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They’re Smiling

I love driving by this beautiful sunflower field next to I-80 on my drive home from work.
Last week, I got off the freeway and took a closer look at these beautiful flowers. They looked so happy. It seemed like the blossoms were smiling back at me.

The sunflowers are blooming off the Midway Exit on [...]

 

Driving by a Bad Accident on I-80

Driving by a Bad Accident on I-80, originally uploaded by queenkv.

CHP shutdown eastbound I-80 by Dixon around midnight. Somebody was hit and killed while walking by the interstate. Poor guy.

 

Smoky Skies From the Wild Fire

Smoky Skies From the Wild Fire, originally uploaded by queenkv.

Driving thru Fairfield on I-80. Mark said it smells like a BBQ out here. I said it smells like one that’s burned 3,000 acres

 

Playing Hard

I’ve finished another action-pack week at work. My weekend morning shows were quite exciting with all the breaking news. On Saturday, our chopper got all that amazing flooding video. My boss kept calling back to our editors to make sure they were taping everything. Later, CNN and NBC picked up the video and used it [...]

 

More on Interstate Crawling

Here’s a look at our driving experience on Interstate 80.
This is from Day 2 of our Road Trip.
Crawling on I-80 from Kris Vera-Phillips on Vimeo.
Wyoming I80 Interstate weather

 

A Driving Nightmare in Slow Motion

Blogging from a Burger King in Salt Lake City. I usually avoid fast food joints…but I make exception for those carrying free wifi. The coffee’s not bad…after adding 5 packages of Coffeemate creamer.

originally uploaded by queenkv.

We said good-bye to downtown Laramie yesterday morning. We were happy we pushed passed Cheyenne after we heard the city [...]

 

Race to the Border

We woke up to a light dusting of snow this morning in Laramie. I’m blogging from the Coral Creek Coffee Company and about to bite into my bagel with veggie cream cheese.
We said good-bye to Kansas yesterday. A cold start to another cross-country road trip. Daisy made herself at home in the back seat. I’m [...]

 

Another Driving Headache

Yesterday, as I was chilling in Topeka, I was also checking out national news online, on TV and on the radio. CNN, MSNBC and other networks aired some amazing video of a tanker fire on the MacArthur Maze: the interchange connecting the East Bay to San Francisco.
The elevated roadway that fell carried eastbound traffic [...]