OPERATION SCENIC ROUTE

Sit behind the wheel of a 2015 Ford Mustang and take a hypnotic high-speed timelapse journey on the highways crisscrossing the scenic landscapes under the big skies of the great American Southwest. Over 5,000 miles and 10 days worth of drive footage compressed into just over half an hour.

NLE: GoPro Cineform Studio (60x speed, frame blend/motion blur) and Adobe Premiere Pro CS6. Graded in DaVinci Resolve 11

Camera: GoPro HD Hero3+ at 1080p60, medium FOV with polarizer lens attachment and suction cup mount

Location: Western US

Date: December 2015

= CHAPTERS =
00:00 – The Numbers: Trip totals
00:28 – Houston: I-45 North towards Dallas/Fort Worth, TX via Conroe, TX
04:32 – Panhandle: Ranch to Market Road 1061 North, between Amarillo and Dalhart, TX
06:12 – New Mexico: I-87 West between Texline, TX and Raton, NM
07:42 – Utah: I-80 West from Evanston, WY to Salt Lake City, UT
10:42 – Great Salt Lake Desert: I-80 West from Salt Lake City, UT to West Wendover, NV
13:04 – California: I-80 West from Reno, NV to Sacramento, CA via the Emigrant Gap
15:32 – San Pablo Bay: I-80 South to California SR 37 West towards San Francisco, CA, via San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge
16:40 – San Francisco: US Route 101 South to San Francisco, CA and Golden Gate Bridge via Marin City, CA
17:37 – Pacific Coast Highway: California SR 1 South from San Francisco, CA to Monterey, CA
19:41 – Big Sur: California SR 1 South from Monterey, CA
23:27 – Wrong Turn To Ventura: When Joe fucked up somewhere around Pismo Beach, CA and navigated to US Route 101 instead of California SR 1, skipping around Vandenburg AFB and instead routing through Santa Maria, Los Alamos, and Las Cruces, CA en route to Ventura, CA
24:38 – Los Angeles: US Route 101 East from Ventura, CA to Los Angeles, CA
26:01 – San Bernardino: I-210 East to I-15 North from Los Angeles, CA crossing through the San Bernardino Mountains and stopping in Victorville, CA
29:26 – Dam Cops: Cop stop on I-93 East outside Boulder City, NV overlooking Lake Mead en route to the Hoover Dam. What a bullshit ticket.
29:47 – The Vegas Strip: Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas, MV. En route to Caesar's Palace
29:58 – Wrong Turn To Flagstaff: US Route 180 South from Grand Canyon National Park (South Rim) towards Valle and then Flagstaff, AZ. Joe navigated to the wrong road out of the park (south to Flagstaff instead of east to Monument Valley) on Arizona SR 64, costing several hours.
31:23 – Valley Of The Gods: US Route 163 East from Monument Valley, UT to US Route 191 South via Mexican Hat, UT passing through the edge of Valley of the Gods, then taking US Route 160 East to Teec Nos Pos, AZ to US Route 64 East to Shiprock, NM.

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