San Francisco to New York City in 8 Minutes

A time-lapse video of my drive across the country.

Pictures taken every 30 seconds for most of the way (40 seconds on day 1, 2 seconds on the sideview, 10 seconds in the Badlands).

Took I-80 to Park City, cut north and picked up I-90 in South Dakota, then back to I-80 in Chicago (http://bit.ly/cYputl). Unfortunately, was under rain 80-90% of the way, but incredible drive nonetheless.

Loaded CHDK (http://chdk.wikia.com) and an intervalometer script (http://bit.ly/aBILYH) onto a 4GB SD card and ran it on a Canon Powershot SD780 IS. Attached camera to windshield with a window suction cup camera mount (http://amzn.to/9EYcVt).

Music:
The Hold Steady - The Weekenders
The Prodigy - Stand Up

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• Road Trip
• San Francisco
• New York City
• Time Lapse
• CHDK
• Powershot
• Canon
• Cross Country Trip
• Badlands
• The Hold Steady
• The Weekenders
• Prodigy
• Stand Up

[1000Jordan0001]

how long did it take u(in hours plz)

[jericsinger]

@1000Jordan0001 About 48 hours of drive time.

[gosta1234]

I think all the long vids on youtube are a bunch of crap, but this video was anot crap.

I don regret wasting 8min of my life watching this vid. It was one of the best i've ever seen. Can't wait untill me and my peeps will do a roadtrip around USA, sure it's 2years untill then cos i need to graduate from Highschool first but this was an inspirational.

Excuse for the spelling, i'm from Sweden.

[jericsinger]

@gosta1234 Thanks man. Good luck with the trip! The US is an awesome country to drive through. The southern routes are beautiful too.

[HROkabe]

I think that this is truly, a work of art. I was completely engaged for the eight minutes throughout. I'm reading a biography by Jack Kerouac right now, and the book makes references to the various parts of the US Kerouac travels to throughout his lifetime, and the barren landscapes and desolate scenery that occupy his mind. I couldn't help but wonder what was going through your consciousness (were you in a trance?) as you drove these thousands of miles.

[jericsinger]

@HROkabe lots of stuff. driving's when i actually think best. i kept a voice recorder next to me the whole time. really came in handy.

enjoy the Kerouac!

[John23gr]

Well done, it vividly brought back 3 such trips I've taken in the 1990s. If you were to re-do (the video) again, I'd suggest you add a bunch of identifying titles, of the various locations you were zipping by: City names, or say "Rocky Mountains" or "Badlands." And just upload it again. The rain wasn't bad, it made it even more interesting!

[Leooo0709]

I login to click "like"! Snow and desert on the same trip, amazing!

Greetings from Brazil =)

[realtreeaphd]

that was just.......cool!!!!!! that was great!!!! how did u have enough GB memory to take all the pictured? thanks again for the great video!!!!

[stomcode]

NFS : The Run In 8 Min

[Sismiques]

@CaptainAmerica322

Lancaster is out of the way.

[theSpooofguys]

I drive that Little fast then that!!!! :P

[jakeroot2]

@cludRobot The Prodigy - "Stand Up".

[SlovakiaThomasF]

How many days journey lasted? and what car you go? it was petrol or diesel? I'm from Europe

[rubenager]

nice!

it would be great to do a long driving in europe...

good video, good job ;)