fehrsontheroad

..except for sausages, which have two 😉 Unfortunately, these 5.5 weeks really flew by. To finish off, we treated ourselves to a particularly lovely camping experience in...

Memorial Day is actually a 'serious' matter. It honors all fallen US soldiers who have died in battle for their country. However, Memorial Day Weekend is primarily one thing for...

We actually planned about 90% of our trip (obligatorily) in advance - only the last week was left open because we simply didn’t know where exactly we would be or where we wanted...

Even from a distance, one can see the impressive 'Morro Rock' - the landmark of Morro Bay. The long-extinct volcano shapes the landscape of the beautiful bay. Next to it...

From Santa Cruz we continued to Monterey, also a lovely coastal town where we made a brief stop. There's also the '17 Mile Drive', a particularly beautiful coastal stretch...

From San Francisco, we continued to Boulder Creek in the hilly Redwood forests. The road there again reminded me of a Swiss pass, but fortunately with significantly less traffic...

Going to San Francisco with a camper? Sure, no problem! But it's definitely better to 'park' a bit outside since the city is anything but 'camper-friendly' - more on that later...

Tunnel Log

Badwater Basin

...actually almost part 3, if you count Reto's sports reporting 😉 But Las Vegas is just so amazing that it deserves at least three posts 😂 Our explorations of the Strip...

Third highest row

...but before that, we took a detour to the Valley of Fire on the way. It's not called that for nothing: the rock formations and colors live up to the name and shine in the most...

'Welcome to winter wonderland' would probably be the more suitable title here 😂 For the first time on our trip, the weather didn't cooperate for two days. During the short,...

Antelope Canyon

Before we got to that point, we still had a long drive from Needles to the Grand Canyon ahead of us. We had planned two stops along the way: Oatman, an old gold mining town with...

Grilling is very popular; we even had salmon 😋

Aerial Tramway

The Americans are indeed a bit 'unique', and we haven't quite warmed up to their 'always friendly but completely forced' nature (and probably never will 😉). However, they are...

On Friday, it was time to head back to LA to return the rental car and pick up the camper. We already knew it would be a very long day, but unfortunately, it ended up being even...

I have great childhood memories of San Diego - and even now, many years later, I still find the city simply wonderful - so diverse, with so many great things to do 🤩 But to...

The weather has been really good to us so far; occasionally it's a bit 'foggy' in the mornings, but then the sun always shines from the bright blue sky 🌞 My personal favorite...

So, in the meantime we have somewhat settled in - still not completely 'digested' the jetlag, but we had expected it to be worse 😉 The journey went - apart from a 4-hour delay...

Only two suitcases of 23kg for five people? Reactions like 'What, that's impossible!' to 'I could never manage that!' were not uncommon 😉 But: these people don't know my past....

Yay, the 'monthly mark' has been crossed. In just over 3 weeks, it begins! Planning-wise, we have been 'ready' for quite some time now - much to our chagrin. I don't think Reto...