Drives - Beneath the Waves

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Since 2006 I've tried to go on one very long or several medium-length drives to interesting places at least once a year. This section is full of the photos and journal entries from those trips.

Starting in 2007 when I got into multispectral photography, there are a wide variety of examples of how various places look in different parts of the spectrum.

If you're only interested in seeing the good photos and don't want to read my rambling writings or opinions of the places I've visited, the Photography section will be more to your liking.

I'm working on getting the 2006, 2008, and 2009 sections online, so if you're interested in those, please check back later.

2007

	Drive 2007 - Introduction
	An overview of this drive.

	Drive 2007 - Day 01
	31 August 2007. From Seattle to the coast of Oregon (including Cannon Beach).

	Drive 2007 - Day 02
	1 September 2007. From southern Oregon to central California. Includes Redwood National Park.

	Drive 2007 - Day 03
	2 September 2007. From central California to Los Angeles. Includes a written description (but no photos) of my visit to Universal Studios.

	Drive 2007 - Day 04
	3 September 2007. In and around Los Angeles. Includes Malibu Creek State Park, Santa Monica, the Hollywood Hills, and the LA River.

	Drive 2007 - Day 05
	4 September 2007. In and around Los Angeles. Includes the Bradbury Building, downtown Los Angeles, and my visit to Naughty Dog.

	Drive 2007 - Day 06
	5 September 2007. From Vasquez Rocks (north of Los Angeles) to the southernmost part of California.

	Drive 2007 - Day 07
	6 September 2007. In the deserts of Southern California. Includes Anza-Borrego Desert, the Salton Sea, and Joshua Tree National Park.

	Drive 2007 - Day 08
	7 September 2007. In southern Arizona. Includes the Ajo Mountains and Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.

	Drive 2007 - Day 09
	8 September 2007. In central and south-eastern Arizona. Includes Montezuma Castle and Saguaro National Park.

	Drive 2007 - Day 10
	9 September 2007. In southern New Mexico - mostly White Sands National Monument.

	Drive 2007 - Day 11
	10 September 2007. From Carlsbad Caverns in southeasten New Mexico to the northwest corner of the state.

	Drive 2007 - Day 12
	11 September 2007. From northern Arizona through southern Nevada. Includes the Grand Canyon and Hoover Dam.

	Drive 2007 - Day 13
	12 September 2007. From southern Nevada to Death Valley in California. Also includes the Mojave Desert and more of the Hoover Dam.

	Drive 2007 - Day 14
	13 September 2007. From Death Valley to central California. Also includes Owens Lake, the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Convict Lake and Bodie State Historic Park.

	Drive 2007 - Day 15
	14 September 2007. From Yosemite National Park to northern California.

	Drive 2007 - Day 16
	15 September 2007. From nothern California through Crater Lake in Oregon back home to Seattle.

2009 Part 2

	Drive 2009 Part 2 - Introduction
	An overview of this drive, my second trip to Yellowstone National Park.

	Drive 2009 Part 2 - Day 02
	31 August 2009. The day I arrived in Yellowstone. Madison River, West Thumb Geyser Basin, the Yellowstone River, Black Sand Basin, Midway Geyser Basin, and the Grand Prismatic Spring.

	Drive 2009 Part 2 - Day 03
	1 September 2009. Fountain Paint Pot, the Firehole Lake area, Mud Volcano, Sulphur Caldron, Hayden Valley, The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River, and Norris Geyser Basin.

	Drive 2009 Part 2 - Day 04 and 05
	2-3 September 2009. Mount Washburn, Tower Fall, the Yellowstone River, Wraith Falls, Undine Falls, Mammoth Hot Springs, The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River, and Golden Gate.

2010

	Drive 2010 - Introduction and Day 1
	An overview of this drive.

	Drive 2010 - Day 2
	The second day of this drive, in Big Bend National Park.

	Drive 2010 - Day 3
	The third day of this drive, in Big Bend National Park.

	Drive 2010 - Days 4 and 5
	The fourth and fifth days of this drive, driving east through Texas, at Space Center Houston, and into New Orleans.

	Drive 2010 - Day 6
	The sixth day of this drive, along the Gulf Coast from New Orleans to northern Florida.

	Drive 2010 - Day 7
	The seventh day of this drive, on the west coast of Florida.

	Drive 2010 - Day 8
	The eighth day of this drive, in southern Florida.

	Drive 2010 - Days 9 and 10
	The ninth and tenth days of this drive, in the Florida Keys and Miami.

	Drive 2010 - Day 11
	The eleventh day of this drive, at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

	Drive 2010 - Day 12
	The twelfth day of this drive, at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

	Drive 2010 - Sidebar - The 2010 Ford Fusion
	A brief review of the car I rented for this trip.

General Information

	Recommendations For Driving
	My opinions on long drives, based on what I've learned so far. What to bring, planning recommendations, and so on.