Ancient graffiti
2024年5月18日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 82 °F
These petroglyphs have been carved on the rocks here from about 2000 years ago, until about 600 years ago. Added to by successive generations. They're a mix of animals, humans and geometric patterns.
Alien landscapes
2024年5月18日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 82 °F
Some more panoramic views of the badlands and painted desert within the Petrafied Forest National Park. Such a hostile place, not like earth at all.
How the west was won
2024年5月18日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌬 79 °F
There are endless freight trains running both east and west through the desert,many of them, like this one, over a mile long. I caught it in video to give a sense of the scale.
Camping in New Mexico
2024年5月18日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 72 °F
We're camping tonight in six mile canyon, in the Cibola National Forest and Grasslands.
Climbing Boca Negra
2024年5月19日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 77 °F
We've arrived in Alberqueque, home of Breaking Bad. My uncle from Ireland happens to be visiting a more distant cousin of ours here this week. So if it works out and they aren't elsewhere, we're goingもっと詳しく
Looking for Heisenberg
2024年5月19日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F
James and I drove around Alberqueque this afternoon looking at some of the filming locations for Breaking Bad
Didn't get to see Uncle Felix
2024年5月19日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 90 °F
We finally connected, but sadly they had gone up to Los Alamos. Bummer that it didn't work out, but that's the way it goes.
Wild, wild horses
2024年5月19日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
We're camping in the Lincoln National Forest, at Three Rivers. We arrived just before sunset, got distracted by some wild horses nearby and now we're cooking and putting up our tents in the dark.
Under the stars
2024年5月20日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌙 55 °F
The moon didn't set until about 4am here, so I got up early to try to take a picture of the Milky Way. I knew it would be visible and wow it is spectacular. My picture does not capture reality at all.もっと詳しく
Breakfast time
2024年5月20日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 54 °F
White Sands National Park
2024年5月20日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 66 °F
I didn't get a chance to post this stop during the trip. One of the National Parks that we visited was the White Sands National Park. An F16 fighter from the nearby White Sands AirForce base hadもっと詳しく
Smokey the Bear was real
2024年5月20日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌬 81 °F
Orphaned in a forest fire close by, Smokey became the symbol for fire safety. He is actually buried here in Capitan.
More alien shenanigans
2024年5月20日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 100 °F
We've arrived in Roswell, where in 1947 a UFO is believed by some to have crashed. The government said it was a tracking balloon, but then the government almost always lies. So who knows... Ha,もっと詳しく
Y'all
2024年5月20日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌬 93 °F
We've decided it's steak night. Trying the Cattle Baron. We've already had 4 "Y'all"s. I love the real west.
Roswell after dark
2024年5月20日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌙 88 °F
One last spin around Roswell
2024年5月21日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
Just had one last look around Roswell before heading to Texas.
旅行者Unattended children will be given a double expresso and given a free puppy to bring home.
The road to Lubbock
2024年5月21日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌬 77 °F
James first stopping point in Texas is Lubbock where he will do two days of new employee orientation. The drive from Roswell to Lubbock was mostly through farmland.
He met his fellow interns onもっと詳しく
Texas welcomes its newest Texan
2024年5月21日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌬 84 °F
James arrives in Texas, his home for the next couple of months.
The road to Big Bend National Park
2024年5月21日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌙 84 °F
Della and I left James in the afternoon, and headed south to Big Bend National Park. We arrived in the park after midnight, and found a secluded corner to catch some sleep.
Lots of animals on theもっと詳しく
Teralingua
2024年5月22日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F
A ghost town along the Mexican border. It was once a thriving mercury mining town, then abandoned and now partially inhabited by a few desert living folk, mix of artists and those trying to get someもっと詳しく
旅行者Stones and sunshine, it reminds me of many of the Roman ruins I've see in places like Jordan and Israel in particular, but also Rome. It also reminds me of Egyptian ruins a bit. Same reason I think.
Santa Elena
2024年5月22日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 82 °F
This is the Santa Elena canyon. There are people walking up into the canyon on this first picture to give a sense of scale.
The cliff face on the left is Mexico (Chihuahua), and the right is USAもっと詳しく
旅行者Ha, ha, I was going to say something like that. I remember you telling me that a lot of folks in Russia actually call you Elena 🤣
旅行者Yeah, Lena is short from Elena. But I'm written as Lena in my passport and other official documents. I love the place though, I bet we can call me Elena for once 😁
旅行者Nooo, not sure about this part to be honest 😁 you don't know me in Russian, I'm completely different person 😂
Out and about in the park
2024年5月22日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 84 °F
A few shots from around the park, more to follow
How the other half lives
2024年5月22日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 106 °F
Big Bend is up next to the Rio Grande which forms some of the border with Mexico. In the past, a crossing operated over to the village of Boquillas del Carmen, but it was closed when I was there. Theもっと詳しく
Heading back to Lubbock
2024年5月22日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 93 °F
Driving back North to pick up James. Took a few pictures from the roadside
旅行者
I grew up in an oil region, so I hope nobody blames me when I say it's beautiful ☺️
旅行者There is something very hypnotic or relaxing about them. It's a very relaxed motion.
旅行者There is something very hypnotic or relaxing about them. It's a very relaxed motion.
旅行者New pomping machines doesn't have these things actually and this is why it also feels nostalgic
旅行者I didn't see my first oil pumps until about 10 years ago. We have them in parts of California too. I haven't seen any, other than this design.
旅行者Yeah, US is more about old fashion oil industry. I remember driving through field of these machines while we heading to Sequoia park. In Russia, there are still same, but you can see them less and less.
Highly recommended
2024年5月23日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F
A wonderful friend gave me this shirt-pocket sized guide to all the USA national parks. It's been a life saver, as we almost always arrive when the visitor centers are closed.
旅行者Another wow! We need Andrey to read this graffiti
旅行者We absolutely need him on the job.