Disclaimer: Now that we are back in the eastern part of the country David wanted to add a post with some "on the road" pictures. He loved the wide open views while driving out West. From this point forward this is a post written by him, and not me.
Hello everyone! This will really be a simple post and one that contains mostly pictures. It is for anyone who is like me and enjoys the wide open spaces you can find as you drive out West. There are many benefits to being in the eastern United States, but I do not enjoy most of the driving on this side of the country. The trees are always crammed in next to the road and it feels like you are driving in a tunnel with very limited views. It is not like that everywhere in the Eastern United States, but in a lot of places it is exactly like that.
However, out West things are different. Big sky country is alive and well. For those of us who enjoy these roads this blog post is for you. You can work through a lot of problems on roads like these. Heck, you are normally all alone as well -which is just the way I like it. A long road, wide open space and no traffic is the perfect recipe to solve life's problems and enjoy some great music. With that enjoy!
I can not remember where each one of these pictures was taken, but I do remember I will tell you. This particular picture is in New Mexico heading south on hwy 285.
Sticking with New Mexico I wanted to include this one. You will be hard pressed to find a lot of alone time on this particular stretch of road (due to its location), but if you do it is pretty special. This is in White Sands National Park. The road at this point changed over from payment to white sand. It is a very neat experience.
Heading north will find you on this stretch of I-84 in southern Idaho.
Depending on which direction you choose to go from Idaho you could end up staying on I-84 in northern Utah.
Out of all the states out west if you really want to drive on a lonely road or two then Nevada is the state for you.
I added this picture just to show you how truly alone you can be in Nevada. Get away from Reno and Las Vegas and you can drive for hours without seeing another soul.
Though southern Utah can probably give Nevada a run for its money for lonely roads. You might run into a few more people driving between the five national parks in the southern half of the state, but make no mistake, you are truly on your own out there. In places you can drive for over 100 miles without any services.
Colorado is a little different than some of the other states. You are blessed with soaring 14,000 foot mountains as you drive along the roads in that state. However, you can still find plenty of places to get away from people and have some epic views all to yourself.
Wyoming is the least populated state in the country. If you really want to get away from it all this is a good place for you. People move to Wyoming because they want to be alone. We have driven for three hours multiple times in this state and not passed another car. You do not want to get stuck out there in a snow storm.
This is rush hour on I-25 as we approached Casper, WY.
If you are ever in southwest Wyoming approaching Flaming Gorge state park you will be treated to this view. The road stretches out forever.
Finally I will close out this post with some pictures from the Dakotas. This region is my personal favorite to get some great driving in on some lonely roads. It does not matter if it is winter, spring, fall or summer. Get out there and enjoy some of the best therapy there is to find.
It doesn't always snow in the Dakotas.
Though you do have to watch for traffic jams sometimes. Yes, that is a cattle drive going across the highway.
Find your lonely road and enjoy every moment!
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