Yosemite, been on our list already for a while and finally we made it up here. Clearly a place you want to see, but be prepared for the crowds. With more than 4 million visitors a year it will be tough finding the lonely spots at least in Yosemite Valley. […]
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After spending the Christmas days in Nevada, we are now back in California, on our way to the Yosemite National Park. Well originally our plan was that this will be our next stop, but then the weekend came in-between. As we tried to avoid the crowds on the weekend in […]
Blackrock Desert; a place we never heard about before and a place that was also not on our agenda at all. We would have never ended-up here if they would not have broken-up our car. As we had to go to Reno in Nevada to pick-up our new camera backpack […]
California, sunny beaches and surfing on the Pacific Ocean, isn’t that the picture you have in mind? Well, California has also another side, especially if you want to cross the mountains towards Nevada in the winter. Winter or not, we figured out that the main road to the Lassen Volcanic […]
Heading south from Oregon into California, we couldn’t avoid entering the Redwood Forest National & State Park. Well, we also did not even want to avoid it, so in the end we spent three nights in these parks. Actually the area is protected in a couple of State Parks and […]
Smith Rock State Park, not originally on our list at all, but we found some beautiful photos on Instagram, so we decided we have to go there and see it ourselves. Usually this state park is famous for the fantastic rock climbing possibilities, but offers also plenty of nice hikes […]
Columbia River Gorge, not the best spot for us and we were wondering if we even should write this blog at all, as it is still extremely frustrating. Somehow these pictures will forever be related to the fact that we lost the majority of our camera equipment there, when they […]
… or the not so much fun side of an overlanding trip around the globe. 😉 But, first things first, getting laundry done. 🙂 All so much easier at home, but you miss out on the opportunity spending a morning in a public laundry and get in touch with so […]
Being a bit sick and tired of main roads and highways here in the US, we decided to use backcountry roads for our way to Mount Rainier. Maybe not the best decision in winter but definitely lot of fun and amazing landscapes. Absolutely worth it, in the end it was […]