Courtney Knapp

Delicious Flickr Photos

Courtney — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 06:47:54 +0000

Here is the first batch of photos of the delicious things we ate and drank while driving across the country. I had hoped to photograph all our meals from road, but remembering to take the camera to every taco stand, coffee shop and bar over six weeks proved harder than expected. Still, the majority of what we consumed was photographed.

I will add more to my flickr page as I find photos worth sharing. In the meantime, recent photos from WhatAmericaLooksLike.com offer a curated peek into our trip.

West from the Bayou

Courtney — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:05:47 +0000

After leaving the Louisiana Bayou we headed west into Texas stopping in Houston and Austin. In a feat of herculean late-night driving, we spent just one night in Texas! In New Mexico, we stopped in Clovis, Santa Fe and Albuquerque driving through miles of gorgeous rocky desert and wide open skies (I had hoped to see a thunderstorm on this part of the drive but it was acres of sunshine in every direction). I would love to spend a week driving and exploring the Southwest, but on this trip we had places to go!

From Albuquerque, Highway 40 took through the Ponderosa Pine forests and into Flagstaff, Arizona. Heading North from Flagstaff, we spent the day driving the North Rim of the Grand Canyon– stopping every four minutes for jaw-dropping views of the canyon.

From the Grand Canyon, we drove northwest into the penultimate state of the trip, Nevada! Cheap hotels were the draw of Las Vegas, so we spent the night off the strip but the money we saved on the hotel was lost on the cab rides between the hotel and places we wanted to be. From glittering Las Vegas we entered the Golden State, after six weeks and twenty states! We will spend a few days in Big Bear, CA playing in the snow and then finish our drive out to the Pacific coast.

Westward Ho

Courtney — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:12:30 +0000

This week, we spent two days in New Orleans before driving to Baton Rogue for the afternoon. From Baton Rogue, we took Highway 61 (also known as the Blues Highway) north along the Mississippi river. We stopped for a night in Natchez, MS and spent the following night in Clarksdale, MS where we caught some great live music at Ground Zero Blues Club.

In Memphis, we visited Graceland and rearranged my route and repacked my car from a coffee shop in Cooper-Young. We then drove back to Louisiana, stopping in Lafayette before taking the scenic route through the Bayou. From the Bayou we will head into Texas to visit Houston and Austin and be on our way West.

Road trip updates

Courtney — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 21:45:35 +0000

In the four weeks since I left New York on my extended road trip, we have visited DC, Charlottesville, Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Asheville, Atlanta, Birmingham, Nashville, Chattanooga, Columbia, Charleston, Savannah, Orlando, Delray Beach, Key Largo, Key West, Miami, Venice, Destin, Pensacola, Mobile and Biloxi. I especially enjoyed Durham and Birmingham.

I’ll have more details on the drive and the places we’ve stopped later, but our plan is to take the scenic and hopelessly inefficient route. We are avoiding highways and stopping wherever is pretty (or when Isabel needs to g0 outside).

As I to wind my way west, I will continue to explore new places, eat and drink well, and visit good friends. You can follow my trip more closely on twitter at twitter.com/mscourt

Courtney — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:38:19 +0000