After a short night at the Mirage hotel, we get up at around 8am and first find a Starbucks for a Cappuccino and a bite to eat. We quickly find the ramp for HWY 15…

In St. George it's nice and warm already in the morning, so we have a quick breakfast and then head south on HWY 15 towards Las Vegas after Andrej and Marco gave the car a…

Another long and adventurous day lays ahead of us: In the morning we drive past Panguitch Lake which is still solidly frozen and we see people ice fishing on it. We are lucky we don't…

Today's destination is the Bryce Canyon and to get there Marco suggests to drive Cottonwood Canyon Road, which is a 48 miles (77 km) long gravel road. To check if the road is passable we…

We are getting up at 6am, have a good breakfast with scrambled eggs, sausages and waffles and then head east on HWY 98 towards Kayenta and Monument Valley. The sky is again deep blue but…

Marco is pushing to leave early as we have a lot on our schedule today. We start by driving to the Wahweap Marina, where we take a walk on the docks and let Andrej's and…

We get up to the most beautiful weather, it is still a bit chili and windy but the sky is blue and the sun is shining. We first take a short tour through historic Flagstaff…

In the morning we first head back on HWY 89 to Prescott and take a morning walk at Lake Watson with its round bolder rocks - a fascinating scenery. We then drive up through the…

Andrej and Astrid had arrived on Saturday and we have shown them around in San Diego over the weekend and yesterday. Today after checking the weather in all our possible travel destinations we decide to…