Motorcycle Road Trip '08, Part 1, Southwestern U.S.

Every year I take a big motorcyle road trip. This year I toured the Southwestern United States looking for weird roadside attractions and oddities on my way to Ocean Beach for 10 days of surfing. I took a whole bunch of pictures, obviously, but I also shot some companion video to help remind me later where exactly I was at, etc. So, I spliced all the pictures together with the video to make an quick(ish) slide show...

Part 1 takes me from Denver, CO to Las Vegas, NV by way of Salt Lake City, UT and Reno, NV.

Some of the more notable things I visited in Part 1:
The Great Salt Lake, Metaphor Tree, Bonneville Salt Flats, The Loneliest Road in America, Middlegate Shoe Tree, Sound Mountain, Pneumatic Diner, Giant Prospector, Lake Tahoe, Clown Motel, Jack the VonderPooch

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[grylo15]

hey dude can i ask some thing do you pay to go trough one city to other

because i live in uk but i wana go to usa to travel from coast to coast

[badaboom55]

@grylo15 Typically, no. The U.S. has toll roads which you do have to pay to use, but they're usually highways designed to get you from point A to point B as quick as possible, which means you have to bypass all the cool towns and scenic stuff. The East coast is littered with toll roads, so it can be a task to avoid them. But usually there are highways that run almost parallel to the interstates, which is what I stuck to on my trip.

[badaboom55]

@grylo15 Other than tolls, the only thing you might have to pay for (other than food, gas, lodging) is entrance to any of the National Parks (Yellowstone, Estes, Death Valley, etc.) or other attractions along the way. Parks usually cost $5 - $25 for a 24 hour pass.

[mortyis]

nice vid..... but its NEVADA.....not Novoda

[badaboom55]

haha, yeah it'll always be Nevahda to me...

I can't stand when Nevahdians (-ites?) call Colorado... Coloraaaaaado.

[iamgizmoe]

Thanks for sharing your experiece. I've always wanted to do this, and I will some day. This video only encourages me more, thanks again!

[DesmosediciAlice]

most rewarding experience , cross country ride

[feiz01]

fantastic mate :) where was the surf board though, or did you buy one when you arrived?

[Mrpepsi320]

on that shoe tree bit i belive top gear pulled over there

[grylo15]

@badaboom55 thanks for leting me know because i want to do a road trip around south america wich is were i come from  the go to usa to do a road trip around the coutry is my dreams .

thnaks for leating me know

[sirsilentbear]

this is awesome its all i wanna do and ive finaly saved up enough to go this summer thanks for the inspiration

[Anunnaki2020]

and the home of area 51!!!!!!!