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Some of the roads I’m going to travel

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I drove 140.000 miles all across the lower 48′s. That was 2008 and 2009 when I decided to go trucking. In these 17 month I made it into all states except Oregon and the New England States.

You can imagine that one can’t really experience the country while rushing trough it, but I’ve sure seen a lot of pretty country. Amongst other routes, the job brought me from Phoenix/AZ to Miami/FL, from Los Angeles/CA to Chicago/IL and from New Jersey/NY to Seattle /WA – back and forth, up and down, east to west and back.

Driving trough this pretty country – on a schedule in an 18 wheeler – I felt like a kid that get’s dragged up and down trough a carnival, shackled to the hands of an adult not being allowed to even check out one of the rides. Waaaaah!!!
I couldn’t get to all these beautiful spots I saw. I simply didn’t had the time and more important – an 18 wheeler just doesn’t like to roll on anything but blacktop. I once tried it anyway and here’s how that one turned out.

Anyway – below is a (very incomplete) list of the roads I want to travel AND go off of them – when and wherever I’m pleased.

The US2 – also called The Great Northern.

Even further north – the Dempster Highway.

Right trough the middle of the US – the US50. Not only Jamie Jensen calls it the Loneliest Road.

Can’t forget going down the Pacific Coast while taking aaaall the time I want :)

And once I gathered some more experience and know my vehicle inside out, I’m gonna take on the mother of all roads in America – the Panamericana. Here as well I want to leave the main road and explore the backroads when ever I’m pleased.

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