💬 OT The West of Illinois Picture Thread

[Mook]

I need to gtfo of IL.

 

[Yaj Yak]

I need to gtfo of IL.

just go. flights are cheap. rent a car. don't stop driving. pull over everywhere and look at shit.

 

[SleeperLS]

I need to gtfo of IL.

A drive straight to Colorado Springs is not too far away from Chicago. If you are into that kind of landscape.

 

[Mook]

Its like 14 hours or something like that. I remember looking into it a year or two back.

Id love to do it in the Evo but thats a long way from home to have something happen.

 

[SleeperLS]

Yeah, that would definitely suck. There isn't much on the way out there either, so getting stranded would not be fun.


[MENTION=2449]ilikemtb999[/MENTION] I know you have some good stuff for this thread.

 

[FESTER665]

just go. flights are cheap. rent a car. don't stop driving. pull over everywhere and look at shit.

That's how it usually ends up for me.... Cheap airfare to Denver and just go.

My Aunt is selling her house in Evergreen now though so I may be losing my free housing out there.

 

[ChrisRac]

I got more from my roadtrip between Portland and Alaska at home that I'll post later. But here's some I pulled off my Facebook.

Multnomah Falls outside Portland, Oregon

I-84 east of Portland. Columbia River Gorge

Mt St Helens Volcano

Downtown Seattle and Mt Rainier

Looking across the Puget Sound, Seattle

Seal Caves, Southcentral Oregon

Pioneer Square, Downtown Portland

Lloyd District, Portland

Grand Canyon

Along the Seward Highway and Turnagain Arm, south of Anchorage, Alaska

Sign Post Forest, Watson Lake, YT, Canada

 

[Angus]

Moved to the San Francisco Bay area in May of 2014. Moved back in April of 2015.

Drove a uhaul towing our suv out there in 2.5 days via I-80. Moving back, just drove our suv back over 5 days going through Vegas, scenic roads in Utah, Colorado Springs, and then the flat states.

Here's some pics from my move out there, where we lived, and my road trip back.


Somewhere in Wyoming

Rest Stop just into Utah

Nevada into California

Views from our neighborhood

Quick day trip up Hwy 1 in Marin County

Start of the road trip back home. Arizona/Nevada somewhere

Somewhere in Utah

Nebraska...

Racing a storm in Iowa

Back into good old Illinois

I have a ton more pictures on my other computer that were taken on my dslr. These are just what were on my old cell phone for now.

 

[ChrisRac]

Back into good old Illinois

It looks like they used a zero in "Illin0is" instead of an O.

 

[Angus]

It looks like they used a zero in "Illin0is" instead of an O.

I blame Blag0

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Yeah, that would definitely suck. There isn't much on the way out there either, so getting stranded would not be fun.


[MENTION=2449]ilikemtb999[/MENTION] I know you have some good stuff for this thread.

Most of mine have my bike in them
Red rocks park from the top of Dakota ridge hogback.

Cañon city trails

Top of redcone pass

Fruita trails

Moab stuff

 

[SleeperLS]

Yes! I am heading up to Denver to buy a truck in less than a week and plan to hit that red rock amphitheater place up. My wife loves fossils and I guess that area has a lot.

 

[ChrisRac]

Moab stuff

Woah.

 

[b00sted]

You won't regret it dude... I can't wait to go back.

Also, in Colorado you can just pull off the side of the highway and shoot guns in the national park as long as there aren't signs prohibiting it due to hiking trails, etc... We literally just rolled down the window in the F350 and started unloading.

I always thought their gun laws were far more restrictive than that... How is politics there? I mean, I'm sure it's better than Chicago, but how much better?

 

[SleeperLS]

Central West Coast, California. (Monterey Bay Area)

Garden of the Gods, Colorado

Jemez Falls area, New Mexico

Double rainbows all day long around Albuquerque.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Yes! I am heading up to Denver to buy a truck in less than a week and plan to hit that red rock amphitheater place up. My wife loves fossils and I guess that area has a lot.

Nice! Check out dinosaur/Dakota ridge. It's right next to red rocks (and that pic was taken on top of it). There's Dino footprints and fossilized bones. The museum downtown has a great exhibit on dinosaurs/fossils too.

 

[SleeperLS]

Nice! Check out dinosaur/Dakota ridge. It's right next to red rocks (and that pic was taken on top of it). There's Dino footprints and fossilized bones. The museum downtown has a great exhibit on dinosaurs/fossils too.

That sounds amazing. I am definitely checking those out as well. Looks like it just turned into a two day trip.

 

[Bruce Jibboo]

Don't need this thread to move west but will secretly enjoy said thread prior to moving west!

 

[SleeperLS]

DO IT.

 

[Mebot]

Go up to Seattle and Portland. The NW is a jewel. Most definitely "God's Country".

Having moved here to Seattle from Virginia 2 years ago, i can vouch for this. Hands down one of the most gorgeous places in the US

 

[Outlaw]

I always thought their gun laws were far more restrictive than that... How is politics there? I mean, I'm sure it's better than Chicago, but how much better?

They're pretty pro-gun from what I can see, but, I mean almost any place is compared to IL. Only negative in my eyes is they require you get a non-resident Colorado CCW if you want to carry there vs. reciprocity.

Tons of hunt clubs, shooting areas in national forest, etc.

 

[SleeperLS]

Thinking about it now, I am not sure the last time I have seen a "no guns" sign out here.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

This is the partial summit on apex trail. That's the south table of golden in the background.

 

[SleeperLS]

That is amazing. Is that a prairie kind of plateau in the background or is that just dirt? Looks really cool on its own out there.

 

[SleeperLS]

There are some awesome pictures in here! Keep them coming!

Here are a couple more...

Pecos River, NM

Crazy rainbow that looked like it was falling out of this cloud in NM

Quick one from this morning on my deck. Sunrises are very pretty here. I love how the hummingbirds go nuts in the morning and evening. This one just flew up out of freaking no where to pose for this picture.