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- Day 34
- Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at 7:11 PM
- ⛅ 23 °C
- Altitude: 1,135 m
United States37°53’32” N 110°22’17” W
Capitol Reef - Glen Canyon
April 22 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 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,Read more
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- Day 35
- Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
- ☁️ 20 °C
- Altitude: 1,795 m
- United StatesSan Juan County37°36’56” N 110°0’44” W
Natural Bridges NM
April 23 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 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 allRead more
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- Day 36
- Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 10:03 AM
- ☀️ 15 °C
- Altitude: 1,846 m
- United StatesSan Juan County37°32’36” N 109°44’42” W
Ancient Pueblo Culture
April 24 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 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 NationalRead more
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- Day 37
- Friday, April 25, 2025 at 12:12 PM
- ☁️ 22 °C
- Altitude: 1,608 m
- United States38°7’31” N 109°47’17” W
Canyonlands NP Needles District
April 25 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 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 throughRead more
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- Day 38
- Saturday, April 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
- 🌬 22 °C
- Altitude: 1,454 m
- United States38°43’21” N 109°33’4” W
Arches NP
April 26 in the United States ⋅ 🌬 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”
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- Day 39
- Sunday, April 27, 2025 at 8:24 AM
- ☁️ 15 °C
- Altitude: 1,302 m
- United States38°37’57” N 109°35’51” W
Arches NP Day 2
April 27 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 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 andRead more
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- Day 39
- Sunday, April 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
- ☁️ 17 °C
- Altitude: 1,474 m
- United StatesGrand County38°43’20” N 109°18’24” W
Fisher Towers
April 27 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 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,Read more
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- Day 40
- Monday, April 28, 2025 at 11:12 AM
- ☁️ 11 °C
- Altitude: 1,778 m
- United StatesMesa County39°5’51” N 108°43’47” W
Colorado National Monument
April 28 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 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, theRead more
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- Day 50
- Thursday, May 8, 2025 at 7:23 AM
- ☁️ 13 °C
- Altitude: 1,370 m
- United StatesYavapai County34°53’16” N 111°47’1” W
Sedona Day 1
May 8 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 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, youRead more
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- Day 51
- Friday, May 9, 2025 at 7:16 AM
- ☁️ 19 °C
- Altitude: 1,250 m
- United StatesYavapai County34°49’25” N 111°47’22” W
Sedona Day 2
May 9 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 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 CrescentRead more
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- Day 52
- Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 10:22 AM
- ☁️ 26 °C
- Altitude: 1,533 m
- United StatesYavapai County34°55’2” N 111°53’57” W
Sedona Day 3
May 10 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 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 atRead more
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- Day 53
- Sunday, May 11, 2025 at 8:11 AM
- ☁️ 17 °C
- Altitude: 1,629 m
- United States34°59’23” N 111°44’43” W
Oak Creek Canyon / Walnut Canyon NM
May 11 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 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 ofRead more
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- Day 53
- Sunday, May 11, 2025 at 2:13 PM
- ☁️ 22 °C
- Altitude: 2,115 m
- United StatesFlagstaff35°11’53” N 111°38’52” W
Flagstaff
May 11 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 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. IRead more
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- Day 54
- Monday, May 12, 2025 at 12:33 PM
- 🌬 30 °C
- Altitude: 1,483 m
- United StatesWinslow35°1’24” N 110°41’53” W
Take it eeeeeasy… Winslow, Arizona
May 12 in the United States ⋅ 🌬 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 quicklyRead more
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- Day 55
- Tuesday, May 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
- 🌬 24 °C
- Altitude: 1,687 m
- United StatesApache County34°56’13” N 109°45’40” W
Petrified Forest NP
May 13 in the United States ⋅ 🌬 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 theRead more
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- Day 56
- Wednesday, May 14, 2025 at 11:34 AM
- 🌬 11 °C
- Altitude: 2,011 m
- United StatesChinle Agency36°6’21” N 109°21’20” W
Canyon de Chelly
May 14 in the United States ⋅ 🌬 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, asRead more
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- Day 57
- Thursday, May 15, 2025 at 11:32 AM
- ☀️ 14 °C
- Altitude: 2,102 m
- United StatesWindow Rock / Tségháhoodzání35°40’53” N 109°2’57” W
Navajo Nation
May 15 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 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 throughRead more
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- Day 58
- Friday, May 16, 2025 at 8:58 AM
- ☁️ 11 °C
- Altitude: 2,192 m
- United StatesEastern Navajo Agency / Tʼiistsʼóóz Ńdeeshgizh Bił Hahoodzo biyiʼdi35°2’15” N 108°20’34” W
El Morro & El Malpais
May 16 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 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 PuebloRead more
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- Day 58
- Friday, May 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
- ☀️ 24 °C
- Altitude: 2,001 m
- United StatesAcoma Pueblo / Áakʼu34°53’45” N 107°34’57” W
Acoma Pueblo
May 16 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 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 beingRead more
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- Day 59
- Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 9:58 AM
- ☀️ 22 °C
- Altitude: 1,519 m
- United StatesAlbuquerque35°5’49” N 106°40’10” W
Albuquerque
May 17 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 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, watchingRead more
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- Day 61
- Monday, May 19, 2025 at 6:43 PM
- 🌬 12 °C
- Altitude: 1,883 m
- United StatesSanta Fe County35°36’11” N 106°7’28” W
Santa Fe & Co. - Ancestral Pueblo
May 19 in the United States ⋅ 🌬 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 byRead more
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- Day 62
- Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Altitude: 2,144 m
- United StatesSanta Fe35°41’1” N 105°56’16” W
Santa Fe Town
May 20 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 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 onRead more
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- Day 63
- Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at 10:55 AM
- ☁️ 22 °C
- Altitude: 1,534 m
- United StatesCorrales35°14’3” N 106°36’56” W
Santa Fe & Co. - Spanish Settlers
May 21 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 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 churchRead more
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- Day 63
- Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Altitude: 1,883 m
- United StatesSandoval County35°47’2” N 106°16’29” W
Bandelier National Monument
May 21 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 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 storageRead more
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- Day 64
- Thursday, May 22, 2025 at 8:50 AM
- ☀️ 18 °C
- Altitude: 2,240 m
- United StatesLos Alamos35°52’54” N 106°18’7” W
Los Alamos / Valle Caldera / Rio Grande
May 22 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 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 fromRead more