Travelogues California

We had a wonderful stop in the small but beautiful town of Monterey. We strolled through the center and tasted the delicious clam chowder. The absolute highlight, however, was...

Once walk across the stars of the Walk of Fame in front of the famous Chinese theater. We can now check that off our to-do list. Then we went on the flatbed of a pickup...

Alex Romagnolo… an old US soccer friend. I played with him in Reno during the Spring Season. We were then able to compete in regional championships in Vegas, San Diego, and...

After a stroll through Fisherman's Wharf, grab a bike and ride over one of the most famous bridges in the world, the Golden Gate Bridge. If you're lucky, 'Carl the Fog' will...

New continent - new adventures! With this attitude, I crossed the Pacific Ocean to the USA. My first stop here is San Francisco for the next 3 days. My excitement and curiosity...

Tuesday, October 31, 2023, day 31 Today is Halloween, it has no meaning for us. We started at Clear Lake this morning and headed south back towards San Francisco. In Napa we...

This is a dune landscape near the Stovepipe Village campground. The area is vast, and the highest dune is 35 meters high, but it takes about 2 hours to walk there. The dunes...

Early in the morning at 5:30

Noch nicht bereit für Half Dome, einfach auch sehr spät los, und daher auf dem Weg zum Clouds Rest, nachher auf der anderen Seite runter, zu den Sunrise Lakes und auf dem JMT...

Day 4 was supposed to be tough - 8 miles along the river in the canyon and then boom, it felt like the stretch from Hamilton Lake to Precipice Lake and up to Wallace Creek on...

Today is my last day in the USA. I went by car to Bay Bridge again, which is just as beautiful as the Golden Gate Bridge in my opinion. There are amazing houses there from which...

Today I only explored the area around Mariposa. I went to some lakes nearby (Lake McCure) which were pretty empty. The whole area was very bleak and there was not a single green...

The Joshua Tree National Park and the surrounding area were visited in Palm Springs. But honestly, the place is too hot for me at 34 degrees Celsius at 10 in the morning! It's a...

Los Angeles was actually my hub for the next big goal... so I thought why not spend a few days there. Well... I was there 30 years ago and I have to say I spoiled my memories a...

American program: Aerospace & pedestrian-unfriendly asphalt desert ;) fortunately there are electric scooters! Ending the day at the beach, listening to guitar players...

This spot on the coast of Malibu is truly beautiful! When you walk along the beach, you can see the cliff and sand dunes from a distance. You can reach the top via a small...

On Wednesday, we visited Calico, a ghost town that is now like an open-air museum. It was really nice there. We were able to ride the train and walk through a real old silver...

The last three nights we spent relaxed on the beach. In the morning, half asleep, we stumbled out of the camper van directly to the beach and in the evening back again....

Heading towards the desert. Joshua Tree National Park in the Californian desert is our destination for today. Very pleasant nowadays to drive through these dry and windy...

After the night in Exeter (for the first time since Sunday in a double room, but it was huge 😊), on Friday we drove for a long time through a consistently similar landscape:...

After a long, calm flight, we finally landed in Los Angeles. Compared to last time, the immigration process was easier and faster, as we can now scan our passport and...

San Diego is beautiful! Everything here is so clean and tidy, completely different from LA. I saw dolphins and pelicans at the beach, and in the evenings, street performers...

From the highest point of the peninsula, you have a fantastic view of the city. The Cabrillo National Monument commemorates the Portuguese explorer Cabrillo, who in 1542 became...

The first road to the west is only at Lake Tahoe, so we have to drive north and cover the distance there first.

Hello my loved ones 😊 Today we went to see the oldest living beings on Earth, the sequoia trees in Sequoia National Park. These trees are already 2000 years old and have...

Some wonder about Denmark ?? Well, almost :) Danish immigrants founded the town of Solvang and remained loyal to their homeland. In addition to the architecture, there is...

As announced, we stayed exclusively in the Redwood on Day 9. We started in the morning with the Cathedral Trail, which consists of several intergrown Redwoods. The...

Joshua Tree

Today we once again traveled to Sausalito via the Golden Gate Bridge. The place is on the other side of the bay and really beautiful. We had already seen it the day before, and...

The alarm went off at 6.00 a.m. today. And at 6.15 a.m. again😅 But then it went very quickly. Quick breakfast included with the motel (limited selection) and off we went. After...