20200901 – From Sea to Sea September – November 2020

The heavy rain and the windshield soft focus gave exactly what one feels when driving for days in this color magic. It is only through an impressionist tool one can reflect the feeling of it all when you are driving all day "under the influence" of beauty....

Providence, Rhode IslandBeautiful brick buildings, a symbol of East Coast? Second leg of the trip starts from Chicago with Erin joining us Yolculuğun ikinci ayağı Chicago'dan Erin'in de bize katılmasıyla başlıyor.  Dolaşıp Erin'i tekrar Chıcago'ya bırakacağız.It...

Boston in the fallIce Cream display in the marketSecond leg of the trip starts from Chicago with Erin joining us Yolculuğun ikinci ayağı Chicago'dan Erin'in de bize katılmasıyla başlıyor.  Dolaşıp Erin'i tekrar Chıcago'ya bırakacağız.Paul Revere's home Paul...

Continue our trip from Stowe Vermont to Convey New Hampshire.  The beauty of the landscape is just breathtaking.  I just can't figure how and why some people could dismiss this all and decide to destroy it all.  Considering that the only god in capitalism is money...

We are trying to catch up or follow the fall as the leaves are reaching their peak. It was hard to depart from Placid Lake after seeing the natural beauty of the town. On our way, Erin had to participate in a meeting so we had to pull over in a small village to...

October 4-5 Lake Placid, New York State Finally we are starting to see that we are at the place that was the reason we started this trip. Fall colors are everywhere.  We came at just the right week.  As we hear, the time is only a week or so before the trees lose...

After Cleveland we drove to Buffalo NY and crashed at the hotel. In the morning, early, we showed up at the Anchor Bar where the famous Buffalo Wings are said to have originated.  We asked for coffee and the waiteress brewed a fresh cup of coffee for us and we...

We knew we were headed for the storm as we drove towards Detroit.  I am trying to perfect my skill of taking photographs and videos while I am driving.  The blootooth selfie stick makes it easier as all I have to do is press a small button and the camera does the...

An economic center that collapsed under capitalism: Gary, Indiana We spent three days in Chicago, just resting from the month long trip from California.  Apart from a 6 mile walk to the Oak Park neighborhood that the rich people leve, we did literally nothing...

We didn't want to miss Madison on our way to Milwaukee.  Although we had been warned that the COVID-19 was hitting the roof in Madison we still wanted to see it.  This is a student, college town and we understood why the disease had spread so much here. After...

It is hard to believe that we've been on the road for 25 days since we left home. Leaving Fargo hotel we drove to Minneapolis.  This is the second time we stayed at the "My Place" hotel chain.  They are clean and cheap"er".  With all the luggage we had, it was good...

We left Bozeman really late.  After having our breakfast at La Quinta Suites we checked out.  Our daughter had advised us to stay in La Quinta Suites hotels for cleanliness and better service.  They had breakfast but we were not allowed to pick/touch the food so an...

Last day in Glacier National Park.  Decided to have breakfast at Bigfork MT, before we left.  After checking out of the hotel went to a cafe in Bigfork.  Great breakfast and a short walk in the town.  Beautiful, clean, cute, small town. After breakfast said goodbys...

The smoke from Oregon and California isn't allowing us to see anything clearly in the Grand Tetons.  So we decided to let it go and hopefully visit this region again next year maybe during spring. We are talking to our friends in Portland, Oregon who also had had...

I was waiting for our visit to the Moulton Barn while in the Grand Tetons.  It is a symbol, a must, that all who visit the region to photograph. With a backdrop of the mountains it symbolizes the harsh work the Mormons had to endure to move and establish a life...

Yellowstone is the landmark that represents the US Yellowstone is the first national park established in the US.  They say the concept of the national parks was the best thing the US ever gave to the world.  After Yellowstone, the national parks spread across the...

We are glad we moved much closer to the park.  We moved to St. Anthony's which brings us 30 minutes closer to the West Entrance to the park. We are very surprised to see the big crowds in the park. Compared to Yosemite, it seems people had just rushed out of their...

Expecting the storm to arrive any minute on top of an old but an actıve volcano.
Fırtınanın her an gelmesini eski ama aktif bir volkanın tepesinden çaresiz seyrederken.

We started late so decided not go go to Yellowstone park today.  Instead, we decided to take the byways and see other places before committing to Yellowstone. I am really glad we did, because it would have been very easy to miss the beautiful landscape behind the...

Day 2: Elko, Nevada to Boise, Idaho Took an early morning walk around downtown and around the hotel in Elko.  We had stayed at the Ramada, next to the Stockmen's Casino.  Most businesses are closed especially all the small local banks.  The City must have cowboy...

Day 3: Boise, Idaho The beds were clean and comfortable but the bathroom, shower needed a lot of work.  As my daughter said, "What did you expect?"  However, traveling for more than two months on a retirement budget requires serious compromises.  We met our long...

Day 1 of the long Sea to Sea 2020 trip.
We have been preparing for a similar trip mentally for years.

Gulden prepared food to go so we would minimize our connection to the world during the COVID-19 pandemic.

We bought this van only few days before the trip thinking it would be enough to carry our luggage, food, electronics, etc. We were wrong. We overpacked so much that even with the back seats folded down, we barely had enough space left. Our thoughts of maybe sleeping in the van vanished as we saw our luggage fill the entire van.