Monday 9 July, 2007

Effortless Sightseeing

The last two weekends have been spent in more of driving and less of photography. Last weeks escapade to SFO was a mere 2100+ miles (3360 kms) in less than 64 hrs!! So, unlike the first 2 weeks, I have spent far lesser time hiking or on photography. Most of the sightseeing I have been doing overthe past two weeks are "window-sightseeing" trips along the roads of western US! Some roads on which I would like to drive again are here... If any of u guys are visiting CA, WA or OR these are the "must drive" roads.

US-101, in all the three states with a wide range of choice for a nature lover.. The mountains, greenery (Olympic National Park, Redwood Forests are the highlights), sand dunes (National Recreation Area in Oregon), beaches (plenty of coastal vista points) and the Golden Gate Bridge.

On the way to Olympic National Park





The Golden Gate Bridge - A part of US-101



The Drive-Thru Redwood Tree in Leggett, CA on US 101
(A part of Redwood National Forest)


I-84 (Columbia river gorge scenic biway) in Oregon en-route Mt Hood calls for another risky drive... u tend to look more through the windows than the traffic ahead of you.



CA-1 along the coast is yet another wonderful drive...


PS: most of these are not the best roads in US... nevertheless they make the best drives :)

6 comments:

Josh said...

lo! isht yella blogging maaDideeya and nange idea ne illa! paapi! heLodallva!
anyways.. soopur photoblog kaNo!

Shekhar said...

@josh: thanku thanku ...aadre lo ...ond tingLinda.. orkut alli publicize madta ideeni :)

Anonymous said...

soooper photos sir !!
(Came here thru josh's blog).
I think I have seen more of US thru these, than I could in person :-)

Shekhar said...

@krishna: thanks.. and ya..lemme know ur contact as soon as u r here next time.. i'll not let u go without seeing atleast the east ;)

BlackThorn said...

first pic antu sakkkatthaagidey ley! sustagodey nodi!

Shekhar said...

@i7: hoon le.. it was weird but beuatiful.. melilla keLagilla!!