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Four Bridges / Three States
Chevelon Canyon Bridge Winslow Arizona, Querino Canyon Bridge on Old Route 66 Houck Arizona, Sundial Bridge at Turtle Bay Redding California, and Yaquina Bay Bridge Newport Oregon.
Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson

WHERE'S STEPHEN?
America Coast to Coast, Day by Day
Travelog of a a cross-country, big-rig trucker

ARIZONA - Hotels

Arizona Travel

Monument Valley
Photos by Ken Rudine 12-1-09

Yucca, Arizona
Route 66 Ghost Town
Photos courtesy Stephen Michaels

Arizona in Bloom: Flora Behind a Tucson Truckstop Photos by Stephen Michaels

ILLINOIS - Hotels

Illinois Travel

Mary's River Covered Bridge, Chester Photos by Ken Rudine

Bureau County Red Covered Bridge, Princeton Photos by Ken Rudine

Sugar Creek Covered Bridge, Springfield Photos by Ken Rudine

Giant City State Park, Makanda, IL

IOWA - Hotels

Iowa Travel

Cutler-Donahoe Covered Bridge, Madison County
Photos courtesy Ken Rudine

The Courthouse of Madison County, Winterset, IA Photos by Ken Rudine, Wayne Davis and the Madison County Iowa Chamber of Commerce

Clark Tower, Winterset, Iowa
Photos courtesy of Ken Rudine, Wayne Davis and the Madison County Iowa Chamber of Commerce

KANSAS - Hotels

Kansas Travel

Ness City, Kansas

Kansas' - Ness City 1890 Bank Building

Englewood, Kansas

Kansas' Route 66 Bridge, Baxter Springs, Kansas

Kansas Schoolhouses

LOUISIANA - Hotels

Louisiana Travel

Shreveport's Victorian Era Architecture Photos by Gerald Massey

MAINE - Hotels

Maine Travel

Maine's Easy 18 Lighthouses by Ken Rudine

MICHIGAN - Hotels

Michigan Travel

Lighthouses of Lake Michigan's Shores by Ken Rudine

Ghost Lighthouses:

The Lightkeeper's Ghost - The Old Presque Isle Lighthouse from "A Ghost in my Suitcase" by Mitchel Whitington.

The Keeper of Seul Choix Point by Ken Rudine

Memphis to Lake Erie by Ken Rudine

MINNESOTA - Hotels

Minnesota Travel

"Astoria Station" of Dawson, Minnesota
Restored 1928 Sinclair Station Appreciated by Townspeople
Photos courtesy Shari Aabye

MISSISSIPPI - Hotels

Mississippi Travel

Mississippi Time Warp
Or How to Tell Itta Bena from Nitta Yuma
Photos by Johnny Stucco
Captions by Luke Warm

Victorian Moro-Byzantine Revival Architecture in Port Gibson, Mississippi by Johnny Stucco
The Fruit of Inspired Aimlessness

MISSOURI - Hotels

Missouri Travel

Sandy Creek Covered Bridge, Goldman, MO Photos by Ken Rudine

MONUMENT VALLEY

Monument Valley Photos by Ken Rudine 12-1-09

Monument Valley Utah and Arizona Photos by Ken Rudine

NEW MEXICO - Hotels

New Mexico Travel

Camino Real National Scenic Byway by Delbert Trew
The old road "Camino Real" or Royal Road may not be the oldest road in America but was completed in 1598... It begins at the San Juan Pueblo in northern New Mexico, goes 400 miles south to El Paso then on another 1,200 miles to Mexico City. The U.S. designated it a National Scenic Byway...

Moreno Valley great spot for a vacation by Delbert Trew
Moreno Valley, home of Eagle Nest town and lake.

Coca-Cola Trucks and Bottling Works of New Mexico 1936-1965
Vintage Photos from the Barclay Gibson Collection