After completing a 2,200-mile American road trip solo across the great southwest, my mind is blown. It was not until moving abroad that I came to appreciate the nature and cultural wonders that our great country has to offer. The United States of America is just bursting with so many, that it is hard to explain with words. Many of these places I didn’t even know existed until recently. Here is a run through of my trip in pictures. I start and end in the same suburb of Mira Loma, California.

Mile 77

Interstate 15 (near Barstow, CA)

Mile 109

Mile 247

Las Vegas, Nevada

Mile 506

Grand Staircase – Escalante (near Kanab, Utah)

Mile 588

Antelope Canyon (near Page, Arizona)

Mile 601

Horseshoe Bend (near Page, Arizona)

Mile 615

Lone Rock Campground (near Page, Arizona)

Mile 720

Navajo Nation Sunrise (Northeast Arizona)

Mile 811

Clouds over New Mexico (near Bloomfield, New Mexico)

Mile 901

Chaco Culture National Historical Park (south of Farmington, New Mexico)

Mile 935

Exiting Chaco Canyon by Dirt Road (near Farmington, New Mexico)

Mile 1034

The Road to Mesa Verde (near Mancos, Colorado)

Mile 1090

Mesa Verde National Park (near Cortez, Colorado)

Mile 1244

Wilson Arch on Hwy 191 (near Moab, Utah)

Mile 1290

Arches National Park (near Moab, Utah)

Mile 1334

Black Dragon Canyon (near Green River, Utah)

Mile 1522

Surprise Snow on the way to Bryce Canyon! (Panguitch, Utah)

Mile 1552

Bryce Canyon National Park (near Bryce City, Utah)

Mile 1703

Zion National Park (near Springdale, Utah)

Mile 1732

Virgin River Trading Post (Virgin, Utah)

Mile 1915

Casinos of Primm (Primm, Nevada)

Mile 1979

Mojave Desert (near Baker, California)

Mile 2028

Sand Dunes of the Mojave Desert

Mile 2213

Home Again (Mira Loma, California)

The Map!