Capitol Reef - Glen Canyon
22 Nisan, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ⛅ 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,Okumaya devam et
Natural Bridges NM
23 Nisan, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☁️ 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 allOkumaya devam et
Ancient Pueblo Culture
24 Nisan, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 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 NationalOkumaya devam et
Canyonlands NP Needles District
25 Nisan, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☁️ 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 throughOkumaya devam et
Arches NP
26 Nisan, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ 🌬 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 Nisan, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☁️ 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 andOkumaya devam et
Fisher Towers
27 Nisan, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☁️ 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,Okumaya devam et
Colorado National Monument
28 Nisan, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☁️ 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, theOkumaya devam et
Sedona Day 1
8 Mayıs, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☁️ 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, youOkumaya devam et
Sedona Day 2
9 Mayıs, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☁️ 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 CrescentOkumaya devam et
Sedona Day 3
10 Mayıs, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☁️ 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 atOkumaya devam et
Oak Creek Canyon / Walnut Canyon NM
11 Mayıs, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☁️ 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 ofOkumaya devam et
Flagstaff
11 Mayıs, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☁️ 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. IOkumaya devam et
Take it eeeeeasy… Winslow, Arizona
12 Mayıs, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ 🌬 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 quicklyOkumaya devam et
Petrified Forest NP
13 Mayıs, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ 🌬 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 theOkumaya devam et
Canyon de Chelly
14 Mayıs, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ 🌬 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, asOkumaya devam et
Navajo Nation
15 Mayıs, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 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 throughOkumaya devam et
El Morro & El Malpais
16 Mayıs, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☁️ 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 PuebloOkumaya devam et
Acoma Pueblo
16 Mayıs, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 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 beingOkumaya devam et
Albuquerque
17 Mayıs, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 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, watchingOkumaya devam et
Santa Fe & Co. - Ancestral Pueblo
19 Mayıs, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ 🌬 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 byOkumaya devam et
Santa Fe Town
20 Mayıs, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ⛅ 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 onOkumaya devam et
Santa Fe & Co. - Spanish Settlers
21 Mayıs, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☁️ 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 churchOkumaya devam et
Bandelier National Monument
21 Mayıs, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 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 storageOkumaya devam et
Los Alamos / Valle Caldera / Rio Grande
22 Mayıs, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 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 fromOkumaya devam et

































































































































































































































































































































































































































































