As promised, I’ve put together a brief trip recap for you. The trip was a lot of things, but as it turns out, it wasn’t generally at 75 miles per hour.
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Month: October 2010
I dabbled with Twitter for my Southwest @ 75mph trip, posting photos from the road at @Floodcation. Unfortunately mobile phone camera quality in 2010 is not that great, so you’ll need to use your imagination a bit to make the most out of these precious memories. Here are my tweets and associated photos, extracted from Twitter:
8th September – This is a first. Parents are late picking me up at the airport. Fortunately this overpriced banana is here for me 
8th September – Beautiful Breckenridge, unfortunately in the rain 
8th September – Just west of Rifle, Colorado – sun is back out, car is still going 75. 
9th September – Sunny day. Flat land. Goodbye Colorado, hello Utah. Still going 75. 
9th September – Can’t have a road trip without good gas 
9th September – Hey, where did the trees go? (photo by Mom Flood) 
9th September – Middle of Nowhere, Utah. Population: small. Soft drink themed gas storage tanks: 4 
9th September – Still not many trees, but Utah has a bit more blue and green now. Nice work Utah – keep it up. 
9th September – The verdict is in. The Grand Canyon really IS a big hole. In a good way. 
9th September – A trekking Trek and the big Arizonian hole 
10th September – Arizona lesson #52 – don’t forget to water your garden or else this might happen 
10th September – Arizona lesson #52 – don’t forget to water your garden or else this might happen 
10th September – Who put this dirty city in the stinky desert anyway? 
10th September – Memo to Las Vegas. You live in a desert 
11th September – Record short drive (2 hrs) for the Floodcation to Red Rock Canyon 
11th September – Oh snap. Cleaning lady isn’t done with our room. Warning. Floods stuck in the sun. 
11th September – Yay, a shuttle bus ride. 
11th September – And up we will go 
11th September – Helitweet 
11th September – Crappy picture but I have a feeling that this low brow cheap steakhouse/brewery is going to be a winner 
11th September – Here’s to being number 9 
12th September – Holy snap! They have Denny’s here 12th September – This may or may not be true for you 
12th September – Dam. 
12th September – Dam crowded. 
12th September – Damn nice drive home. 
13th September – So long Las Vegas 
14th September – Bad UI design 
14th September – Wildest drive of my life. Put the Apache Trail on your list and bring your rugged road vehicle 
14th September – Old school gas pump. New school gas prices 
14th September – Sweet red rocks of Sedona 
14th September – Sweet silhouetted rocks of Sedona 
15th September – Hot air tweeting 
15th September – I like Sedona 
15th September – Balloon adventure complete 
15th September – Good advice 
15th September – Let’s hear it for the trees. Woot! 
15th September – Still Grand 
15th September – Dark roads aren’t as fun as light roads 
16th September – Instant Western movie backdrops available here 
16th September – 9 days in, we just had our first construction-related stop. 
16th September – At the 4 Corners Monument you pay the Navaho $3 in exchange for seeing tourists and flags 
16th September – I think that I’m finally in the cultural west now 
16th September – I think that I’m finally in the cultural west now 
16th September – I get the sense that these cavemen (cavepeople?) were no dummies 
17th September – Let’s play “Guess that Decade” – Durango Econolodge edition 
17th September – Last long drive (for me) on the Floodcation has begun. Only 10 more hours to go 
17th September – With so much red and brown in the Southwest I had almost forgotten about green. Thanks Colorado 
17th September – Note to self – move here 
17th September – Great plains in between mountain ranges. Who knew? 
17th September – Ride the pony 
17th September – Autumn aspen near Breckenridge 
18th September – flippin’ Gorillapod this place is beautiful 
18th September – flippin’ Gorillapod this place is beautiful 
19th September – Until next time Estes Park 
19th September – Goodbye Rocky Mountains … sniff 
19th September – Denver. Look west and you see the mountains. Look anywhere else and you don’t see much of anything.