-mile ride when he ends his travels in Santa Monica, California.