TEXAS!

In McLean Texas, we find this treasure of a gas station. Then in Amarillo, we track down Cadillac Ranch starkly rising out of a field. We didn't expect such harsh weather this far south but it is actually making everything even more memorable.

NEW MEXICO

We continue spotting Route 66 funky motel signs. Sometimes the motels have been closed and demolished but the sign remains as a historic marker. I fall in love with the Southwestern landscape. And visiting Native American sites.

HOLBROOK ARIZONA

The highlight of Holbrook is the iconic WigWam Motel. Such a memory for people along Route 66. In front of each wigwam is a vintage car. The place is still in business!

CROSSING THE MOJAVE DESERT

This is one of my favorite parts of our journey. The desert is so harsh and vast. Stone markers line parts of the road reminding us of the Okies and the Dust Bowl Migration during the depression. And all the other people who have ever headed West. How dangerous this part of the journey could have been.

CALIFORNIA!

Billy Blazes & Zog meet their super hero friends in Hollywood. They pose together in front of Grauman's Chinese Theater. We spend a week in LA, seeing the sites, partying with relatives and sitting in traffic!

Cargill Superior Grain Elevator

I'm working on a series based on Buffalo's post-industrial landscape. Within all the abandoned grain elevators and factories are compelling trashed objects. I am recovering a few and combining them with photography, painting and recycled wood. Each piece is becoming its own little world.

Harrison Radiator

The amount of buildings and materials just left abandoned in the city is staggering. In the words of one photographer, "the whole East side is an open mall."