East-Westerly direction

If you look at the Wikipedia article on U.S. Route 6, you’ll see that they follow the course of the road from West to East. The road signs along the route are also easier to follow traveling West to East. There is a significant sign marking the beginning of modern Route 6 in Bishop, CA, but none marking the beginning in Provincetown, MA. I don’t really understand why, however. We traveled the Route from East to West, and I have no doubt that this is the proper way it should be done. First, traveling in this manner, the scenery becomes more and more dramatic as you head out West. Second, this is the way, historically, people traveled on the road in an attempt to strike it rich in the many (now abandoned) mining towns of the West. And last, this is the direction in which Mateo traveled on his way into serving Active Duty in the military.
That all being said, the next time we do this, we will travel from West to East. Yes, folks, I said next time. I do believe that we plan on doing this cross country road trip again. I imagine not for another 10 years, but eventually.
We figure that we’ll attempt the Route in a large van or small RV to make life a little more comfortable. We’ll also probably do it with an animal or kid(s) in the car. We are hoping that by doing it in the opposite direction we’ll have more energy for exploring the intriguing western part of the Route.
While the scenery on the East Coast can be lush and green, with waterfalls, wooden bridges, and so on, we really prefer the Western part of the Route. I absolutely HATE dust, but I enjoy the painted cliff sides of sandstone, the endless miles of solitude. We like exploring and taking pictures of our abandoned and forgotten past, old mining towns. There are some caves and National Forest lands that we would like to take more time exploring. A white water rafting expedition in Colorado would be fabulous, as would taking the time to fossil hunt or ride an ATV in the sand dunes of Utah.
We’d also like to spend more time taking side dirt roads with a GPS and decent directions to explore the lunar crater (which we couldn’t find this trip) and perhaps more hot springs.
Personally, I would also like to have the money and the stomach to stop in at little owner-run restaurants and to try local bison burgers, chili, steaks, pies, and curds. When we stopped at a small coffeshop on the East Coast, we had a great time talking with the owner and sampling free coffee that he roasts himself with pride.
We had experiences like these speckled throughout our trip, but we’d really like the time to enjoy more of them.
Who’d like to join us? Start saving your pennies!