Last day of the trip. On the program is Old Tucson Studios, Sonora Desert Museum and Saguaro National Park. First to the Old Tucson Studios. This is where the Duke shot his most famous films (e.g. El Dorado). Almost everything is as it was 30 years ago, except the computer cash registers, which are new. […]
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USA Southwest Tour 2010
Samstag 23. Oktober 2010
Suzanne from the reception said yesterday that it would be cloudy the next few days… At shortly before 7 the first cigarette outside, she is probably right. At breakfast it slowly clears up – Suzanne was wrong. Great, then drive up the road to Oak Creek Canyon again and look without clouds and rain. No […]
Friday October, 22nd 2010
Second day at the Grand Canyon and unfortunately no cloudless sky, on the contrary, completely overcast. So, after breakfast, drive down the South Rim and then via Walnut Canyon to Sedona. A few good views of the canyon but there was still and at the sun hole also an excellent far view. In the end, […]
Thursday October, 21st 2010
Second day Page and trip to Grand Canyon is today on the program. First it goes with the booked tour to the Upper Antelope Canyon. 32$ for 1.5 hours (of which a little over an hour guided with explanations and the rest free exploring) I find now really not too exaggerated. In Germany you already […]
Wednesday October, 20th 2010
Coyote Buttes North Day! The Wave! With the permit in our pocket for two months, we’re off to the Wirepass Trailhead in the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness area today. The weather forecast is not so sparkling, but a try has to be. First to the Paria Canyon Ranger Station. There are already 70 people in […]
Tuesday October, 19th 2010
Long day today… From Zuni we first go to Chinle to Canyon de Chelly. There once over the South-Rim Scenic Drive. That’s 15 miles just on the rim. The road is bad, but passable. From Canyon de Chelly we go to Monument Valley. I am a bit disappointed by Monument Valley. If you’ve already seen […]
Monday October, 18th 2010
Drive to Zuni Land, or more precisely to Zuni. Here Bed & Breakfast is the order of the day. The only time on the tour. Actually I didn’t want to go here, but the direct way to Page would have been simply too far and therefore still a stopover. First of all a box with […]
Sunday October, 17th 2010
El Paso Day 2. We drove over the Franklin Mountains from Las Cruces to El Paso. Then we drove around a little in El Paso, visited the former Gibson’s. Where there used to be a simple (but huge) supermarket, there is now another outlet store. Around noon we tried to get into Fort Bliss. The […]
Saturday October, 16th 2010
El Paso Day. First to the Cielo Vista Mall. Unfortunately, the Garmin fails again completely. Turn right where there is nothing. There I have the thing first of all shot from the dashboard … N-A-V-I-G-O-N forever! Manually it also finds itself. Everything has changed completely. The many small stalls inside the mall didn’t exist back then. […]
Friday October, 15th 2010
Finally it goes in the direction of “old home”. I’m curious what has changed so much. But before that from Alamogordo to Carlsbad to the Carlsbad Caverns. The cave is known worldwide and very nicely developed in a typical American way. Paths lead down through the natural entrance and down through the cave. After Carlsbad, […]