Love the visual capture of your road trip! Being from Colorado, I’ve done similar road trips along that route over the years. Some parts are dead boring while others quite captivating.

Did you take some of those images as you were driving…?

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Randy Reply:
February 17th, 2012 at 8:32 am

@Kim, Thanks Kim! Yes, a few of those were taking while I was driving. Yeah, luckily the captivating parts (at least for a first timer) easily outweigh the boring spaces on the trip. I was taken back by the beauty of that stretch of I-70. I grew up in western PA and that part of 70 is abysmal.

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Kim Reply:
February 21st, 2012 at 8:40 am

@Randy, Agreed, it’s fun to do maybe once. And while I haven’t seen the PA part, I think the I-70 portion through Kansas (and I-80 through Nebraska) tops the list of the most uninspiring. Lucky you missed that stretch!

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Love the photos – so cool!

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Randy Reply:
February 17th, 2012 at 8:34 am

@Emily McManus, Thanks Emily! I’m glad you enjoyed them.

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Love this. So many great colors and mix of shots here. Cool.

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Randy Reply:
February 17th, 2012 at 8:38 am

@Brooke vs. the World, The American West is truly a colorful place. It’s amazing how the light changes from state to state, sometimes even within in the same state.

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These are great – exactly the type of images I get in my head when I think ‘road trip’ – such awesome and interesting scenery in this part of the US

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Randy Reply:
February 24th, 2012 at 12:30 pm

@Andrea, Thanks Andrea! Couldn’t agree more. The scenery and sheer vastness of the American west is amazing.

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We love iPhone photo essays, we’ve actually got one for our recent trip to Palm Springs that we are working on.
Isn’t it amazing what can be accomplished with the iPhone?! It blows my mind how something so small and practical can produce such a wide range or images

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Randy Reply:
February 24th, 2012 at 12:39 pm

@Cam, Yeah, I’m hooked on using the iPhone for photos and videos. It’s incredible to be able to shoot something and be able to instantly upload it from somewhere in the desert all while driving. And don’t even get me started on all the cool iPhone apps.

Can’t wait to see your Palm Springs photo essay!

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Cool vintage feel to this road trip.

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Randy Reply:
February 24th, 2012 at 12:55 pm

@Sophie, Thanks Sophie! Glad you enjoyed the post.

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This post gave me the urge to go off for a road trip Those are amazing shots from an iphone.

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I love the Iphone for this reason. It allows us to not bring around clunky machinery to capture great trips. Great invention. Love your pictures.

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Randy Reply:
February 24th, 2012 at 12:58 pm

@Jessica Rawlins, Thanks Jessica, it is a pretty sweet invention. And I think it’s definitely changing instant photography for the better.

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Some of the most interesting things I’ve ever photographed were on the sides of roads in the middle of nowhere America. Road trips are my favorite way to go when I am seeing my own country. Glad to see you had the same opportunity and some of these images are really cool!

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Randy Reply:
February 24th, 2012 at 1:02 pm

@Kirsten, I couldn’t agree more Kirsten. There is just something special about an American road trip, in part because it usually takes you to those middle of nowhere places you normally wouldn’t travel to.
Thanks for the kind words and for stopping by!

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I remember the roads near Denver having some of the more interesting scenery I’ve seen, though it was sparse – I would go a long time between sights. Cool idea to use the phone apps to capture the journey.

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Randy Reply:
February 24th, 2012 at 1:12 pm

@Scott – Quirky Travel Guy, Thanks Scott, it worked out pretty well. Up until this trip, I had an iPod Touch so we would use that to take pics and then upload them later, but it was really nice to be able to micro-blog on FB and Twitter before actually putting up the post.

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I love the vintage look of the photos– it fits perfectly with this classic road trip!

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Awesome photography. Yeah If someone really wana enjoy the tour traveling by road is best way.

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After I return back to Canada, my boyfriend, an American, has mapped out a quirky America road trip for us. There is so much kitschy Americana to be seen and I want to see it all. Great shots!

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good stuff, you gave me some great ideas for my own trip i’ll be doing but in the opposite way, i’ll be doing a road trip from Denver to Las Vegas this summer…great pics, cheers!

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Wow! I love the photos. Its so cool that you get that photos even when you are inside the car. I also love getting pictures while traveling! Do you have more amazing photos?

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I love the old time feel of these photos. Reminds me of the photos we used to take on our family road trips. I’m headed to Alaska via a road trip through Canada next month. Mine will include me and my two dogs. It should be very adventurous.
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