Mammoth Lakes in the snow
2 Ekim 2023, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 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 skiOkumaya devam et
Into the Great Basin
3 Ekim 2023, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ⛅ 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 aOkumaya devam et
Goldfields, Nevada - I‘m in love
4 Ekim 2023, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 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 loveOkumaya devam et
Aliens invading!
4 Ekim 2023, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 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 Ekim 2023, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 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 areOkumaya devam et
From Nevada to Utah
5 Ekim 2023, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 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 QuailOkumaya devam et
Zion NP
6 Ekim 2023, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 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 amazingOkumaya devam et
Bryce Canyon NP
8 Ekim 2023, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 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 rimOkumaya devam et
Red Canyon
9 Ekim 2023, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 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 redOkumaya devam et
Kodachrome Basin State Park
10 Ekim 2023, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 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 Ekim 2023, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ 🌬 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 onOkumaya devam et
From Escalante River to Torrey
12 Ekim 2023, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 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 wirelessOkumaya devam et
Capitol Reef NP Day 1
12 Ekim 2023, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ⛅ 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 fromOkumaya devam et
Capitol Reef NP Day 2
13 Ekim 2023, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 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 Ekim 2023, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ⛅ 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 secondOkumaya devam et
Goblin Valley State Park
14 Ekim 2023, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
It‘s called Goblin Valley because… well, see for yourself!
Arches National Park
15 Ekim 2023, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 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 orOkumaya devam et
More Arches NP
16 Ekim 2023, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 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 Ekim 2023, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 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 fromOkumaya devam et
Cliff Palace & Durango
19 Ekim 2023, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 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, niceOkumaya devam et
Colorful Colorado
20 Ekim 2023, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 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 Ekim 2023, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 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 Ekim 2023, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 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,Okumaya devam et
Colorado National Monument
23 Ekim 2023, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
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 bighornOkumaya devam et
Lost corner of Utah
23 Ekim 2023, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ⋅ ☀️ 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 ofOkumaya devam et