10,500 mile trans-American June road trip

Citizen Z · 07-06-2009, 02:46 PM

From June 1 through June 30 I traveled the US to discover its amazing roads and scenic beauty. Here are a few pictures I took along the way, high resolution (10mp) versions available upon request (pm me w/ your email). My car is but spattered, grimy, brake dust encrusted in many, but it was the road trip of a lifetime and I'm thrilled at the experience.

Lionel Hutz · 07-06-2009, 02:55 PM

excellent!

135i_jaijai · 07-06-2009, 03:14 PM

wow... u drove to alot of places...

jsdaniels · 07-06-2009, 04:17 PM

Looks so clean in almost every picture. I can't even keep mine clean from work to the house and its no more then 15 mins!

M3R1 · 07-06-2009, 04:33 PM

InsaneSkippy · 07-06-2009, 06:35 PM

Well done!

I envy you for having a month to be able to do that. Road trips are the BEST!

1ToBeOn2Wheels · 07-06-2009, 07:16 PM

So awesome! A cross-country road trip is definitely on my list of things to do. I have some trans-Atlantic and down-under destinations to check off my list first.

gyrfalcon · 07-06-2009, 07:41 PM

Great photos. You weren't by chance in Springfield today were you? I spotted my first ever 1er not at a dealership, parked on a side road, and it was a white 135i.

jibaholic101 · 07-06-2009, 07:55 PM

wow! that is one hell of a journey! time for a pro detail now !

ptack · 07-06-2009, 08:26 PM

Hey you should be checking out the regional forums and see if you can make any 1addict meets along your way.

otterdoc · 07-06-2009, 10:29 PM

What a slick way to experience the country and your car together. Thanks for sharing the pictures!

SlickShift · 07-06-2009, 11:04 PM

Doing that is on my "things to do before I die" list. Did you travel alone?

Harry135 · 07-07-2009, 01:39 AM

Great pics. thanks for sharing

mie17 · 07-07-2009, 02:22 AM

awesome! nice view

Jason · 07-07-2009, 07:53 AM

Great pics would love to see more! We should all be so lucky one day to get a month off to drive cross country. Few of us will ever be able to say that we spent a month exploring our own country.

Hind · 07-07-2009, 08:25 AM

wow that had to been super crazy fun! congrats

Citizen Z · 07-07-2009, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by ptack

Hey you should be checking out the regional forums and see if you can make any 1addict meets along your way.

I thought about doing that but it was hard enough coordinating with my friends and family along the way, much less netizens I've never met in places I've never been.

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Originally Posted by SlickShift

Doing that is on my "things to do before I die" list. Did you travel alone?

Yes.

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Originally Posted by gyrfalcon

Great photos. You weren't by chance in Springfield today were you? I spotted my first ever 1er not at a dealership, parked on a side road, and it was a white 135i.

Yup, thats me. I'm at Reliable BMW having a service and airbag replaced (faulty?) since I put a full service interval on the car between May and June.

tonytigerking · 07-07-2009, 03:53 PM

How did you keep the car clean along the way?

Garduna · 07-07-2009, 04:16 PM

Fantastic man

Care to give us the itinerary of where you went? Really hoping to do something like that with my own car eventually

Citizen Z · 07-07-2009, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by tonytigerking

How did you keep the car clean along the way?

I used car washes. I'm not afraid to use the brush when it gets nasty, I just spray it off before I wield it on my car. Bug and tar remover goes a really long way after a day of driving and rapidly collecting bugs in the sun.

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Originally Posted by Garduna

Fantastic man

Care to give us the itinerary of where you went? Really hoping to do something like that with my own car eventually

I started out in central Missouri and headed to Mammoth Caves National Park. Then I bounced over to Washington DC and spent 5 days seeing the sites. After that I bee-lined for Yellowstone National Park, stopping at Badlands National Park, Wall Drug, Mount Rushmore, and Crazy Horse Monument along the way. I crossed Wyoming and entered Yellowstone through the East entrance and spent a day then headed south to Grand Teton National Park. Then I headed west across the Snake River Plain then took HWY 93 up into Montana and Glacier National Park and also stopped to see the Hungry Horse Dam (WOW!). After that I headed over to Olympia, WA to visit friends and did a day trip up along the coast to Olympic National Park. Then I headed south to Crater Lake National Park, down into Redwoods National Parks and took HWY101 through all the redwood forests to HWY 1, the Pacific Coast Highway which I followed until about 100 miles out of San Diego. where I split off to Joshua Tree National Park. I spent a night in Joshua Tree then drove through the Mojave Desert National Preserve and into Giant Sequoias National Park. I spent a day in Giant Sequoias then headed to Yosemite and then over to Mono Lake National Monument. I spent two days in Las Vegas, enjoying the nightlife and taking a break from camping and then headed to three days of camping at the Grand Canyon, visiting Zion National Park along the way. After the Grand Canyon I headed over through northern Arizona to Monument Valley and spent a day at Arches National Park. I finished up the trip visiting Mesa Verde in Colorado and now I'm in central Kansas.

I tried to plug all that into Google Maps but it refuses to calculate that many waypoints. There are a at least a half dozen other sites I visited along the way that thats the quick version.

gyrfalcon · 07-07-2009, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Citizen Z

Yup, thats me. I'm at Reliable BMW having a service and airbag replaced (faulty?) since I put a full service interval on the car between May and June.

Cool.

Shame I wasn't in my one and not in a hurry or I would have stopped and said hey. You're probably one of very few 1ers in that area of Missouri.

Citizen Z · 07-07-2009, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by gyrfalcon

Cool.

Shame I wasn't in my one and not in a hurry or I would have stopped and said hey. You're probably one of very few 1ers in that area of Missouri.

I actually saw a SGM 135i with Missouri plates on Glenstone yesterday. There is a black 135i and a SGM 128i vert at Fort Leonard Wood. I used to be at FLW but I'm in Kansas now.

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Citizen Z Alpine Master 111 Rep 1,310 Posts Drives: '08 135i AW Sport Join Date: May 2008 Location: Kansas iTrader: (1)	10,500 mile trans-American June road trip - pictures From June 1 through June 30 I traveled the US to discover its amazing roads and scenic beauty. Here are a few pictures I took along the way, high resolution (10mp) versions available upon request (pm me w/ your email). My car is but spattered, grimy, brake dust encrusted in many, but it was the road trip of a lifetime and I'm thrilled at the experience. Attached Images __________________ Alpine White with Taupe Leather 135i, Sports Package, Heated Seats, Comfort Access, iPod Adapter Fastness: http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=252727
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gyrfalcon Ninja 14 Rep 335 Posts Drives: 135i Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Texas iTrader: (0)	Great photos. You weren't by chance in Springfield today were you? I spotted my first ever 1er not at a dealership, parked on a side road, and it was a white 135i. __________________ SGM/Coral
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jibaholic101 Brigadier General 159 Rep 3,496 Posts Drives: women wild Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Charleston, SC iTrader: (0)	wow! that is one hell of a journey! time for a pro detail now ! __________________ some italian, german, and japanese ones; and on order more of the same
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ptack Brigadier General 269 Rep 4,470 Posts Drives: 135i Join Date: May 2008 Location: NJ iTrader: (0) Garage List 2008 135i [6.50]	Hey you should be checking out the regional forums and see if you can make any 1addict meets along your way. __________________ 135i, SGM, Coral, Sport Package, Auto, Premium Hifi, USB/ipod, Apex EC-7s, PPK Stage II
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otterdoc Mean Little Otter 2 Rep 153 Posts Drives: 2012 135i Join Date: May 2009 Location: Detroit iTrader: (0)	Awesome Trip What a slick way to experience the country and your car together. Thanks for sharing the pictures! __________________ 2012 135i: M-Sport, Prem, DCT, Nav, iPod/USB, LeMans/Black.
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