Photos of interesting road trip spots

I was browsing the Travel section of today's New York Times and came across a few interesting photographs of "road trip sights," and I thought I should include some of them here (you can view the Times article associated with the photographs by clicking on this link). Below are the photographs, followed by a brief caption and the name of the photographers. As for the next couple of days, I will try to find enough time in my busy schedule to follow the US Open. I have a few players in mind on both the men and women sides I think could go all the way but the draw is pretty deep and the competition for the top spot will be fierce.



At Crater Lake National Park, in Oregon, a seemingly bottomless pool in an old volcanic caldera, the quiet reinforces a sense of a remote paradise.

Photo: Leah Nash for The New York Times



A buffalo grazes in Yellowstone National Park.

Photo: Patrick Jude Wilson for The New York Times




The lava is above ground at Craters of the Moon, a vast, hauntingly lovely landscape of lava fields and cinder cones, with hardy evergreens growing up out of the rubble like nursery specimens surrounded by black mulch.

Photo: Patrick Jude Wilson for The New York Times



Yes, quarters were a little tight in the van. But you can see a lot of this country in 14 days. And it's every bit as much fun as you thought it would be.

Photo: Leah Nash for The New York Times

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