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Fisch on Tour 2025

Back to the US and Canada for a final BIG TRIP to fill gaps of my last 2 years: South-Central US in the spring, summer in Canada with my family and then up to Yukon and Alaska... Read more
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  • bettinadownunderFisch on Tour 2025Traveler
    View from my Campspot
    Hickman Bridge hikeScenic driveAlong the road to HanksvilleHanksville gas stationTowards Glen CanyonThe mighty Colorado

    Capitol Reef - Glen Canyon

    April 22, 2025 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, then turning South into the desert towards Glen Canyon, the beginning of Lake Powell. Or so it was… the lake hasn’t been that high in decades. Great scenery!Read more

  • bettinadownunderFisch on Tour 2025Traveler
    Today's Campspot
    Colorado River in the morningWhite canyon at Natural BridgesNatural Bridge 1Natural Bridge 2Natural Bridge 3

    Natural Bridges NM

    April 23, 2025 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 all three. Great hike and incredible scenery once again.Read more

  • bettinadownunderFisch on Tour 2025Traveler
    Bears Ears
    A kiva ceremonial roomTrail to House of FireHouse of Fire

    Ancient Pueblo Culture

    April 24, 2025 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 National Park Needles District, and decided to spend the afternoon in Monticello’s library to do some admin work - and upload these picturesRead more

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    Arches NP

    April 26, 2025 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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    Landscape ArchDelicate Arch

    Arches NP Day 2

    April 27, 2025 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 and others. Unfortunately, clouds move in…Read more

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    Fisher Towers

    April 27, 2025 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, but I got 5 minutes of sunset light.Read more

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    Colorado National Monument

    April 28, 2025 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, the biggest city between Denver and Salt Lake City - my Camper needs new brake pads…Read more

  • bettinadownunderFisch on Tour 2025Traveler
    On Soldiers Pass trail
    7 Sacred Pools7 Sacred Pools on the way backSubway CaveView at the top of Boynton canyon

    Sedona Day 1

    May 8, 2025 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, you would’ve called them hippies in the 60s, spiritual people who believe in vortexes in the area. A very RV and camper unfriendly town, but it’s so beautiful we still keep coming. On day one I visit to highlights: in the morning I hike via 7 Sacred Pools to Soldiers Pass, and then do the long hike up Boynton Canyon. Subway Cave is the big draw here. And it’s finally warm, even hot!Read more

  • bettinadownunderFisch on Tour 2025Traveler
    Cathedral Rock
    An Ocotillo, my favorite Sonora desert plantView from the topThe CathedralChapel of the Holy CrossCrane PetroglyphsCathedral Rock in the evening

    Sedona Day 2

    May 9, 2025 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 Crescent Moon Ranch Rec Area in the evening. In between, I visit the Chapel of the Holy Cross, more red Rock vistas, and Crane Petroglyph Site, where knowledgeable ranger explained us how the solar calendar worked, and that the many symbols on the rock are not a jumbo but depending on the solar calendar mark events and give instructions. It was very insightful!Read more

  • bettinadownunderFisch on Tour 2025Traveler
    Oak Creek in Red Rock SP
    Approaching PalatkiGives you eye cancer, doesn't it?Amitabha StupaOn the trail to Devil's Bridge

    Sedona Day 3

    May 10, 2025 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 at Amitabha Stupa Park, a Buddhist garden, I hike to Devil’s Bridge, a famous arch. Sunset at Surprise free campsite rounds of a beautiful day!Read more

  • bettinadownunderFisch on Tour 2025Traveler
    Oak creek
    View from aboveWalnut Canyon NM

    Oak Creek Canyon / Walnut Canyon NM

    May 11, 2025 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 of Walnut Canyon National Monument before proceeding to FlagstaffRead more

  • bettinadownunderFisch on Tour 2025Traveler
    Riordan Mansion5 generations of wallpaper

    Flagstaff

    May 11, 2025 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. I visit the historical Riordan Mansion of the lumber barons greatly benefiting this town, and downtown / Route 66Read more

  • bettinadownunderFisch on Tour 2025Traveler
    Gas station burned in 1971
    It's a pool!Indian ruins? No.... cabins...The original Route 66 in Two GunsWinslowWigwam Motel in Holbrook

    Take it eeeeeasy… Winslow, Arizona

    May 12, 2025 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 quickly buildings turn into ruins. My next stop is Winslow, Arizona, a very nice little town that is famous for The Eagles song. And yes, I stood on the corner! The afternoon I spent in Petrified Forest National Park, as I will tomorrow, so photos tomorrow.Read more

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    Blue MesaPainted Desert

    Petrified Forest NP

    May 13, 2025 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 the Blue Mesa in the middle, incredible colors!Read more

  • bettinadownunderFisch on Tour 2025Traveler
    Spider Rock

    Canyon de Chelly

    May 14, 2025 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, as American military killed hundreds of Navajo, burnt their houses and fields and killed their sheep in order to force them on the Long Walk to a tiny reservation after the Civil War, in the middle of winter. Thousands died…
    I visit the South and North Rim lookouts twice each between yesterday evening, this morning and afternoon. In the morning I take a guided tour into the canyon    Read more

  • bettinadownunderFisch on Tour 2025Traveler
    Hubbell Trading Post 1878
    Storehouse and BarnChurro sheep - the Navajo basis for life in the pastThe Window RockNavajo Code Talker Memorial WWIINavajo Nation MuseumIf chiefs were RockstarsGallupSunset at El Morro NM Campground

    Navajo Nation

    May 15, 2025 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 through over the last couple of weeks, but the area around Canyon de Chelly is the heart of it. I’ve learned a lot about the history and life of the Navajo. I visited the Capital Window Rock, the museum there, Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site. At trading posts, Indians traded their craft and produce for Western goods in the past. Then onward to Gallup, main trading center in Indian Arts and Crafts on Route 66 / I-40.Read more

  • bettinadownunderFisch on Tour 2025Traveler
    El Morro Rock
    A natural pool attracted travellers from time immemorial- leaving petroglyphs, Spanish and English iUp on the mesa...To a ancestral PuebloEl Malpais lava CavesThe volcano's remainsEvening: La Ventura archSandstone bluffs for sunset

    El Morro & El Malpais

    May 16, 2025 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 Pueblo (see next footprint). In the evening I returned to another section of El Malpais with beautiful sandstone bluffs.Read more

  • bettinadownunderFisch on Tour 2025Traveler
    Sky CityMain plazaChurch dating to 1629-1640The spiritual center for Acoma - Kivas marked by the sky laddersView from aboveTaking one of the old access paths downThe holes are handholdsDo you see the staircase ?

    Acoma Pueblo

    May 16, 2025 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 being enslaved by the Spanish, they suffered again under the Americans - to this day. Poverty, infertile land, no jobs on the reservations… they fight to retain their culture and language.
    Acoma offers tours to their spiritual center, Sky City built on a mesa. No water, sewage or electricity… very few people live there today but many families have a house that is maintained for feast days and spiritual reasons. Buildings date from 1600 to today    Read more

  • bettinadownunderFisch on Tour 2025Traveler
    Cathedral and Convent
    The Indian Pueblo Cultural CenterBiking in the Bosque

    Albuquerque

    May 17, 2025 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, watching dances, taking part of the gator tour and learning a ton about the history and beliefs of the Pueblo Indians. In the afternoon I take a bike tour along the banks of the Rio Grande, through the bordering forest called Bosque. And I pre-celebrate my birthday at Starr Brothers Brewery in whose parking lot I am allowed to sleep tonight!Read more

  • bettinadownunderFisch on Tour 2025Traveler
    Cienguilla Petroglyphs, quite a climb to get there
    View from the petroglyphsPecos - the Spanish built a church hereReconstructed Kiva (Indian holy chamber)Inside the KivaNon-reconstructed Kiva

    Santa Fe & Co. - Ancestral Pueblo

    May 19, 2025 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 by themes.
    This one: Ancestral Pueblo petroglyphs and ruins: Petroglyph NM, Cienguilla Petroglyphs, Pecos Pueblo NHS    Read more

  • bettinadownunderFisch on Tour 2025Traveler
    Oldest church in New Mexico
    Oldest HouseSpanish Governor's PalaceArt MuseumAdobe everywhereNew Mexico State CapitolSanta Fe RailyardLoretta ChapelThe "Miraculous Staircase"St. Francis Cathedral

    Santa Fe Town

    May 20, 2025 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 on the outskirts and in the countryside most buildings are made in Adobe style. Add to that the narrow streets and very European flair, Santa Fe is a great place to hang out.Read more

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    I hike down into the canyon
    Main PuebloAlcove House is up thereAt the other part, TsankawiStairs and path

    Bandelier National Monument

    May 21, 2025 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 storage areas. In another part of the Monument, no ruins remain but the >1000 year old paths worn into the soft rock is still the hiking trail today. It was narrow!Read more

  • bettinadownunderFisch on Tour 2025Traveler
    Oppenheimer Statue (left)Oppenheimer HouseHans Bethe HouseModels of Fat Man and Little BoyFuller House, former school, only hotel during Manhattan ProjectWWII Women's DormitoryView from Los AlamosValles Caldera RimRanch buildingsRio Grande Gorge

    Los Alamos / Valle Caldera / Rio Grande

    May 22, 2025 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 from the Manhattan Project is still in place. Veep Bradbury Science Museum educate about the atomic bomb project and work going on in the laboratories today. But in town, there is not much left.

    Later, I drive to Valles Caldera, a huge volcanic area, then used for ranching and now a National Monument, before continuing up the Rio Grande to the Lower Gorge.    Read more

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