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US Rockies

August 2019 Les mer
  • Reisens start
    31. august 2019
  • Escanaba

    1. september 2019, Forente stater ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

    Crossed the border with the US today. Drove through the Michigan forest. Seen many secluded and rundown houses. Ended up in a little town next to Lake Michigan. Not much to see here. Didn't do anything, beside getting settled up with a US data plan.Les mer

  • Fairmont MI

    2. september 2019, Forente stater ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C

    Drove further than initially planned today. Which is good as this part of the trip is basically just driving without stopping. But my first real destination will be tomorrow, looking forward to it!

  • Cody

    6. september 2019, Forente stater ⋅ 🌧 15 °C

    A town founded by the Buffalo Bill. Which I'm very happy to arrived to after a very long drive. But through amazing landscapes. Didn't stop for pictures tho. They will come tomorrow in Yellowstone!

  • Yellowstone part one

    7. september 2019, Forente stater ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C

    I explored the upper loop of Yellowstone today. The weather has changed for the worst. Temperatures have dropped and it rained a bit this morning and will rain some more tomorrow. But wasn't an issue today, besides having to wear a warm sweater.

    Was originally planning on doing a big hike, but apparently the grizzly bears are very active in September, and it is not advised to hike alone or without bear spray. So I only did the more easy accessable smaller trails. I ended up walking a lot still and seeing a lot.

    Arrived at the campground around 19h30 and decided to put my tent back in the van and just sleep in my van instead of being cold in my tent. Really glad I converted my van. My bed in here is actually very comfortable and I don't mind sleeping in the van.

    But after writing a lot today, I better get some sleep to do Yellowstone part II tomorrow.
    Les mer

  • Yellowstone part two

    8. september 2019, Forente stater ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C

    The day started cold and rainy and ended cold and rainy. But besides the weather, I had the possibility to watch a lot of steamy pools. I smelled enough sulphur for the next year! But most of those geysers, hot springs and mud vulcanos were actually really impressive. So I had fun looking and listening to the boiling of water or even mud. I ended the day with the old faithful. I was lucky that I arrived at it in time for it's eruption. Which was a small event on itself. Tomorrow I'm driving to Grand Teton. Hopefully I can find some WiFi there to upload this, or hopefully my very crappy phone service I bought here will finally work. We will see.Les mer

  • Grand Teton

    9. september 2019, Forente stater ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C

    It's my birthday and I spent it all day in Grand Teton national Park. Took a ferry across beautiful Jenny lake, up to the Hidden falls. Had lunch at Signal Mountain Lodge. And took a shower (which is an activity on its own as not every campground or sleeping place has one). And since I spent less time then planned in both Yellowstone and Grand Teton. I decided adding Bryce Canyon to my list of locations!Les mer

  • Richfield, Utah

    10. september 2019, Forente stater ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C

    Arrived at my Walmart sleeping spot for the night. I am at a national park hot spot at the moment and don't know what to do, I have the following parks in 3 hours drive from me: Zion, Grand Canyon, Bryce and Capitol Reef. And only 2 nights. If anyone has some advice, always welcome!Les mer

  • Moab

    13. september 2019, Forente stater ⋅ 🌙 23 °C

    Spent the afternoon in Moab. Just relaxing and drinking a Just your typical tourist town. I'm staying 1 night at the campground downtown so I can check out the local bars. No pictures today, I would have only send you pictures of beer.Les mer

  • Arches

    14. september 2019, Forente stater ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C

    Beautiful national park, but didn't really explored it that much. Did one hike in the blistering heat and gave up after that. Was still a very nice drive through the park.

  • Canyonlands

    14. september 2019, Forente stater ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C

    Went early in the morning to Canyonlands, so the temperature was not too bad. Did a really nice hike on top of a hill, where there were some old granaries. Really cool to find some archeological stuff in the middle of a dessert.Les mer