USA Road Trip II: New York - Los Angeles

In august 2012 I drove through the USA from New York to Los Angeles with my wife.

We saw Washingon D.C., New Orleans, Houston, Las Vegas, San Francisco and Los Angeles.

The visited states were New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, VIrginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Nevada and California.

0:00 - The numbers
0:08 - The Pasific (Los Angeles), Big Bend (Texas), Valley of the Gods (Utah), White Sands (New Mexico), Grand Canyon (Arizona)
0:20 - New York, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Los Angeles
0:25 - Causeway Bridge, Lake Pontchartrain (Louisiana), Monument Valley (Utah / Arizona) etc.
0:48 - Driving
0:53 - The Linn Cove Viaduct (Blue Ridge Parkway)
0:59 - Sailing etc. (San Francisco)
1:05 - Driving (Arizona and other locations)
1:16 - Natchez Trace Parkway (Mississippi)
1:20 - Canoeing (Rio Grande, Texas / Mexico)
1:22 - Driving (beautiful sunset)
1:27 - Helicopter flight (Grand Canyon, Arizona)
1:33 - Time Square (New York)
1:39 - Hollywood Sign, very close (Los Angeles)
1:44 - Different State signs (Utah, Colorado, Alabama, Nevada)
1:50 - Rockefeller Center, Statue of Liberty (New York)
1:56 - The White House etc. (Washington D. C.)
2:02 - The French Quarter (New Orleans)
2:07 - MGM Grand etc. (Las Vegas)
2:12 - The Golden Gate Bridge, Fishermans Wharf (San Francisco)
2:18 - Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, Griffith Observatory, Hollywood Sign (Los Angeles)
2:24 - Driving (Monument Valley etc.)
2:31 - White Sands (New Mexico)
2:35 - Johnson Space Center (Houston, Texas)
2:40 - Blue Ridge Parkway, sailing (San Francisco) and helicopter flight (Arizona)
2:47 - Badwater Basin (Death Valley, California)
2:50 - Route 1 (Big Sur, California)
2:53 - Death Valley (California)
2:57 - Sailing (Alcatraz, San Francisco)
3:03 - Canoeing (Rio Grande, Texas / Mexico)
3:09 - Helicopter flight (Grand Canyon, Arizona)
3:20 - Animals etc. (Monterey, Blue Ridge Parkway, Big Sur)
3:50 - Universal Studios (Los Angeles), Central Park (New York), driving and California ground squirrel (Monterey)
4:06 - Universal Studios (Los Angeles)
4:31 - Driving (Nevada, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Texas (Big Bend), Death Valley etc.)
5:03 - The Ghost Town's graveyard (Terlingua, Texas)
5:07 - Bus tour (San Francisco), helicopter flight (Arizona), sailing (San Francisco) etc.
5:30 - Walking on different locations (Death Valley, Blue Ridge Parkway etc.)
5:45 - Cypress Swamp (Natchez Trace Parkway, Mississippi)
5:51 - Sunset (Blue Ridge Parkway)
5:54 - Cate Blanchett and Woody Allen at the Blue Jasmin film shoot (San Francisco Chinatown)
6:07 - Different scenerys (Monument Valley, Grand Canyon, Big Sur, Yosemite, Monterey, etc.)
6:30 - At the Hollywood Sign (Los Angeles)
6:36 - Sunset and The Pasific (Los Angeles)

We drove through several scenic routes in the following order:

Delaware River Loop
Pennsylvania Dutch Country
Skyline Drive
Blue Ridge Parkway
Natchez Trace Parkway
Bayou Byways
Big Bend and Beyond
New Mexico Scenic South
Jemez Mountain Trail
New Mexico North
Monument Valley Meander
Grand Canyon Loop
Death Valley Sojourn
Yosemite and Beyond
Big Sur Coast

We flew with a helicopter on the top of the Grand Canyon, went canoeing at the Rio Grande, were sailing on the San Francisco bay, visited Johnson Space Center etc.

Music:

0:00 - Auberge - Chris Rea
3:21 - What Goes Around Comes Around - theme from the series My Name Is Earl
4:31 - This Life - Curtis Stigers & The Forest Rangers

[thiegoac]

on the river, in the Canoa, where is that place? grand canyon river? colorado?

[AlexieChinea]

Great Video, wow. Well done. Loved it.

[aljazkovac]

Hello, we are a group of friends from europe, we are going to do a roadtrip accross usa, we calculated that our total driving distance would be around 5000- 6000 miles, We have 30 days, i am wondering if we have to much driving distance for 30 days. What is the best time to travel, in the morning or evening or afternoon. How many hours did you drive per day. Thank you

[JP-xzch]

My dream is to make an roadtrip through USA. From Miami to Washington to Los Angeles. In Holland everyting is just so boring ..

[JP-xzch]

My dream is to make an roadtrip through USA. From Miami to Washington to Los Angeles. In Holland everyting is just so boring ..

[TravelToTheWorldAaliyahtravel]

lovely USA. Thanks for upload..very useful channel

[xtrme]

what a trip! perfect capture of places, pictures, memories.
what camera did you use?

[hp]

How was the drive, i want to do the drive. From NYC to grand canyon

[Traveling-The-World-Is-Life]

J.J. O'Connor do you have tips on the road trip you took? me and gf are going from LA to NY? how much money do you think we would need? what places are a must see?

[mgabbzc]

I'm planning to make a road trip from Los Angeles to New York!!!! What stops do you recommend ? Any advice/tips would be great!!!

[madisongabriellaa]

J.J O’Conner me and my friend are going from Ny to LA we want to go straight to LA from NY no stops. What do you recommend?