Mammoth Lakes in the snow
2. oktober 2023, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 3 °C
First snow 2 days ago, yesterday it came down to the higher valleys. It was a cold night in the camper, first time I turned the heat on. But the scenery in Mammoth Lakes, California’s largest skiLæs mere
Into the Great Basin
3. oktober 2023, Forenede Stater ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
It was time to do the laundry today. I then visited an old train station Museum in the goldfields before leaving the Sierra Nevada region and heading east: over the White Mountains, where I took aLæs mere
Goldfields, Nevada - I‘m in love
4. oktober 2023, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
I stopped here yesterday evening, intending to visit the International Car Forest, but by the time I got here at the sun was already gone. So I spent the night, and what a luck! I totally fell in loveLæs mere
Aliens invading!
4. oktober 2023, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
I cross Nevada on the Extraterrestrial Highway after another Mining Town, Tonopah, where you can visit the actual mine sites
Cathedral Gorge State Park
5. oktober 2023, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
My first taste of the Red Rock Southwest - incredible formations of clay created by water. The area is a large valley bordered by clay walls that contain many slot canyons- see images. The walls areLæs mere
From Nevada to Utah
5. oktober 2023, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
My last stop in Nevada was Echo Lake State Park. 2 hours driving later I was in Utah, much lower and much hotter. No more freezing in the camper! A quick look at Snow Canyon before proceeding to QuailLæs mere
Zion NP
6. oktober 2023, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
I spent two days in Zion, biking into the canyon with the unbelievable mountains to the left, and to the right. Second day I hiked up to scouts overlook, 305 vertical meters on 2 km hike. Very amazingLæs mere
Bryce Canyon NP
8. oktober 2023, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
I thought Zion was unbelievable , Bryce Canyon is even more unbelievable. It is so large, you go 50 steps into any direction and the perspective complete the changes, no matter if you’re on the rimLæs mere
Red Canyon
9. oktober 2023, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
I drive down to the far reaches of Bryce Canyon. After really good Pizza at the lodge, I then backtrack a short distance to Red Canyon, similar yet different. You will be seeing a lot of images of redLæs mere
Kodachrome Basin State Park
10. oktober 2023, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Best campground I’ve been at in a long time, it’s a day to relax, and do the laundry again. The campground situated right in the basin with great views all around.
Rocks in many forms and colors
11. oktober 2023, Forenede Stater ⋅ 🌬 18 °C
After spending the morning in Kodachrome, biking the Panorama Trail, a short drive brings me to the Petrified Forest State Park in Escalante. Incredible, what kinds of colors the minerals created onLæs mere
From Escalante River to Torrey
12. oktober 2023, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C
This morning was mainly about driving, but through absolutely fantastic landscapes. Next to continuing on Scenic Route 12, I drove 20 km down the Burr Trail Road that leads deep into the wirelessLæs mere
Capitol Reef NP Day 1
12. oktober 2023, Forenede Stater ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
This national park was named after a long and forbidding mountain range, that rose before early explorers, like a reef from the ocean floor. To me, it presented itself as a long row of red cliffs fromLæs mere
Capitol Reef NP Day 2
13. oktober 2023, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Down the scenic drive, hiking up to Cassidy Arch and through Capitol Gorge. And I had the best fruit pie ever - there are historical Mormon orchards still in the park
Little Wild Horse Canyon
14. oktober 2023, Forenede Stater ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
I didn’t know what there was to do in Little Wild Horse State Park when I stopped there on the way to Goblin Valley. Well, a slot canyon, and a great one! The loop hike of 13 km went down a secondLæs mere
Goblin Valley State Park
14. oktober 2023, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
It‘s called Goblin Valley because… well, see for yourself!
Arches National Park
15. oktober 2023, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
More red rocks - famous for forming arches this time. The rock erodes from walls into „fins“, then arches or columns etc. The hike through Devil‘s Garden required climbing up and down fins orLæs mere
More Arches NP
16. oktober 2023, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 8 °C
Another half day in Arches to see the remaining arches, then I need to shop, shower and hit the road to Colorado
Mesa Verde NP
18. oktober 2023, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
I’m in Colorado, at the UNESCO wold heritage site preserving the largest concentration of houses of the Ancestral Pueblo people, ancestors of many South-Western indigenous peoples. Settled fromLæs mere
Cliff Palace & Durango
19. oktober 2023, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
After a guided tour to the famous Cliff Palace in Mess Verde in the morning, I drive through the beautiful landscape to Durango, the largest town in south west Colorado. Very nice place, niceLæs mere
Colorful Colorado
20. oktober 2023, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
This area is famous for the fall colors. I am a bit past the peak, but it’s still absolutely glorious. Add the mountains and colorful rocks and you have a picture perfect landscape.
San Juan Skyway
21. oktober 2023, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Gold- and silver mining towns of old now mine tourist dollars with winter ski slopes and ice climbing, and summer off-road/hiking/biking tourism. Images from Silverton and Ouray
Hidden splendor
22. oktober 2023, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
I say goodbye to the Alpine areas of Colorado after a very coordinated close to the town of Telluride, and drive the “Unaweep Tabeguache Scenic & Historic Byway” aka Rt 141. A very little known,Læs mere
Colorado National Monument
23. oktober 2023, Forenede Stater
The mighty Colorado River and its tributaries have carved these amazing canyons. Fantastic looks from above down into the river valley and the cities of Fruita and Grand Junction. The desert bighornLæs mere
Lost corner of Utah
23. oktober 2023, Forenede Stater ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
I follow the Colorado river, great creator of canyons. On a short section with a very bad road, crossing from the interstate to the river canyon, I stumble upon the most forgotten almost-ghost town ofLæs mere