I've traveled often throughout my life, but my recent 4,000-mile road trip across the West took me through some of the most gorgeous terrain I've ever seen.
I rolled along the rugged and rocky mountains of Utah, across Star Valley, Wyoming, and into northern Idaho. I saw the Columbia River Gorge at sunset and snaked through the stunning Snoqualmie Pass into Seattle. I drove south along I-5 to Portland before diving into the Shasta National Forest.