Photoblog: 2833 Miles - Our Journey Across America

The first day brought us to Oregon, where morning fog still shrouded the mountains. (Annie Li) Oregon Trail is 2,000 miles long, connecting the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon. (Annie Li)

From 1811-1840, fur trappers and traders laid the trail, only passable on foot or horse. (Annie Li) By 1836, the first migrant wagon, from Missouri, traveled to Fort Hall, Idaho. (Annie Li)

We then drove through the Blackfoot Mountains in eastern Idaho. (Annie Li)

Blackfoot mountains, also known as or Blackfoot Range, in Idaho. (Annie Li)

We visited a salt lake near Salt Lake City, Utah. Note the peculiarly shaped ice chips. (Annie Li)

Closer detail of frozen salt water. (Annie Li)

From left: Dancers Chen Xin, Daoyong Zheng and Diana Teng in front of the lake. (Annie Li)

View of Kansas City at night from our hotel room. (Annie Li)

We made some new friends in Kansas City. Though I think they preferred the bread over us. (Annie Li)

On December 18, we with Shen Yun International Company began our North America tour with journey up to Canada, performing first in the capital, Ottawa, then venturing off to Montreal, Toronto, Hamilton, Mississauga, and Waterloo-Kitchener.

We then headed south of the border to Detroit to begin our tour of the U.S. After five great shows in Detroit, we drove to Kansas City, then Utah’s Park City, and finally Seattle.

We then began our 2833 mile—46 hours—2760-minute journey back to New York.

Here's a look at the Western part of extraordinary journey across America (the latter part was spent sleeping).