Im not built for longhaul flights
2. oktober 2023, Forenede Stater ⋅ 🌧 14 °C
Landed in Seattle after a very long & boring flight. Walked into the hotel which looked great in the pictures but was somewhat less pretty in reality; we were too tired to really care! Walked around aLæs mere
Exploring Seattle
3. oktober 2023, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
Spent the day exploring the shady streets of Seattle. The space tower gave great views over the city but they insist on telling you it was only supposed to be there for 6 months which makes you feelLæs mere
VanLife
4. oktober 2023, Forenede Stater ⋅ 🌙 14 °C
Picked up the van and drove about 4 hours to our first camp site on route to Yellowstone. Americans don’t know how to drive. 5 lane highways and they make sure they use all of em! No pics as wasLæs mere
Cruising through rural America
5. oktober 2023, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Seas of corn, hat rock, truckers and horses. Couldn’t fill up the van because we are stupid tourists. Found a nice campsite and ate dinner over an open fire.
Rural Oregon & western Idaho
6. oktober 2023, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Woke up early and were on the road by 5AM! Damned jet-lag. The mountains of Oregon are incredible and Idaho has…. Nothing! There was a stretch of road we drove on with not even a single bend for 50Læs mere
From the Moon to Montana
7. oktober 2023, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Woke up to a beautiful sunrise in the hills of Idaho, had our breakfast and walked the perimeter of Craters Of the Moon; a 2,500 year old lava field. Set off driving through beautiful, bleak,Læs mere
West Yellerstone 🇺🇸
8. oktober 2023, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C
- 6 C this morning which was a bit of a cool awakening…Walked over to the Bear and Wolf Discovery Centre to see the captive rescues; they had eagles, wolves, bears, otters and owls, all of whichLæs mere
Exploring Yellowstone Geyser Basin
9. oktober 2023, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
Drove deep into the wilderness…. Into the most tourist infested place we’ve been yet. Incredible landscapes and epic geysers that really reminded you that you are stood on a giant super volcanoLæs mere
Grand Canyon of Yellowstone and bison
10. oktober 2023, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
Quite a long driving day, drove the Grand Loop and saw Yellowstone’s Grand Canyon, mammoth hot springs and lots of bison! Weather was a bit off but the incredible landscapes make up for it.
Just driving and shopping
11. oktober 2023, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Not much to report today. Left our nice Yellowstone campsite and started driving toward Salt Lake City! Got distracted by a TJ Maxx and Walmart so didn’t make it too far… Lucy was upset by howLæs mere
Hot springs and Antelope island
12. oktober 2023, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Woke up to the whistle of a 100 carriage train at 6AM… free camp sites, am I right? Drove over to the lava hot springs which were really hot! Went to do our washing in a one horse town with not muchLæs mere
Frary peak…. Big old hike.
13. oktober 2023, Forenede Stater ⋅ 🌙 5 °C
Woke up very early to hike to a peak and watch the sunrise. Very picturesque but had to go off trail as a bison decided it was his trail. After breakfast we hiked up frary peak, the highest peak onLæs mere
Mormon HQ & canyon
14. oktober 2023, Forenede Stater ⋅ 🌙 10 °C
So, after sleeping in a parking lot we drove in to Salt Lake City - the town owned by the Latter Day Saints. Lots of young women in long skirts smiling and saying hello in an unnerving way! Nice placeLæs mere
Diamond Fork to Mapleton
15. oktober 2023, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Decided to stay in this campsite an extra night. Did a very steep walk… had a nice fire and curry and enjoyed the autumnal scenery. Would stay again but out of water!
Horse Canyon - wild west
16. oktober 2023, Forenede Stater ⋅ 🌙 14 °C
Woke up very cold and done with mountain life. Had a long walk to some hot springs that were more smelly than anything… decided to stop for the night in a canyon in the desert. Feels like you are inLæs mere
Somewhere in the desert
17. oktober 2023, Forenede Stater ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Not much to report! Very lazy start from wherever we were in the desert. Drove to Moab, next to the Arches National Park, only to find that almost every campsite was full. The landscape here is veryLæs mere
Exploring the Arches
18. oktober 2023, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Drove around all morning looking for a camping spot which was hilariously frustrating. Once we found one we headed into the Arches national park which was arguably the most insane landscape I’veLæs mere
Hike up Grandstaff Canyon and swim
19. oktober 2023, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Went for a nice walk early this morn from our campsite up a canyon and watched people abseil. Walked around Moab this aft and decided it was too hot so went to find a swim!
Arches National Park, done.
20. oktober 2023, Forenede Stater ⋅ 🌙 8 °C
Woke up really early to drive and subsequently hike to “delicate arch” to see the sunrise. Our plan coincided with 100 other people’s and it was rammed! Had breakfast then drove to the finalLæs mere
See ya Moab; Hello Indian Creek
21. oktober 2023, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Left moab today via a “PowWow” which is essentially a Native American dance contest… very odd, but interesting. Drove to Indian Creek to see the world class crack climbing and had a nice chatLæs mere
Washing and more desert
22. oktober 2023, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Woke up in the mountains and drove to a one horse town and did our washing. Set off toward monument valley and found a campsite overlooking a huge gulley called “gooseneck”, one of the most famousLæs mere
Navajo land - scam artist natives
23. oktober 2023, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Drove through monument valley today and did a nice walk. Crazy landscape yet again. Everything about Indian reservations is expensive - driving tour? 120 dollars per person for 1 hour. Clay pot? 300Læs mere
Dune surfin’ & canyon fun
24. oktober 2023, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
After waking up and finding water we decided to look for a long walk. Found a dandy trail and after 10 minutes, gave up. Found a nice Mormon girl running ATV rides and said she had an almost emptyLæs mere
On the road to Zion, man.
25. oktober 2023, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Woke up to a pretty cold van - there is a cold snap on route and it’s going to get down to -10 in the next few days. Watched someone crash into a car in a car park and then set off on an epic hike.Læs mere
The Watchman trail and canyons
26. oktober 2023, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Stank the van out with bacon today, not making that mistake again! Did a couple of smaller hikes for some low effort epic views. It’s started to cool off a little.