MAN, that was a long slog! I have never had a roadtrip that was nearly that long.
It was a great time. Three of us in a toyota pick up, 34 states and Canada. Still kids at the time.
Rockies, Yellowstone, Glacier, Mt. St. Helens, Yosemite....
Besides the landscapes the best memories are when crossing back into the US from Canada one of guys couldn’t find his driver’s license at the border station. He and his brother started arguing and almost got into a fight about it. The border guards told us to proceed in a “get the hell out of here tone”. I think it was our southern drawls and rebel flag seat cover that vouched for us...and it was in 1980, so much looser policy back then.
Being dog tired at 3am and spreading a sleeping bag on the ground somewhere north of LA and laying down on top of a bunch of cactus.
Being woke up by German tourists in a rest area near Merced after driving most of the night because every door was open, one guy sleeping on the ground the other guy in the back of the truck and me slumped in the passenger seat. Don’t even remember stopping to sleep. Met the same people 3 days later hiking in Yosemite.
My friend’s 90 year old grandmother in Cal. fixing us up with girls from her church...