SaksaBavariaMünchen, LandeshauptstadtSendling48°6’50” N 11°32’32” E
9. helmikuuta, Saksa ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
After 2 busy months at home on the couch, visiting friends and family, checking on the colleagues and verifying if the beer still tastes good at B&W, skiing, following up the first part of the tour,Lue lisää
YhdysvallatWashingtonPierce CountyTacomaMuseum of Glass47°14’47” N 122°26’1” W
23. helmikuuta, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
I leave Langley south-east of Vancouver on Friday. After passing the US border (always take 1 hour or more) and shopping in Bellingham, I stop in Tacoma south of Seattle to visit the Museum of Glass.Lue lisää
YhdysvallatCaliforniaShasta CountyRiverside Mobile ParkSulphur Creek40°35’32” N 122°22’39” W
24. helmikuuta, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Lots of driving as I cross Oregon and the mountains in Northern California. Mount Shasta again! Late afternoon breaks for sightseeing in the old gold mining town of Shasta, historical buildings andLue lisää
YhdysvallatCaliforniaSacramentoCalifornia State Capitol Museum38°34’37” N 121°29’41” W
25. helmikuuta, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
I stop after only 1,5 hours driving to visit Sacramento, the capital of California. A town of about 200,000 inhabitants, founded as a trading post and prospering during the gold rush time, it hasLue lisää
YhdysvallatCaliforniaRiverside CountyPalm SpringsO'Donald Golf Course33°49’27” N 116°32’54” W
26. helmikuuta, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
I meet my Canadian friends, Rob and Sandy, for 3 days in an RV Resort close to Palm Springs. Lazy days… beer being drunk…. Short visits to Palm Springs and La Quinta. On the 3rd day I go hikingLue lisää
YhdysvallatCaliforniaRiverside CountyPalm SpringsTahquitz Falls33°48’31” N 116°33’18” W
28. helmikuuta, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
A first hike in Tahquitz Canyon, up through a wide canyon to a nice waterfall. With all the rain, lots of water in the falls and the desert is very green! Lovely flowers in the flat desert areas, ILue lisää
YhdysvallatCaliforniaLos Angeles CountyHollywood HeightsChinese Theater34°6’6” N 118°20’28” W
29. helmikuuta, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
3 days in LA - starting with the most famous places of them all, the core of Hollywood: Hollywood Boulevard between Orange and Vine, then down to Sunset Boulevard. They already blocked off the streetLue lisää
YhdysvallatCaliforniaLos Angeles CountyCastellammareJ Paul Getty Museum34°2’43” N 118°33’53” W
1. maaliskuuta, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Jean-Paul Getty was one of the richest men in the world and dedicated his fortune to art - constructing a full-scale replica of a Roman Villa close to Pompeji to house his Greek-Roman collection, andLue lisää
YhdysvallatCaliforniaLos Angeles CountyBunker HillSaint Pauls Cathedral34°3’1” N 118°15’35” W
2. maaliskuuta, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
The world is a small place - especially when jobs take you around it. Martin my brother in law was in LA, and we spent Sunday together. It rained most of the day :-(
Therefore we mainly drove aroundLue lisää
YhdysvallatArizonaCochise CountyWillcoxHistoric Railroad Avenue Park32°15’7” N 109°49’53” W
18. maaliskuuta, Yhdysvallat ⋅ 🌬 15 °C
The towns I’m passing here in southeastern Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas share common story: founded as boomtown due to mining, cattle ranching or rail road stops, the economic basis hasLue lisää
