Roll your windows down, turn the music up and hit the open road. The American West has some of the best driving in the world. I have been lucky enough to experience a small portion of it and I feel compelled to share. See photographs from Highway 395 flanked by the Eastern Sierra to the airy expanses of Big Sky Country. Press play on the accompanying playlist and enjoy the ride. 

"It was a beautiful day, the sun beat down
I had the radio on, I was drivin'
Trees flew by, me and Del were singin' Little Runaway
I was flyin'

Yeah runnin' down a dream
That never would come to me
Workin' on a mystery, goin' wherever it leads
Runnin' down a dream" - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Runnin' Down a Dream

"Get your motor runnin'

Head out on the highway

Lookin' for adventure

And whatever comes our way

Yeah darlin' go make it happen

Take the world in a love embrace

Fire all of your guns at once

And explode into space" - Steppenwolf, Born to be Wild

"Lord, I was born a ramblin' man

Tryin' to make a livin' and doin' the best I can

And when it's time for leavin'

I hope you'll understand

That I was born a ramblin' man" - The Allman Brothers Band, Ramblin Man

"Some folks are born made to wave the flag

Ooh, they're red, white and blue

And when the band plays 'Hail to the chief'

Ooh, they point the cannon at you" - Creedence Clearwater Revival, Fortunate Son