Travelogues Arizona

After an American breakfast, I book a helicopter tour from Las Vegas to the Grand Canyon for the afternoon and evening. Until then, I drive through Vegas - a huge art world for...

We set off early in the morning to visit all of our stops on this day, because we wanted to take a 'little detour' (100 km) past Capitol Reef National Park. There was no...

Today we spent the first half of the day still in Las Vegas. First on the agenda was shopping. The air-conditioned shopping center was quite pleasant considering the scorching...

Welcome and good morning to Day Number 7! After a good night's sleep and a hearty breakfast of waffles, donuts, and cereal, our day started a bit later than usual. The reason...

Today we set off to another part of the canyon. After a short journey, we reached a charming train station, idyllically located by the canyon, not far from the gorge we wanted...

Plans are there to be changed. Yesterday we received the news that our planned tour through the Antelope Canyon had been cancelled because it was not possible to enter the...

Monday, October 16, 2023, day 16 This morning we were happier because we were able to leave the heater on in the RV overnight because we had electricity at our campground....

After the great experience at the Grand Canyon, we decided to drive further into the interior of the country to see more rock monuments. Along the Colorado River and the...

Now we are finally getting to the unplanned pleasure of visiting the southern rim (South Rim) of the Grand Canyon. This is certainly the more developed and touristy side of the...

Let's head towards the easternmost point of our journey, the Monument Valley. The drive takes about two hours, through landscapes that are not as attractive as before. However,...

We have booked a guided tour through the Lower Antelope Canyon for 11:30 a.m. today. So we need to be at the starting point of the guided tour through the Slot Canyon at 11:00...

Santa Fe was still mostly asleep as we started our day quite early. We wandered through the empty streets of the capital of New Mexico. The shops were still closed and there was...

Saguaro National Park

Yesterday we spent the day at the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson until early afternoon. Several hangars full of aircraft, mostly of military origin, were available for...

After Las Vegas, we went to the Grand Canyon for an overnight stay, spending sunny three days or maybe four? in and around the canyon. On the day of arrival, we decided to get...

The morning of the 6th day had a special highlight in store for us: A helicopter flight through the Grand Canyon! We enjoyed a...

We slept so deep and well - maybe Sedona's good 'emerging earth energy' after all?!? After some freshly baked waffles and a berry milkshake, we were ready for new adventures....

Today the south tempted us. From the Grand Canyon straight down to Sedona - a little more than 2 hours, easy. The landscape offered from the start -> rocky to endless needle...

Ausschlafen!! Wie schön. Das heisst, ich hatte den Wecker auf 6 Uhr gestellt um den Sonnenaufgang zu bewundern. Guter Vorsatz - nicht ganz ausgeführt... ;-) Ich sagte mir um 8...

From the most historic road in the United States

Three days, three states, three national parks: We used the long weekend for Labour Day for our first real road trip...

We got up at 3:40 AM because we needed to be at the Bellagio by 5:00 AM. We were then taken to the airport and from there we flew over the Hoover Dam to Page at 6:00 AM. It was...

The internal round in Monument Valley.

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...

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...

From today we are on a road trip again! Just this morning we picked up our Nissan Versa. And off we went for a fun drive to the Hoover Dam. Paid parking spaces are closer here...

One of the highlights of our trip was visiting the Grand Canyon, even though the first impression was quite hazy...

From one of the world's most famous natural wonders

Today, it was all about getting up early to explore the Grand Canyon and tackle an exciting hiking trail. We chose a manageable 8 km trail on Komoot that would take us through...

Now we are already two sick ones. Regina is struggling to get her aftereffects of the COVID illness under control and I woke up early at 3 AM with severe stomach pains....