USA 2000

Travelling

Flight from Sydney to Los Angeles

The flight from Sydney to Los Angeles was OK. Got stuck right in the middle of the plane, with a view of the wingtips but not much else. We got to see "The Kid", "What Lies Beneath" and "Autumn in New York" - all pretty average movies, "The Kid" was probably the best out of the lot. Attempted to sleep but failed. They showed "Loser" over breakfast before landing.

Qantas jet we spent 12.5 hours in flying to LA<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=-33.93883,151.16909" target="_new">Gate 34, Sydney Airport</a>

Clouds from the plane. You really get the *best* views of clouds from planes - I took lots of cloud photos!<br>Location: Over Pacific Ocean

Clouds from the plane<br>Location: Over Pacific Ocean

Flight from Los Angeles to San Francisco

Got a window seat for the LA to San Francisco flight. There's not a great deal to see on this flight, just lots of brown countryside. And lots of smog round LA.

LAX Airport<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=33.94878,-118.40475" target="_new">Los Angeles International Airport LAX/KLAX</a>

LAX Airport<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=33.94888,-118.40368" target="_new">Los Angeles International Airport LAX/KLAX</a>

LAX Airport<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=33.94897,-118.4029" target="_new">Los Angeles International Airport LAX/KLAX</a>

Taking off from LAX overlooking LA<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=33.94937,-118.42979" target="_new">Over California</a>

Playa Del Rey. Venice beach that you see on TV a lot is down there (north of the canal)<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=33.94867,-118.43675" target="_new">Over California</a>

Playa Del Rey Beach. Where people go rollerblading in bikinis and the like<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=33.94862,-118.46284" target="_new">Over Pacific Ocean</a>

Smog over LA (the city is in there somewhere!). Really!<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=33.95942,-118.55325" target="_new">Over Pacific Ocean</a>

Coastline just north of LA, looking towards Santa Monica<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=33.96274,-118.58305" target="_new">Over Pacific Ocean</a>

Coastline just north of LA, looking towards Malibu<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=33.97388,-118.6821" target="_new">Over Pacific Ocean</a>

Coastline just north of LA, looking towards Malibu and Point Dume<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=33.97544,-118.77003" target="_new">Over Pacific Ocean</a>

Looking twoards Camarillo<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=34.12538,-119.06215" target="_new">Over California</a>

Looking towards Lake Casitas and Casitas Springs<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=34.27461,-119.3064" target="_new">Over California</a>

Looking towards Lake Casitas and Casitas Springs<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=34.30698,-119.34475" target="_new">Over California</a>

Blue sky!. Just the horizon for a fun photo, but you can see the reflection of my camera in the plane window<br>Location: Over California

Lake San Antonio and Lake Nacimiento<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=35.62031,-120.95799" target="_new">Over California</a>

Looking towards Monterey Bay, south of San Francisco<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=36.36893,-121.52656" target="_new">Over California</a>

Clouds from the plane<br>Location: Over California

Flying through the clouds coming in for landing. You kinda had to be there for this one - being in the middle of these huge clouds was fantastic, like flying through huge gorges or something<br>Location: Over California

San Francisco Bay<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=37.47156,-122.11054" target="_new">Over California</a>

San Mateo-Hayward Bridge. This is a really long bridge spanning the whole width of the bay<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=37.54229,-122.22519" target="_new">Over California</a>

San Francisco and Bay Bridge<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=37.57812,-122.27033" target="_new">Over California</a>

San Francisco from the plane just before landing. Way over in the distance<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=37.60859,-122.35112" target="_new">Over California</a>

Flight from San Francisco to New York

I went a bit crazy with taking photos on the flight between San Francisco and New York - thinking I'd be able to figure out what I was taking photos of later, but ended up with lots of photos of somewhat boring countryside. There is some pretty stuff though.

ANATOMY number plate I saw on a car in San Francisco<br>Location: Near Hire Car location

End of the Bay Bridge, looking towards Berkeley<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=37.78664,-122.34318" target="_new">Over California</a>

Bay Bridge<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=37.80361,-122.36655" target="_new">Over California</a>

Bay Bridge<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=37.80963,-122.37228" target="_new">Over California</a>

Downtown San Francisco<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=37.83315,-122.36811" target="_new">Over California</a>

San Francisco<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=37.85196,-122.34741" target="_new">Over California</a>

San Francisco<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=37.88141,-122.29486" target="_new">Over California</a>

San Francisco<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=37.89906,-122.22975" target="_new">Over California</a>

New Melones Lake<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=38.07844,-120.52405" target="_new">Over California</a>

Foothills of the Sierra Nevada (looking towards Yosemite National Park in the distance)<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=38.10322,-120.36922" target="_new">Over California</a>

Sierra Nevada<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=38.2101,-120.10149" target="_new">Over California</a>

Snow covered mountains in the Sierra Nevada<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=38.24216,-119.85754" target="_new">Over California</a>

Snow covered mountains in the Sierra Nevada<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=38.2613,-119.68298" target="_new">Over California</a>

More mountains in the Sierra Nevada<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=38.28581,-119.28982" target="_new">Over California</a>

Nevada desert<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=38.42568,-118.58662" target="_new">Over Nevada</a>

Jet streams from four jets flying east<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=38.59326,-116.9678" target="_new">Over Nevada</a>

Looking towards Lund, Nevada<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=39.05885,-115.06424" target="_new">Over Nevada</a>

Nevada desert<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=39.08047,-114.47329" target="_new">Over Nevada</a>

Mountains in Great Basin National Park<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=39.09355,-114.32541" target="_new">Over Nevada</a>

Ephraim, Utah<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=39.44462,-111.56987" target="_new">Over Utah</a>

Mountains and desert in Utah<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=39.55736,-110.8969" target="_new">Over Utah</a>

Price, Utah<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=39.62613,-110.8348" target="_new">Over Utah</a>

Central United States. The middle of the USA is the most boring place - dead flat and nothing but farmland as far at the eye can see<br>Location: Over Nebraska (or maybe Colorado)

Omaha, Nebraska<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=41.37812,-96.13338" target="_new">Over Nebraska</a>

Omaha, Nebraska<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=41.38319,-95.88863" target="_new">Over Iowa</a>

Sun rays through the clouds<br>Location: Over New Jersey

Freeway interchange of 78 and 287 near Pluckemin New Jersey. Dig those crazy freeways<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=40.65279,-74.64643" target="_new">Over New Jersey</a>

Built-up area near east coast<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=40.7943,-74.09622" target="_new">Over New Jersey</a>

Newark city, near New York City. Our flight into JFK airport was cancelled so we ended up at Newark in New Jersey instead<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=40.72635,-74.14488" target="_new">Over New Jersey</a>

Train trip from New York to Washington DC

A pleasant three hour train trip from New York to DC.

Crossing the Passaic River coming into Newark<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=40.73585,-74.16219" target="_new">Near Newark Penn Station</a>

Wilmington Delaware<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=39.73761,-75.54098" target="_new">Near Wilmington Station</a>

Pulaski Highway bridge crossing the Susquehanna River at Perryville, Maryland. That condo building in the middle burnt down in April 2018<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=39.55508,-76.08376" target="_new">Susquehanna River at Perryville</a>

Sunset over river between Wilmington and Baltimore. Most likely crossing the Gunpowder River<br>Location: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=39.3852,-76.34995" target="_new">Gunpowder River</a>

Flight from Washington DC to Los Angeles

Wasn't quite so bad in taking photos of boring landscape on the way back, but still ended up with a lot of desert :) I think I got photos of Cincinnati Ohio where Paul was from, and the Colorado River, as well as a lot of pics of Los Angeles - it's a *huge* city - sprawls on forever.