Travelogues USA

Saturday, October 21, 2023, day 21 We started in Monument Valley and had a relaxed tour through northern Arizona to Lake Powell, where the Colorado River is dammed by a dam. The...

Located on the Ohio River, the city of Owensboro has approximately 60,000 residents, making it the fourth largest city in the state of Kentucky. It is also considered a...

Saturday, October 14th, 2023, day 14 With Arizona we are now exploring the third state after California and Nevada. We set off from Las Vegas in sunshine on a Saturday morning...

Saturday, October 7th, 2023, day 7 Today the entire day was under the light of Olga and Jens' wedding. To do this, we first drove to her house and were picked up from there by a...

We've had quite a ride today. The flight from Frankfurt to New York was flawless (start at 11 a.m. German time) and couldn't be better described in the textbook. Afterwards, in...

What a change, from one lane in the Keys with totally chilled traffic to 8 lanes and 3 interstates. Very intense. Only 1:45h travel time, but a completely different world. We...

We're sitting in the car again. Now we're off to the penultimate stop - the Keys. We are super excited about what awaits us there. We're currently driving across the Everglades,...

Ok… that was exciting. Since Saturday we have been preparing for Idalia here via television and the weather app: the weather channel is constantly broadcasting the...

We unexpectedly had to stay in Ludlow, a small town in the middle of nowhere, due to a storm. As a 'reward', we decided to treat ourselves to a real American breakfast at the...

Unfortunately, we are leaving this great and very peaceful campsite again today. We will make a quick final visit to the Grand Canyon, take care of the RV routine (emptying...

After the museum, we were quite tired because walking and reading for 3 hours makes you tired. So we go to Central Park, which is right outside the museum door, and rest there...

We have to leave the campsite in Springdale at 11:00 am, we park our RV at the paid parking lot across the street. The daily rate for RVs is $40 and must be deposited in a box....

Today promises to be a bit stressful. The takeover of our rental motorhome is on the agenda. First, we (and hundreds of others) have to check out of the hotel, we try to do it...

After the long walk yesterday, we dare to use the 'Uber' app for the first time and call an UberXL (for 5 people). No more than 6 minutes later, the Toyota with a young Asian...

Let's start exploring the city! Since we're staying relatively central at Fisherman's Wharf, we decide to start on foot. The first detour takes us to Lombard Street, a narrow,...

On our way from Tulare to Ridgecrest, our overnight stay before heading to Death Valley, we passed by Lake Isabella. By chance, we learned that there is something special about...

The stops of the last few days were merely to split the journey to Seattle into a few days. It would not have been possible to go straight from Yellowstone NP to Seattle. With...

To get our limbs used to dry conditions again, today it was time to hike a small, short trail to the Canyon Overlook in Zion National Park. Thorsten had already walked this path...

The day was actually dedicated to the Great Sand Dunes in Alamosa/Colorado. Normally, it takes about three hours by car from Santa Fe. However, if you combine the travel day...

After breakfast, we headed straight to California Street to the cable car stop. Taking a ride on the cable car is a must in SF. Due to track cleaning, our cable car was quite...

At 10 o'clock our minivan was exchanged for 2 Jeep Wrangler 4D. From there we went via the Saddle Road to Mauna Kea. After a short acclimatization time at the Visitors Center...

Rain, wind and snow is perfect for our day today. After raining all night, we headed towards Downtown. We had breakfast alla Italiana at a small Italian bakery. We continued...

This time I find jet lag very uncomfortable. We were all awake at 3 a.m. That would have been useful in Japan, where we were traveling in a camper and trying to cover several...

Endlich konnten wir am Morgen auf dem Campingplatz wieder die Solardusche benutzen! Es ist jedoch nicht so einfach, etwas zu finden, an dem man sie befestigen kann, da Bäume in...

Nuestra primera parada a lo largo de la carretera 395 fue el Lago Mono. Es un lugar extraño, pero muy interesante y sorprendente. Debido a la falta de salida, el agua del lago...

Wir waren ein wenig erschöpft von den letzten Kletterabenteuern, also ruhten wir uns den größten Teil des Tages aus und nutzten die Zeit für die Planung. Es war auch wettermäßig...

In Yosemite National Park, we had a bit of bad luck in general. When we drove into the valley for the first time in the morning, we almost couldn’t see anything except smoke. We...

Las Vegas experience - winner, winner chicken dinner

Thursday, 09/29/2022. Since almost all activities were canceled due to the upcoming arrival of Ian, we decided to visit the Exchange Building today. Built between 1767-1771, it...

On August 20th, we took the bus from Squamish via Vancouver to Seattle. We were excited to travel to the USA, but also a little nervous as it isn’t guaranteed that you’re...