coast to coast

In 2014, I graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology, and shortly moved to the Bay Area, California. I drove my car, filled with all of my possessions, from New York to California. These are some of the sights I saw along the way.

First stop!⌗

Our first stop was at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum, where we saw the 1911 Marmon “Wasp”, winner of the first Indianapolis 500, as well as a few other classic race cars.

Kansas⌗

…Is less flat than I was led to believe, but still pretty flat. And thousands of these windmills.

Castle Rock, CO⌗

Our third stop. An adorable town south of Denver.

Climbing the rock⌗

We climbed the ‘Castle Rock’. Great view of what was going on in town.

Looking west⌗

From the top of castle rock, we could clearly see the Rockies looming in the distance, snow peaked in June. We’re going over that.

The peaks⌗

We stopped in one of the mountain towns, along our approach to the summit, for gas, near the tipping point.

Nature in the Rockies⌗

Can’t beat highway rest stops with a view like this.

Cliff⌗

I think this was on the west side of the Rockies.

Utah⌗

Made it into Utah. Amazing how much more dry it was. (And my awesome car!)

More Utah⌗

Crazy rocks in Utah⌗

Salt flats in Nevada⌗

Flats isn’t an exaggeration. Hard to walk on, too. It’s difficult like beach sand, but slippery and sticky.

Honda⌗

Another shot :-)

2 days later, in California⌗

Emigrant Gap

Southwest of the bay⌗

Looking directly at the area I’ll be living/working in!

Pacific Ocean⌗

Finally ran out of road.

Beach Cave⌗

Obligatory Golden Gate photo⌗

You knew it was coming.

Learn2bridge⌗

Downtown San Francisco⌗

Shot from Coit tower

Lombard Street⌗

You can bet I went and drove down it after.

Santa Cruz⌗

South of the Bay

My new office!⌗

Yeah buddy.

All in all, a wonderful drive that took about a week. I was lucky enough to have my father come along with my for the trip. It was a lot of fun, and it was great to see this beautiful country.