Leg, the Second: Auckland
2 augusti 2017, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
A three hour stop over. A tiny international airport, and even tinier duty free... I must say, I was impressed with Air New Zealand... It was a very pleasant flight, especially with a tail wind weLäs mer
Leg, the Second - Auckland
2 augusti 2017, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
A very pleasant flight on Air New Zealand, I was very impressed. We have a three hour stop over, in tiny Auckland International, with an even tinier Duty Free... A short and sweet footprint thisLäs mer
Preparing for take-off...
2 augusti 2017, Australien ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Hey there, trusty followers! The day finally dawned ( I know you are all sick off me talking about it)! We left home at 7:30 for an 11:50 flight due to some terrorist plot foiled a few days ago, andLäs mer
The Streets of San Francisco...
2 augusti 2017, Förenta staterna ⋅ 🌙 30 °C
So not the most pleasant flight out, but we finally made it to San Francisco...the city on the bay. The temperature is a pleasant 23 degrees, with a bit of a breeze. We picked up our rental car, aLäs mer
Hot August Night
2 augusti 2017, Förenta staterna ⋅ 🌙 30 °C
Tonight, after 3 hours to do 110 miles due to the traffic, we finally made our first digs at Oakdale, on the edge of Yosemite National Park. Due to the late arrival, we had to settle for Denny's forLäs mer
Bear hunting...
3 augusti 2017, Förenta staterna ⋅ 🌙 30 °C
An early start, we headed towards Yosemite National Park. We needed supplies so we stopped at a tinpot settlement called Grovetown. There we got our water supplies (a must, as it is so hot), and theyLäs mer
Yosemite - now with more photos!
3 augusti 2017, Förenta staterna ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
A few more shots around Yosemite, El Capitan, Glacier Point, Vernal Falls
Road to Nowhere...
4 augusti 2017, Förenta staterna ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
So we started from Fresno to take the coast road back to San Francisco. At San Simeon, there's a big Elephant Seal colony...we stopped to take pics... About another 40 miles up the road, there was aLäs mer
Leaving my heart in San Francisco
4 augusti 2017, Förenta staterna ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Ok, so the detour to get back was really long, and regrettably, we just did not have time to get back on the road to Monterrey - the detour added 150 miles! We had a couple of pit stops along the was,Läs mer
This is the one in Francisco Bay...
5 augusti 2017, Förenta staterna ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
After wandering around town for a while, the the millions of tourists around (whose bloody idea was it to come to the US in summer vacation?) we hopped a Blue & Gold ferry to Sausalito, with aLäs mer
San Fran farewell...
5 augusti 2017, Förenta staterna ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
A few more pics from today. I had to put the funny boat shot in...Paul was trying to capture us in front of the Golden Gate Bridge, which of course was fog bound...but this one was very entertainingLäs mer
Wyoming, but not as i knew it!
7 augusti 2017, Förenta staterna ⋅ 🌧 26 °C
I grew up in Wyoming. Seriously, I did. However, arriving in Jackson Hole, Wyoming I was not prepared for what I was to see... The drive from the airport was across plains, and then we hit it...theLäs mer
The Grand Tetons on fire!
7 augusti 2017, Förenta staterna ⋅ 🌧 26 °C
After a wander around Jackson Hole (which we must come back to in Winter), we jumped in our Subaru from Montana, and headed east towards a stunning range of mountains that were still snow capped.Läs mer
Looking for Yogi and Boo-boo
7 augusti 2017, Förenta staterna ⋅ 🌧 26 °C
Leaving the Grand Tetons, we drove another 95 miles to the magnificent Yellowstone National Park. Ranger Smith was there to greet us, and happily posed for a picture. This is an area of stunningLäs mer
Waiter, there's a Bison in my soup...
7 augusti 2017, Förenta staterna ⋅ 🌧 26 °C
We wanted wildlife, we got wildlife. No bears today, but boy did we get bison! They were close enough to us to touch (not that you'd want to -they're freaking huge!) At one point we were stuck in toLäs mer
The Painted Canyon
7 augusti 2017, Förenta staterna ⋅ 🌧 26 °C
Dragon's Mouth Spring & the Mud Volcano
7 augusti 2017, Förenta staterna ⋅ 🌧 26 °C
Geysers v Geezers
8 augusti 2017, Förenta staterna ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Yellowstone is an amazing national park. Waterfalls, walks, rivers, geysers and mud ponds. We found wildlife, no bears yet, but all sorts of critters.
Old Faithful was two minutes out, butLäs mer
Cross country capers
9 augusti 2017, Förenta staterna ⋅ 🌫 20 °C
So, because Beth always had a hankering to see Mount Rushmore up close and personal, it meant an 800 km dash from Yellowstone to Keystone. It was pretty easy driving, and we had a great evening at theLäs mer
Four Dead Presidents & Crazy Horse
10 augusti 2017, Förenta staterna ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
An early start this morning from Keystone , we travelled the short distance to Mount Rushmore. It is a very impressive site, and you can only marvel at the engineering genius of the sculptor and theLäs mer
If it's Friday, i must be in...?
11 augusti 2017, Förenta staterna ⋅ ⛅ 37 °C
A very early start his morning to drop off our rental car at 6 am, we headed to the airport in Jackson, Wyoming for the first leg of our jaunt today. A two hour flight to LAX, and on arrival we pickedLäs mer
The Canyon? She was very grand...
12 augusti 2017, Förenta staterna ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Today was a visit to the Grand Canyon. The last time is saw it was 2009, in mid-winter after a fresh deep snowfall. It was quite different now. We walked the majority of the South Rim, and took someLäs mer
Vegas
14 augusti 2017, Förenta staterna ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Two nigjts in a great apartment in Vegas, and we were able to recharge a little after our hectic schedule.
The first night we headed to the Rio resort to see Penn & Teller. They were great, asLäs mer
North, to Alaska!
15 augusti 2017, Förenta staterna ⋅ 🌧 11 °C
Up this morning we walked around downtown Juneau. This city, the capital of Alaska has only about 31,500 people. The economy seems to entirely revolve around the cruise ship industry. Today, thereLäs mer
On the slow boat to Gustavus...
16 augusti 2017, Förenta staterna ⋅ 🌧 11 °C
Today we are on a ferry heading to Gustavus and Glacier Bay. It's a four and a half hour journey and the weather is foggy and wet. Wet is normal for Juneau. They have a rain festival that goes fromLäs mer
























































































































