I have had a lot of road trips throughout my life. Up one coast, down the other, and through the middle in every which way- these road trips have taken me all over the place. In all of these road trips there are of course the places you purposefully go to, but there are also all the tucked away places that you happen to snap a photo of on the way from here to there. Some are iconic, some are interesting, some are weird. You just never know what you’ll see out the passenger window. I have quite the collection of pictures like this and I love them because they are a little passing view of the states I’ve driven through. So today I thought I would share some of my favorite of these just off the road spots.
{Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico}
Standing in the only place in the country where four states meet at the Four Corners Monument. This spot just off of Highway 160 is always a favorite stopping point anytime I am driving through.
{New Hampshire}
On a drive from Boston, Massachusetts to Bar Harbor, Maine my mom and I found this cute pint sized lighthouse in the bay. We would see many larger and prettier lighthouses but this little one would remain our favorite stop along the coast.
{Washington}
There is no question that the pacific northwest is ripe with tales of Sasquatch. We passed many statues dedicated to the famous creature that prowls the woods of this area. This one was so detailed and so tall that I only reached the knee.
{California}
One of the most iconic and recognizable sites in the country is the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. Driving across it was so great that we stopped the car so we could walk across the entire thing. It was quite a substantial walk, but to drive and walk across the bridge was totally worth it.
{Mississippi}
Driving through southern Mississippi we went past the NASA Stenis Space Center, one of 10 of these centers in the country. Hard to imagine all the work that goes into building one of these and then the courage required to ride in one into space.
{Wyoming}
Love this cowboy looking westward with lasso in hand and chaps made up of spurs. With plenty of cattle ranches in the area this cowboy would certainly fit right in. This metal statue is a great way to say ‘welcome out west’.
{Kansas}
A long drive through the farmland of Kansas offered a break in fields of crops in the form of a field of bright purple thistles. While that would have to be miserable to walk through, the look of it next to the silos was very pretty.
{South Carolina}
We stopped in this small corner of South Carolina where we were treated with an incredible view of the mountains and the waterfalls flowing between them at White Water Falls. Sometimes I get overwhelmed at just how green parts of the country are.
{Montana}
We saw a few of Buffalo in Yellowstone National Park, but nothing compared to the great herds of them that we found outside the park in the open areas of Montana. Such incredible animals to see…although give them a wide berth as they can run much faster than you would expect.
{Alaska}
Driving through Alaska there are totem polls just off the road. These totem polls are often representations of guardians, ancestral beings, or supernatural beings. They are symbolic of guardians but they can also depict historical events that need to be remembered.
There is just nothing like a good road trip and finding all these random points of interest along the way.
