Capitol Reef - Glen Canyon
22. huhtikuuta, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ⛅ 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,Lue lisää
Natural Bridges NM
23. huhtikuuta, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☁️ 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 allLue lisää
Ancient Pueblo Culture
24. huhtikuuta, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 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 NationalLue lisää
Canyonlands NP Needles District
25. huhtikuuta, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☁️ 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 throughLue lisää
Arches NP
26. huhtikuuta, Yhdysvallat ⋅ 🌬 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. huhtikuuta, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☁️ 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 andLue lisää
Fisher Towers
27. huhtikuuta, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☁️ 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,Lue lisää
Colorado National Monument
28. huhtikuuta, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☁️ 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, theLue lisää
Sedona Day 1
8. toukokuuta, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☁️ 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, youLue lisää
Sedona Day 2
9. toukokuuta, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☁️ 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 CrescentLue lisää
Sedona Day 3
10. toukokuuta, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☁️ 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 atLue lisää
Oak Creek Canyon / Walnut Canyon NM
11. toukokuuta, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☁️ 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 ofLue lisää
Flagstaff
11. toukokuuta, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☁️ 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. ILue lisää
Take it eeeeeasy… Winslow, Arizona
12. toukokuuta, Yhdysvallat ⋅ 🌬 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 quicklyLue lisää
Petrified Forest NP
13. toukokuuta, Yhdysvallat ⋅ 🌬 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 theLue lisää
Canyon de Chelly
14. toukokuuta, Yhdysvallat ⋅ 🌬 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, asLue lisää
Navajo Nation
15. toukokuuta, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 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 throughLue lisää
El Morro & El Malpais
16. toukokuuta, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☁️ 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 PuebloLue lisää
Acoma Pueblo
16. toukokuuta, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 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 beingLue lisää
Albuquerque
17. toukokuuta, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 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, watchingLue lisää
Santa Fe & Co. - Ancestral Pueblo
19. toukokuuta, Yhdysvallat ⋅ 🌬 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 byLue lisää
Santa Fe Town
20. toukokuuta, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ⛅ 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 onLue lisää
Santa Fe & Co. - Spanish Settlers
21. toukokuuta, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☁️ 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 churchLue lisää
Bandelier National Monument
21. toukokuuta, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 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 storageLue lisää
Los Alamos / Valle Caldera / Rio Grande
22. toukokuuta, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 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 fromLue lisää

































































































































































































































































































































































































































































