Salton Sea - a dying lake & communi
2023年11月22日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
This lake came to be in 1905 through a broken dam and water flowing into a basin 70 m below sea level for two years. A new vacation dreamland for Southern California, beach towns sprang up around theもっと詳しく
The desert‘s alive!
2023年11月23日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Anza-Borrego State Park is populated with tons of animals - including extinct species 😉
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
2023年11月24日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
I spent Thanksgiving in a very nice campground in Ocotillo Wells and explore the state park. All the animals sculptures are in the town of Borrego Springs, a very nice and surprisingly green place inもっと詳しく
San Diego Day 1 - Oldtown
2023年11月25日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
A mixture between open air museum and amusement park, Oldtown protects historical buildings in the first town side below the first Mission Church. Apart from that, it’s Fiesta Mexicana : tons ofもっと詳しく
San Diego Day 2 - The Midway
2023年11月26日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
The 1945 aircraft carrier Midway served until 1991 and was even the Flagship in Desert Storm - with 1950s technology! The many volunteers, often high-ranking officers, understandably proud of theもっと詳しく
San Diego Day 2 - Harbor Cruise
2023年11月26日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
I needed to end my visit to the Midway in order to catch my harbor cruise going up and down San Diego Bay with an amazing sunset. A lot of the bay is taken up by navy installations, both shipyards,もっと詳しく
San Diego Day 3
2023年11月27日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Today I travel into the history of San Diego and the settlement of Alta California. Starting with a walk on 1950s playground Shelter Island, back to 1542 when Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo become the firstもっと詳しく
San Diego Day 4 - the Zoo
2023年11月28日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
San Diego has the biggest and best zoo in North America and I spent the entire day there, managing to see about half. The place is really huge and has animals that I didn’t know existed. Here’s aもっと詳しく
San Diego Day 5 - Downtown
2023年11月29日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
I finally make it to downtown in daylight, walking around the financial district and the old part called Gaslamp Quarter. Up the hill is Balboa Park, where the zoo is also located, now the largestもっと詳しく
San Diego Day 5 - Sea Creatures
2023年11月29日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Still in San Diego, but I’m starting to make my way north along the coast to La Jolla. I visit the Birch Aquarium to take a look at the critters, swimming off the coast of California (the zoo doesもっと詳しく
Xmas in San Diego Botanical Garden
2023年11月29日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌙 15 °C
I read about the event called Lightscape in some visitor guide and thought it sounds really nice. It was really nice ! Christmas spirit under palm trees with really cool light installations byもっと詳しく
Mission San Juan Capistrano
2023年11月30日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
This morning it was raining heavily, therefore I didn’t leave before 10. Today’s plan was to circumnavigate the entire Los Angeles region, I’ll not visit it this trip. Just to the south of it,もっと詳しく
Ventura
2023年12月1日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
SoCal Lifestyle (Southern California)! Waking up with a view of the waves, walks along the beach, watching the surfers, admiring yachts, lunch on the terrace, yeah! That’s what I thought it would beもっと詳しく
Santa Barbara
2023年12月1日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Super nice town! At some point, they decided to adopt a Mexican Spanish look all over town, and that together with the incredibly green streets at the impressive backdrop of mountains, on one side,もっと詳しく
Mission La Purisima
2023年12月2日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
After the morning in Santa Barbara, I drive to the small town of Lompoc. The old Spanish mission here has been reconstructed, including a lot of its farm and workshop buildings. Most of the missionsもっと詳しく
A day on the Coast
2023年12月3日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Great birdwatching today at a lake and the piers. Seaside towns, piers, piers, beach, more beach… I also visit a Monarch Butterfly Grove. These large butterflies migrate between the north Pacificもっと詳しく
Montagna de Oro SP
2023年12月4日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Just south of Morro Bay is this state park that protects a wild and wonderful part of the coast. It’s named mountain of gold for the many California gold poppies blooming in spring. A few were alsoもっと詳しく
Morro Bay
2023年12月5日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Definitely the most charming and diverse town I’ve been to yet. Situated in a big lagoon or bay, it has everything: marshes with tons of birds, calm waters, LOTS of sea otters, a rocky coast, and aもっと詳しく
Monterey
2023年12月6日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Monterey and surrounds are definitely wealthy. The town, however, celebrates its past as the sardine capital of the world and the its canneries. Fisherman’s wharf and Cannery Row are extremelyもっと詳しく
Monterey Bay Aquarium
2023年12月6日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Despite the sun on the previous pictures, the day was predominantly rainy, perfect to go visit the world-famous aquarium. This is indeed the best zoo or aquarium I’ve ever been to in terms ofもっと詳しく
Pacific Grove
2023年12月7日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
The rich town next to Monterey with a very nice oceanfront walk. I take the boat, the bike along the coast, and spent some time walking around downtown as well as another stop in downtown Monterey.もっと詳しく
Driving back to Vancouver
2023年12月8日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 5 °C
2,5 days on the interstate I-5 from Monterey to Vancouver…. sun, fog and pouring rain. But here I am, flying back tomorrow…
Joshua Tree NP Day 1
2024年3月3日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌬 9 °C
Driving back from Los Angeles to Joshua tree national park today, with shopping stops, etc. I arrive, fairly late at night. Enough to get a glimpse of the fantastic landscape.
Joshua Tree NP Day 2
2024年3月4日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
I spent two days in this fantastic national park, known for the Joshua trees, and not known for the fantastic granite formations everywhere. And old mines!
Joshua Tree NP Day 3
2024年3月5日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Today I do two long hikes, to lost horse, mine and split rock. I’ve then drove south through the park, transitioning from the Mohave desert into the hotter and dryer Colorado desert. From Joshuaもっと詳しく