Blog: August 2011

• Santa Fe, NM to Mesa Verde, CO

  Aug 6, 2011 / 15 years agoTours

  Odometer: 25,450 It's Saturday, we get up early and look forward to getting out of the hotel. Quickly, while having our morning coffee, we have a look at the map and decide that Mesa Verde…

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• Santa Fe, NM

  Aug 5, 2011 / 15 years agoTours

  We spend the morning working, since we had been on the road all day yesterday. Then our dear car gets a whole lot of attention again: about 10 days ago we noticed that the paint…

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• Petrified Forest National Park, AZ

  Aug 4, 2011 / 15 years agoTours

  Odometer: 25,109 Having a flat tire yesterday and therefore having to return to Holbrook, AZ, gave us a second chance to visit the Petrified Forest National Park - and this time with blue skies and…

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• Thunderstorms and the 2nd flat tire in a week

  Aug 3, 2011 / 15 years agoTours

  In the morning we check the internet again to see if we can find a nicer place to stay in Flagstaff for another week or so and end up calling a lady who has a…

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• Sunset Crater & Wupatki National Monument

  Aug 2, 2011 / 15 years agoTours

  We don't want to run into bad weather again today, therefore we leave earlier. At around 10am we arrive at the Sunset Crater Vulcano National Monument and it is already a bit cloudy. Sunset Crater…

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• Arboretum at Flagstaff, AZ

  Aug 1, 2011 / 15 years agoTours

  The Arboretum at Flagstaff is a 200 - acre botanical garden, research station, and environmental education center whose mission is to help visitors understand the plants and animal habitats of the Colorado Plateau. They claim…

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