Houston to San Jose - Roads etc, from 30,000ft

[RC45]

I wanted to show some of the non-US folks some scenery from a different perspective - these are some roads I spied from the window this morning...


Houston----------------------West Texas----------------------New Mexico---------------------The Rockies

Las Vegas 1------------------------Las Vegas 2------------------------Las Vegas 3

Silicon Valley 1----------------Silicon Valley 2----------------California

Traffic, California style....

A day in the life of....

A wingtip...




Houston from the air...

Downtown-------------------Galleria

Clean Power in West Texas


A small peak at West Texas Oil Fields

[SilviaEvo]

haha California traffic sucks ass. ive lived down there its pretty nice just too much traffic. i almost thought you were on a mountain then i saw the water. lol great pics man

[T-Bird]

ah yes the scenery from a plane so how is California treating you so far?

[dodo]

is there also a speed limit on those roads?


if so:
a) why?
b) haha!

[SilviaEvo]

Originally Posted by dodo is there also a speed limit on those roads? if so: a) why? b) haha!

you should see the Wyoming/Montana roads. its like bare road for miles. but there are a shitload of crosses beside the road and its intimidating!

[stmoritzer]

thanks for the aerial views !

specially funny was the "A day in life of the winglet"

[TransAm]

I LOL'd at the day in the life comments too!

Thanks for posting these pics, RC.

A lot of the roads in west Texas are like this, hilly, sweeping bends, no other traffic for miles around. I drove from El Paso (on the TX/NM/Mexico border) to Carlsbad in New Mexico, maybe a two or three hour drive depending on your speed (150miles). this was during the day on a weekday. I saw scant traffic on my journey, and it was real fun ragging the Trans Am through the twisty mountain roads, big dual carriageways with 90-100mph bends...

Yes, there are speed limits (75mph) but if there is no-one around to see you then who is to know you broke them? We hit 135mph a few times, and were averaging a hundred most of the way...

[Wutputt]

Impressive scenery. A total different view than when I would look outside the window when flying home.

[sameerrao]

Nice!