Pictures from Road Trips

For most of my life, I've gotten around by bicycle. Back in high school, I borrowed my dad's '46 Chevy pickup, but never really enjoyed driving, and tried to avoid driving as much as possible.

Then, in 1997, I lost the Stanford housing lottery, and was unable to get housing on or near campus. So I decided it was finally time to buy a car. A fun car. I bought my 1989 Acura Integra , with 111,000 miles. For the first time in my life, I enjoyed driving. It may not seem like much to most people, but it was more fun than I dreamed possible.

Two years later, I still go on road trips, just for the fun of driving and exploring. I used to go on long, 100+ mile bike rides to explore, but I've enjoyed this new outlet for exploration, which has increased my range from the Bay Area to most of California. Lately, I've started bringing a camera along, to record some of the sights along the way. There's so many other wonderful things I've seen through my windshield; this is just a tiny sample of the times that I actually brought a camera along, and found a good place to stop and take a picture.

Pictures of Highway 1, south of the Bay Area (summer 1999)

Pictures of Highway 1, north of the Bay Area (summer 1999)

Pictures of Yosemite and the Eastern Sierras (Sept. 25, 1999)

Pictures of Death Valley (Sept. 25-26, 1999)

Pictures of Edwards Air Force Base airshow (Oct. 9, 1999)

Pictures of my car around town (along my daily commute...)


Lucas Pereira
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