Capitol Reef - Glen Canyon
22. April in den USA ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
I hike to Hickman Natural Bridge in the morning, then - arrgh - clouds again, making the scenic drive in the park less enjoyable. I decide I need to outrun the clouds and drive towards Hanksville,Weiterlesen
Natural Bridges NM
23. April in den USA ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
This day has spent in the Natural Bridges national monument, a place where I didn’t manage to go for. It protects three large arches in the same canyon, and you can hike through the canyon to allWeiterlesen
Ancient Pueblo Culture
24. April in den USA ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
I visit three locations of Cliff Dwellings or other structures from the Ancient Pueblo culture today. I didn’t realize that I missed calculated the time needed to hike in the Canyonlands NationalWeiterlesen
Canyonlands NP Needles District
25. April in den USA ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Already the drive to the Needles District is fantastic, I actually think it’s more spectacular than Monument Valley. Rather than hiking to the actual needles as I did last time, I hike 17 km throughWeiterlesen
Arches NP
26. April in den USA ⋅ 🌬 22 °C
Arches ! I drive straight to the end of the Scenic Drive to Devil’s Garden for the long hike between and on the “fins”
Arches NP Day 2
27. April in den USA ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Arches is spectacular not only for arches. I stop multiple times in the Courthouse section with red cliffs. Then back to Devil’s Garden for morning sunshine views of famous Landscape Arch andWeiterlesen
Fisher Towers
27. April in den USA ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Later in the afternoon, I hike the Fisher Towers Trail. Incredible rock formations on the Colorado between Moab and Grand Junction, you hike below the rocks and out to a viewpoint. Still cloudy skies,Weiterlesen
Colorado National Monument
28. April in den USA ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
This morning I drove along the amazing rim of the Colorado NM, a little sunshine and then it actually hailed! The afternoon is spent shopping and sitting in a car repair shop in Grand Junction, theWeiterlesen
Sedona Day 1
8. Mai in den USA ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Red Rock Heaven! Be prepared to see a lot of it. The wonderful landscape has attracted a lot of rich and artsy people who live in big villas amongst the rocks. And a fair share of, well, youWeiterlesen
Sedona Day 2
9. Mai in den USA ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
It’s Cathedral Rock Day! The famous landmark in Sedona is really spectacular. I hike up the steep Slickrock to the saddle in the morning, and admire the reflection of it in Oak Creek at CrescentWeiterlesen
Sedona Day 3
10. Mai in den USA ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
Today I crisscrossed the surrounds of Sedona for a variety of destinations. After a bird walk in Red Rock State Park, I visit the Palatki ancestral pueblo ruins and petroglyphs. After a stop atWeiterlesen
Oak Creek Canyon / Walnut Canyon NM
11. Mai in den USA ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
early in the morning, I hike the famous West Fork of the Oak Creek Canyon between Sedona and Flagstaff - a very nice hike before on the tourists show up.
I stopped at the many cliff dwellings ofWeiterlesen
Flagstaff
11. Mai in den USA ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
A major town in Route 66 / railroad / gateway to the Grand Canyon, I greatly enjoy Flagstaff’s down to earth vibe compared to rich-people-golfing-bitching-about-tourists Sedona the days before. IWeiterlesen
Take it eeeeeasy… Winslow, Arizona
12. Mai in den USA ⋅ 🌬 30 °C
I’m leaving Flagstaff to continue on Route 66, stopping in Two Guns, once a thriving little town that died when Route 66 was replaced by the interstate. Very few remains, I’m shocked how quicklyWeiterlesen
Petrified Forest NP
13. Mai in den USA ⋅ 🌬 24 °C
An afternoon and morning at Petrified Forest National Park, famous for the fossilized trees from the Jurassic period in the south part and the Painted Desert in the north part. My highlight was theWeiterlesen
Canyon de Chelly
14. Mai in den USA ⋅ 🌬 11 °C
Canyon de Chelly is of remarkable beauty, and full of cliff dwellings and petroglyphs, testimony to human occupation for millennia. It is at the heart of the Navajo Nation and a place of tragedy, asWeiterlesen
Navajo Nation
15. Mai in den USA ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
The Navajo Nation is the largest reservation and indigenous people in the US, spending a large part of Arizona and parts of Utah, Colorado and New Mexico. I’ve spent a lot of time driving throughWeiterlesen
El Morro & El Malpais
16. Mai in den USA ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Spanish names - I’m in New Mexico! I visit the national monuments of El Morro (inscription rock) and the first section of El Malpais (volcanic badlands) in the morning before heading to Acoma PuebloWeiterlesen
Acoma Pueblo
16. Mai in den USA ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Acoma is one of the 19 Indian Pueblos in New Mexico. The pueblo Indians are descendants of the ancestral pueblo cultures who built all the cliff dwellings, great cities like Chaco etc. After beingWeiterlesen
Albuquerque
17. Mai in den USA ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
I’ve made it back to civilization, to New Mexico’ biggest city. I explore Old Town with its adobe buildings in the morning. Most of the day I spent in the Indian Pueblo cultural center, watchingWeiterlesen
Santa Fe & Co. - Ancestral Pueblo
19. Mai in den USA ⋅ 🌬 12 °C
I spent eight days in the area between Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Taos, driving back and forth quite a bit. Culture, culture, culture! Rather than chronological the next few footprints are rather byWeiterlesen
Santa Fe Town
20. Mai in den USA ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Santa Fe decided in the 1930s to adopt the Adobe style all over the city. Even building buildings made out of brick are painted in Adobe color. It works! The images can’t convey it, but driving onWeiterlesen
Santa Fe & Co. - Spanish Settlers
21. Mai in den USA ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
2 old Haciendas in the Rio Grande Valley Are now museums to Spanish / Mexican settlers who arrived starting 1541. Casa San Ysidro in Corrales and Hacienda de los Martinez in Taos. Another old churchWeiterlesen
Bandelier National Monument
21. Mai in den USA ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
More Ancestral Pueblo Ruins / Cliff Dwellings, but these will be the last ones on my trip. People used natural cavities in the volcanic rock and enlarged them, using them as back walls and storageWeiterlesen
Los Alamos / Valle Caldera / Rio Grande
22. Mai in den USA ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
I visit Los Alamos in the morning - now a normal town but still with the National Laboratories and a lot of restricted areas. The division of the surrounding landscape into Technical Areas dating fromWeiterlesen

































































































































































































































































































































































































































































