If you hit tn, let me know. I see the mountains in my backyard :)

What part? Biggest city around it?

Great pics baddog.

Nice pics! Thanks for sharing!

Thanks. If rapture does not take me away, I will get some more up later. Just don't see the point if I am not going to be here tomorrow.

I am such a slacker. Anyway, after leaving the meteor crater we continued down the road and came to the Painted Desert. If you are ever in the area take an hour (at least) and check it out.


http://www.gotbaddog.com/wp-content/...esert_4954.jpg


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I live in seymour, it is about 20 miles outside of pigeon forge. The biggest city close is knoxville, tn.

There must be a Seymour, IN too as I seem to recall spending the night there last week. We were in Pigeon Forge in '09. Very nice place to visit.

I will post some pics of the mountains soon :) I love it here. I will give you free dollywood tickets if you come up again.

50 roadtrips

A few shots from Gila National Forest. As always, all the pics can be seen at GotBaddog.com


http://www.gotbaddog.com/wp-content/...orest_5102.jpg


http://www.gotbaddog.com/wp-content/...orest_5121.jpg


http://www.gotbaddog.com/wp-content/...orest_5136.jpg


Looks like I will be heading to Joplin, MO tomorrow.

awesome pics dude!

Gotta love that old indian humor.

Headed towards Joplin, MO yesterday and had nothing but clear skies. There was a protest going on in Indianapolis today, so I circled back to cover that. After leaving Indy I headed to goodgirl's and actually ran into a tornado. They do not photograph well when as close as I was, so the pics leave a little to be desired, but I will put up the best ones later.

Tomorrow I head home, via Joplin as I was given some blankets to give to the Red Cross there. I have a feeling I will get some better pics by the time I get out of tornado alley.

Somehow, I neglected to take a pic of the rock. Pretty sure my uncle got one, so will have to get it from him.

Wonderful pics! Thanks for sharing and pet Buddy for me! Love him

Glad you are enjoying, and consider him petted. He got a lot of that today in Joplin.

Anyway, we eventually got out of AZ and made it to New Mexico. There were definitely some cool things to see, but Roswell was not one of them. All the pics from New Mexico can be found on GotBaddog.com. Here are a few samples.


http://www.gotbaddog.com/wp-content/...rocks_5212.jpg


http://www.gotbaddog.com/wp-content/...rocks_5241.jpg


http://www.gotbaddog.com/wp-content/...urley_5183.jpg


http://www.gotbaddog.com/wp-content/...swell_5299.jpg


http://www.gotbaddog.com/wp-content/...sands_5271.jpg

Great pix Baddog!!! :thumbsup

Thanks for sharing...

ADG

I am uploading pics from Joplin now, if it goes fast I will show the storm pics I got today. Pretty intense for a while.

My pics from Joplin are up. Here are a few samples.


http://www.gotbaddog.com/wp-content/...oplin_7521.jpg


http://www.gotbaddog.com/wp-content/...oplin_7562.jpg


http://www.gotbaddog.com/wp-content/...oplin_7568.jpg


http://www.gotbaddog.com/wp-content/...oplin_7592.jpg

This is from a storm I found on the way to Joplin. Amazing clouds, kind of menacing. All the pics are at http://www.gotbaddog.com/stormy-skie...unt-vernon-mo/


http://www.gotbaddog.com/wp-content/...ernon_7422.jpg


http://www.gotbaddog.com/wp-content/...ernon_7442.jpg


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Am in Tulsa, trying to decide which way to go. Anyone have any storms between here and the Pacific Ocean?

BTW, that thing in the background that looks like a mountain, is a storm cloud.


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Here is a short video of a storm I found in Mount Vernon, MO on my way to Joplin.

Very interesting pics as usually!

Storm Clouds
 

Clouds over KC last week.

http://contests.nbcactionnews.com/en...&s=8634568&i=1

http://www.nbcactionnews.com/dpp/new...oto-goes-viral

some really nice pictures you got there!

anyone else notice the gas price is 2.89 in one pic? lol

That was diesel, but still. When I first took off I was surprised at how expensive gas was in the flyover states, it was almost at LA prices. One day, goodgirl and I headed off to Kentucky and regular was $4.29. The next day it was $3.59. Luckily, the prices stayed relatively low for the duration of my trip . . . until I hit Ludlow on the CA-AZ border where it jumped up to $4.89.

Joplin MO
 

Circus elephants used to help in storm gamage.

http://blogs.pitch.com/plog/2011/05/...in_tornado.php

Nice pics the wild west seems great

Awesome man!!! Hope you had great time...

We live in a very photogenic country. Anyway, I am going to try and get caught up today.

By the time we left New Mexico we were starting to wonder if there were any storms to follow. Everywhere we went was windy and dry, Oklahoma being no different.

Here are a few photos from OK. The rest can be found at GotBaddog.com


http://www.gotbaddog.com/wp-content/...al-ok_5363.jpg


http://www.gotbaddog.com/wp-content/...al-ok_5396.jpg

Nice pics. That first one looks like Amboy.
Thanks for sharing.

So, we woke up outside of OKC and had only seen dust twisters. Everywhere I went was the wrong way. Of course, the storm chaser on TWC wasn't doing much better. I had to decide whether to go north into KS (which had no storms forecasted, and is not very scenic), or I could go into AR and MO (which had a little potential, and is a lot more scenic). I opted to head into Arkansas.

I figured out that most storms were later in the day, so we took the scenic route coming in south of the Ozark National Forest. Great idea. Very scenic and timed the storm just right . . . if you wanted to be in it. Not very good to photograph though.

Here are a few samples.


http://www.gotbaddog.com/wp-content/...dmore_5462.jpg



http://www.gotbaddog.com/wp-content/...ville_5485.jpg



http://www.gotbaddog.com/wp-content/...orest_5524.jpg



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i love the road trip...,,.,.

It starts getting exciting now. ;)

After an exciting evening in the Ozarks we landed in Lebanon, MO. The weather was now upon us. A few miles down the road we came upon Meramec Caverns which used to be a hideout of Jesse James and it was used by the Union Army during the Civil War. None of them realized what was hidden further in the caves.


http://www.gotbaddog.com/wp-content/...banon_5548.jpg


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http://www.gotbaddog.com/wp-content/...verns_5620.jpg


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I have put up a few more galleries from the trip, for those interested:

Springfield, IL

The Cumberland Loop in Valparaiso, IN



Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore and Lake Michigan in IN


Around Lake Michigan in Michigan.

A few random samples


http://www.gotbaddog.com/wp-content/...field_5885.jpg


http://www.gotbaddog.com/wp-content/...field_5887.jpg



http://www.gotbaddog.com/wp-content/...dloop_6582.jpg



http://www.gotbaddog.com/wp-content/...dloop_6604.jpg


http://www.gotbaddog.com/wp-content/...ijote_6118.jpg


http://www.gotbaddog.com/wp-content/...dunes_5929.jpg


http://www.gotbaddog.com/wp-content/...dunes_5946.jpg


http://www.gotbaddog.com/wp-content/...higan_6793.jpg

These are amazing pics, what the hell do you use to take these? I guess that doesn't matter

Thanks. I use a Canon Rebel T1i. But yeah, the places are pretty cool. My uncle has a better camera and it shows. I think I have to upgrade soon.