In September 2016 we embarked on The Great American Roadtrip. We were four in total- one born and bred Ohioan, the other three not so easily defined, but mostly European let’s say.  It was a pilgrimage of sorts, to the birthplace of one of my teenage travelling companions, an earthship in Silver City, New Mexico. We left the skyscrapers of Chicago and went east to go west, first to Detroit and then through America’s heartland called the Midwest. Eager to leave the plains after two days of driving, we dove into the mountains and deserts of the New Mexico and Arizona. For these three weeks (although a road trip in the US is never long enough) we observed and absorbed the different landscapes and cultures of these somewhat united states, with friends and family, tents and mosquito repellent, long car ride conversations and mixtapes. This is some of what we saw.

Road Map, Day by Day

Chicago River

Oklahoma

Thorncrown Chapel, Eureka Springs, Arkansas

Thorncrown Chapel Interior

Armadillo Camping, Texas

Route 66, Texas-New Mexico Border

Arizona Campsite

White Sands, New Mexico

Three Rivers Petroglyphs, White Mountains, New Mexico

Mine in Silver City, New Mexico

Arcosanti, Arizona

Gila National Forest, New Mexico

My travelling companions in Canyon de Chelley, Navajo Reservation, Arizona

Juniper in Canyon de Chelley

Juniper Tree, Canyon de Chelley

Canyon de Chelley

as seen from the car