Los Angeles
15–19 Jul 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Monday night we arrived late at LA airport and took a taxi to my brother's house. He and his wife Maaike have been so nice to let us stay in their house and let us use their campervan. From there weBaca lagi
Laguna beach
19–20 Jul 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Whe are finally 'on the road'!
Our first stop next to the ocean at Laguna beach and Shaws Cove
San Diego
20–22 Jul 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Coronado Island, San Diego City and the beaches, coves and cliffs around San Diego.
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Travel24.liveonaruba.com
Back to L.A. area
24–27 Jul 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
We headed back from San Diego to LA and stayed again for one night at Laguna Beach at the perfect spot at the waterfront. Then off to LA for my brothers' 50th birthday. 🎈
Next day my brother flewBaca lagi
Carpinteria
27–28 Jul 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Nice beachtown, the ride up here had some stunning views.
Pretty hike in the morning to a Seal nursery beach where I saw a rooky seal.
Paso Robles
27–28 Jul 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Boondocking (that's how they call that here) at a winery.
Cheers!
Mountains of Sta Cruz
28–29 Jul 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Another stay at a winery. We love it!
On our way we came past our first national park (NP) and we visited a beach with sea otters. Great to see them play in the water (not good for pictures though)
San Francisco and around
29 Jul–4 Ogo 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
After a lovely roadtrip past Santa Cruz, Sharktooth bay and Waddel (kite) beach we reached San Francisco. We first stayed two nights, explored a bit of the city walking and by bus and then drove offBaca lagi
North of San Francisco
5–7 Ogo 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ 🌙 15 °C
We are quite excited to follow the coast north from San Francisco, but off course we won't miss the Sonoma and Napa valleys, well known for their wineries. We do an extensive one day roadtrip throughBaca lagi
Redwood National and State parks
7–8 Ogo 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Our last day in California is an extremely pretty one. We drive and hike through big woods with enormous redwood trees. These trees can get heights up to 100 meters and there are many of them.
We alsoBaca lagi
Oregon Coast
8–10 Ogo 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
We keep driving up the coast. In the mornings and later afternoons there is unfortunately quite a lot of marinefog blocking our views, but we do manage to see quite some wildlife along the way. SomeBaca lagi
Olympic National park
10–13 Ogo 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Olympic National Park is all about wild beaches, rainforest and lakes. The beaches are full of big dead trees, I imagine they stranded there during storms and have been there forever. The forests areBaca lagi
Seattle
15–17 Ogo 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ 🌩️ 20 °C
We leave the coast and head inland towards Seattle. Again a beautiful route past the island of Bainbridge where we take the ferry to Seattle. Seattle is a city with a nice vibe and great views. WeBaca lagi
Portland and the Columbia river gorge
16–21 Ogo 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
Oregon (and Portland) is famous for breweries so of course we had to taste some of their beers. Portland claims to have the biggest bookshop in the world, and yes, it is huge!! Also in Portland weBaca lagi
Yellowstone and Grand Tetons
21–28 Ogo 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Quite a drive from Oregon up to Yellowstone, but not an ugly one, and we managed to find beautiful camp spots in the forest (thank you IOverland app and the federal governments of Wyoming and MontanaBaca lagi
Great Salt Lake
29–31 Ogo 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
We stayed a few nights around Salt Lake City, first to see and feel the Great Salt Lake and then we had to wait for something to be sent to us. No problem, we jumped in the lake at the fabulousBaca lagi
Arches NP
1–2 Sep 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ 🌙 27 °C
Our first National Park in Utah, very impressive. Lots of driving and several small hikes leading to beautiful arches.
Canyonlands
2–3 Sep 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
One of my favorite hikes so far has been here in Canyonlands NP. The views were fabulous, everywhere we could see there were canyons cut out in the rocks, very impressive!!
Also we found out we wereBaca lagi
Navajo national monument
3–4 Sep 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
This day we take it easy, we drive towards Antelope canyon and make a stop for overnight at Navajo national monument. A national monument is not a monument as we know in the Netherlands but more likeBaca lagi
Antelope canyon
4 September 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☁️ 33 °C
Antelope canyon is a so called slotcanyon, a very narrow canyon formed by flashfloods, only occurring at rainfall during the monsoon season (according to our guide). During midday when the sunbeamsBaca lagi
Bryce Canyon via Lake Powel
4 September 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 37 °C
After Antilope canyon we take a cooling dip in lake Powell before we take off to beautiful Bryce Canyon NP. This National Park consists mainly of Hoodoos which are rock pillars shaped by cold weather.Baca lagi
Zion NP
6–8 Sep 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Zion is one of the most popular national parks of the USA, unfortunately that resulted in pretty crowded parking lots and hiking trails.
The first day I hiked the Narrows, a very popular trail throughBaca lagi
Spring Creek Canyon and Cedar Break
8–9 Sep 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ 🌙 20 °C
After the crowds of Zion we went to Cedar City, a town off the tourist radar. Here we hiked to a beautiful red canyon, it was a long but very rewarding hike. In the afternoon we drove to the CedarBaca lagi
Grand Canyon, North rim
9 September 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
The Grand Canyon is so Grand that pictures really do not do any justice. I did try though.
We flew over the canyon with Jan (my brother) in a 4 seater a couple of years ago, and that was so impressiveBaca lagi
Las Vegas, lake Mead
10 September 2024, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C
Our way back to LA led us through Las Vegas. First we drove past lake Mead and the Hooverdam. Not too special to be honest and very hot. At night a nice meal in The Peppermill and a quick walk throughBaca lagi

































































































































































































































Old? It's a youngtimer [Jan]
PengembaraNet iets jonger dan jij inderdaad 😏