USA - Der wilde Westen

18.06. / Saturday / Frankfurt - Stuttgart Felt like 3:30am (local time 11:30am) we land in Frankfurt at 16°C. So not much different than in Denver. My two bags are among the...

17.06. / Friday / Estes Park - Denver Airport - Return Flight We have breakfast in the room, outside it is wet and there was thunderous thunder during the night. At 58°F (14°C)...

16.06. / Donnerstag / Estes Park – Rocky Mountain National Park Wir frühstücken wieder auf der Terrasse in der Sonne und fahren gemütlich gegen halb elf zum Rocky Mountain...

15.06. / Wednesday / Estes Park We get up leisurely at 9:30 am. What a luxury. No discoveries await, no education. I quickly go to Safeway for a coffee and then we have...

14.06. / Tuesday / Salt Lake City - Estes Park At 08.40 we leave Salt Lake City heading east. The Interstate 80 is our road for the next 540 miles (870 kilometers) today. We had...

13.06. / Monday / Salt Lake City It is quite cloudy, but around 20°C when we leave the hotel on foot at 9:30 am. We go to Temple Square, the Mormon complex in the city center....

12.06. / Sunday / Jackson-Salt Lake City It's raining and the clouds are almost touching the ground as we roll out of the hotel parking lot at 8:30 am. Today, our road is...

11.06. / Saturday / Teton-Jackson At 10:00 am we left our apartment and drove to Teton Village to drop off our key at the property management office. Teton Village is a complete...

10.06. / Friday / Grand Teton National Park Three weeks of vacation are over today. Time flies. I wake up again at 6:15 am and after yesterday's experience, we sit in the car at...

06/09 / Thursday / Grand Teton National Park I wake up at 06:15 am from the sunshine! Sun! Unbelievable! We get up at 8:00 am - everything is all closed up. Shit. One hour...

08.06. / Wednesday / Yellowstone - Teton After watching a great movie about Yellowstone National Park in winter on TV, we know that we are really lucky with our current...

07.06 / Tuesday / Gardiner - Yellowstone National Park - Gardiner OK, the alarm clock dutifully rang at 5.00 am and I promptly stumbled out of bed to assess the weather through...

06.06. / Monday / Cody - Gardiner (Yellowstone) We leave shortly after 9:00 a.m., which means we are a bit late to take the direct route to Yellowstone National Park. The East...

05.06. / Sunday / Sheridan - Bighorn Canyon - Cody We quickly get a sandwich at WalMart and start driving. The hotel didn't have breakfast or a hairdryer. We remember: Motel 6...

04.06. / Saturday / Spearfish-Devils Tower-Sheridan After an extensive shopping spree at WalMart, we are all loaded up in the car heading towards Devils Tower. But first, we...

03.06. / Friday / Hill City - Badlands National Park - Deadwood At 7.30 a.m., we leave the hotel and head towards Badlands National Park. The drive initially leads to Keystone,...

02.06. / Thursday / Hot Springs-Custer State Park – Mount Rushmore – Hill City We are in the car at 09:30 and surprised by the warmth and nearly 60% humidity. Hot Springs is...

01.06. / Wednesday / Denver-Scottsbluff-Hot Springs It is completely overcast as we depart from the hotel at 68°F (20°C) at 10:00 am. The mountains are barely visible and are...

31.05. / Dienstag / Denver Wir gehen zu Fuß ins Stadtzentrum, was etwa 25 Minuten dauert. Wir bemerken, dass um unser Hotel herum sehr noble Häuser stehen oder sehr stylische...

30.05. / Monday / Denver After breakfast at the hotel, we drive to Cherry Creek Mall, the largest shopping center between Chicago and San Francisco (according to the owners)....

29.05.2011 / Sunday / Aspen-Denver A great breakfast awaits us at the hotel after all! Even with dark bread, real cheese, and even cold cuts. Unfortunately, I'm not hungry at...

28.05. / Saturday / Palisades-Aspen We have breakfast outside in the sun, how nice! Therefore, we only leave at 10:30 am and continue rolling on Highway 70 to the east. At...

27.05. / Friday / Moab-Palisades Can it really be that we flew off from Germany a week ago today? One week? We have seen so much already and are so far away from everyday life!...

26.05.2011 / Thursday / Mexican Hat-Moab When our neighbors leave at 05:30, I am awake. Too bad. Today I could have gotten up without an alarm clock. I listen to my audiobook...

25.05. / Wednesday / Monument Valley We really get up at 5:00 am and sit in the car in the dark at 48°F (9°C). But the sun is coming and we see it slowly rising behind us. ...

May 24, 2011 / Tuesday / Cortez-Mesa Verde-Mexican Hat We leave the hotel parking lot at 6:45 am. The sun is just rising and a storm is approaching. But as always in Colorado,...

23.05. / Monday / Durango-Silverton-Cortez We already have to be at the Durango train station at 8.00 am, which is only 150 meters away from the hotel. We have already...

Pagosa Springs

21.05. / Saturday / Denver-Alamosa Naturally, I am awake at 3:30 am local time and think it must be noon already. I listen to my audiobook and we get up at 5:30 am and have...

20.05. / Friday / Stuttgart-Frankfurt-Denver The flight is on time, but the plane is incredibly cramped. LH flies on the Denver route with jumbos that do not have screens in the...