Travelogues USA

This morning I convince René to turn on the generator briefly to warm up the camper. In hindsight, we realize that the generator is not needed for this, as the heating is...

Howdy my lovelies 😎 I think yesterday was a very special day on our trip and we are uploading some pictures and texts for you. First we drive to the center of Tupelo to the...

KG: I would like to summarize our stay in New York in ONE post. On May 6th we set off from Washington to New York. We crossed the Hudson River over the Washington Bridge and...

February 20, 2024 Pearl Harbor I dedicated today to remembering an event so significant that it continues to impact my life to this day: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor....

The time has come: the long-awaited Vegas trip has happened and what can I say? It was even better than expected!! We flew to Las Vegas on Thursday and arrived at the casino at...

February 11, 2024 Los Angeles This stop was probably more of a technical stop. Everyone had to report to American immigration authorities by 10 a.m. For many of my previous...

So dear ones, we've been back home for almost a week now. We had a nice but also stressful week in Seattle and the surrounding area. The trip to the Pacific and the nice...

With our rental car we drove from New Jersey to Buffalo to Niagara Falls on November 28th. The difference to the road trip in Tanzania was immense. Wide streets, little traffic...

After almost 24 hours of travel, we arrived in New York on Friday (November 17th, 2023). From Nairobi we first went to London, where we had to change trains for the first time....

I had already landed in Newark as an exchange student in 1987/88 (and flew back to Germany from there almost a year later). However, I had hardly seen anything of the city at...

Sunday, October 22nd, 2023, day 22 This morning we left the campground in Kanab and drove to Bryce Canyon. It wasn't far, about 100 km, about an hour and a half. The landscape...

Friday, October 20, 2023, day 20 This morning we didn't move on, but stayed at our campground. Instead, we rented a jeep and drove to Monument Valley. This Jeep was a real...

Friday, October 13th, 2023, day 13 If you really want to do something crazy and adventurous, just drive through the middle of Los Angeles, Beverly Hills and Hollywood in a large...

Visiting Bill Monroe's home as a child and teenager is rewarding. Near the small village of Rosine in Ohio County, “Bill Monroe's Homeplace” is located in a large forest area. I...

Friday, September 6th, 2023, day 6 Today we had a quiet day, unfortunately I caught a cold somewhere and even had a bit of a fever this morning. So we didn't do anything...

After our departure from Yellowstone National Park we went back to the state of Utah. We looked for a motel on the highway, checked in very late and went straight to sleep. We...

Unfortunately, yesterday it was too dark to visit the small town of Bodega, where parts of the film "The Birds" by Alfred Hitchcock were filmed. So we made up for the visit the...

We haven't got in touch for two days now, but not because we didn't feel like it, but because we were simply relaxed. It was just a dream to be here and unfortunately we're...

From Arches NP we went across Utah to Saint George near Zion NP. With a good 350 miles it was probably the longest day trip of the holiday. Unfortunately, the Dinosaur Museum in...

The Grand Canyon is very photogenic. No matter from which perspective you photograph it, it always looks fantastic. We arrived at the national park around 5:00 PM and it was...

Enjoy the comfort of the hotel once again, walk along the beach in SF once again, and stroll along the pier once again. Because the camper van needs to be picked up at 1:00....

Day 11 From our beautiful hotel on Cape Cod we drive towards New Haven, where we want to visit Yale University tomorrow. Yale Campus Map But before we drive back to Interstate...

One fantastic experience followed the next yesterday. First thing in the morning, with breakfast not yet fully digested, the Golden Gate appeared in a band of clouds (see...

The motel in Kelso, which offered us a frugal breakfast but served us a lot of plastic waste, was conveniently located on the main road that kindly woke us up with traffic in...

From Everett and the motel with the most questionable guests, who fired off firecrackers at night (we hope they were firecrackers and not cartridges...) in the neighborhood and...

Our journey further into the western United States initially takes us to Kellogg and then to Coeur d'Alene. Here we had a very special "appointment". During our initial planning...

With a "new" car and in the hope that the new one will last long enough for us to return it in Las Vegas, we make our way to an "overlook" of Salt Lake City, the Ensign Peak, in...

Even during our last visit to Palm Springs a few years ago, a ride on the longest rotating cable car in the world, Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, was on the list. However, it...

What do you do when surrounded by palm trees? You go where there are even more palm trees. Not quite logical, but let's assume that for now 😊 With a means of transportation...

Same as yesterday. Sleep in, breakfast in the room this time, then we set off. First stop: the Las Vegas South Premium Outlets. Well, we didn't find them particularly...