The Route

30 Days till we hit the road, dedicate life to the lens and live in the wild for 4 months. I thought I would share my route and put an open invite for friends and strangers alike to join up for legs of the trip if they are interested! I’ve got several photo projects I will be working on but am available for teaching and open to new projects as well!

This wouldn’t be happening if it weren’t for the awesome folks at Yakima, Eno, The Appalachian Adventure Company, UCO, Platypus, Sealline and SAXX.

Road plan
Date Area
Feb 12 Nashville
Feb 13 Drive day / sleep in kansas
Feb 14 White sands
Feb 15 Great Sandunes
Feb 16 Great Sandunes to So co
Feb 17 Southern CO / Ourray
Feb 18 Moab
Feb 19 Moab
Feb 20 Arches
Feb 21 Canyon Lands
Feb 22 Canyon Lands / rest day / admin day
Feb 23 Deadhorse point
Feb 24 Monument Valley
Feb 25 Monument Valley to Page AZ
Feb 26 Page AZ
Feb 27 Apply for Wave permit / if not white pocket
Feb 28 Bucksin Gulch
Mar 1 Bucksin Gulch
Mar 2 Reflection
Mar 3 Reflection
Mar 4 Zion
Mar 5 Zion / Admin / rest day
Mar 6 Valley of Fire
Mar 7 Rest day Vegas / maybe goldstrike hot springs?
Mar 8 Death Valley
Mar 9 Alabama Hills / Lone Pine
Mar 10 Alabama Hills / Lone Pine
Mar 11 Sequoia
Mar 12 Prewitt Ridge / Big sur
Mar 13 Prewitt Ridge / Big sur
Mar 14 big sur Climb Cone peak and camp out
Mar 15 Big Sur
Mar 16 Bay Area
Mar 17 Bay area
Mar 18 Yosemite
Mar 19 Yosemite
Mar 20 Tahoe
Mar 21 Tahoe
Mar 22 Point reyes
Mar 23 Hot springs / waterfalls in Shasta
Mar 24 Hot springs / waterfalls in Shasta
Mar 25 Chadburn gulch beach or usal beach
Mar 26 Avenue of the Giants
Mar 27 Lost Coast Backpacking
Mar 28 Lost Coast Backpacking
Mar 29 redwoods national and statep arks / Plus AIRBNB
Mar 30 Samuel H boardman Scenic Byway
Mar 31 Samuel H boardman Scenic Byway
Apr 1 bandon beach
Apr 2 bandon beach
Apr 3 Crater Lake overnighter
Apr 4 Crater Lake
Apr 5 toketee falls proxy falls then Bend
Apr 6 Bend fishing / Smith rock highlinig / backpacking
Apr 7 Bend fishing / Smith rock highlinig / backpacking
Apr 8 Mt. Coffin Firetower
Apr 9 Mt Coffin Firetower
Apr 10 Bend fishing / Smith rock highlinig / backpacking
Apr 11 Bend fishing / Smith rock highlinig / backpacking
Apr 12 Gold Butte firetower
Apr 13 mount hood NF
Apr 14 mount hood NF
Apr 15 mount hood NF
Apr 16 Summit Mount Hood
Apr 17 Summit Mount Hood
Apr 18 mount hood NF to portland for flight
Apr 19 ****BREAK PUNTA CANA*****
Apr 20 ****BREAK PUNTA CANA*****
Apr 21 ****BREAK PUNTA CANA*****
Apr 22 ****BREAK PUNTA CANA*****
Apr 23 ****BREAK PUNTA CANA*****
Apr 24 ****BREAK PUNTA CANA*****
Apr 25 Mount ellinor or Mt washington
Apr 26 Mount ellinor or Mt washington
Apr 27 park butte fire tower
Apr 28 park butte fire tower
Apr 29 Missoula or Boise
Apr 30 Bozeman or idaho falls
May 1 Yellowstone / Tetons
May 2 Yellow stone / tetons
May 3 Yellow stone / tetons
May 4 tetons
May 5 tetons
May 6 Wind River Range
May 7 Wind River Range
May 8 Wind River Range
May 9 Wasatch
May 10 Wasatch
May 11 Wasatch
May 12 Breckenridge
May 13 Breckenridge
May 14 Kansas
May 15 Home

WISH ME LUCK!!!

-Steve

 

3 replies
  1. Adelya Max says:

    Awesome! Thanks for sharing. Your determination and eagerness is an inspiration to not give up on your passion. I am hoping to do the same thing you are starting in April and maybe we will be in the same place at the same time. Thanks for sharing!

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  2. David Michael Smith says:

    Just read your article in ROVA (Feb-Mar/19). Very inspiring! I hope to hit the road soon, getting close to retirement. You have provided some of the best advice on gear and travel. I navigated through your website, now I’m curious on your bus conversion. Will you be posting your progress? Thanks for the inspiration, Great Photohraphy. Dave.

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