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Mammoth Hot Springs, Cody

Odometer: 106,030 At 7:40 (shortly after getting up) we are on the road again back into the park. We enjoy the beauty of Mammoth Hot Springs early in the morning before the big crowd comes back - it was magnificent! All these colors and smells, made it a very impressive experience. We take the road…...

Yellowstone – lasting impressions

Odometer: 105,866 We sleep until 8:00, quickly get ready and start off in the park again. In the morning we see a lot of deer and stop frequently to take pictures. We visit Norris Geyser Basin. It is absolutely fascinating and beautiful how mother earth is presenting herself here you can feel the power from…...

Grand Teton, Yellowstone

Odometer: 105,616 Getting up at 6:30 - for a change we get a real American Breakfast with eggs, pancakes and bacon. At 9:30 we are on SR26 approaching Grand Teton National Park from south. We pass Lake Jenny and in the background we see Grand Teton with its 13770 ft and a small ‘leftover’ of…...

Salt Lake City – Idaho Falls

Odometer: 105,379 07:00 wake up time. 09:30 we take Hwy 15 north in direction Idaho Falls. In Odgen we stop to visit the Aerospace Museum featuring a lot of old and resent Military airplanes. Even a B52 is displayed. The surroundings are getting greener again the more north we drive. We see a lot of…...

A day in Salt Lake City

Resting day in Salt Lake City....

Evaporation Basin

Odometer: 105,060 Again 6:30 time to get up. I repack the trunk of our lovely Toyota to not have the Computer right over the muffler anymore. Things got a bit warm yesterday after speeding the Highway at 70 to 80 mph for several hours. At 8:00 leave Elko to tackle the remaining 230 miles to…...

Virginia City, Lake Tahoe

Odometer: 104,660 06:30: the stock exchange opens and Marco is getting up. I still don’t feel 100 percent and need another half hour to wake up and get out of bed. Sometime around 9:00 we leave Reno towards Lake Tahoe. Lake Tahoe is up in the mountains at 6229 ft elevation. The water is crystal…...

Arriving in Reno, NV

Odometer: 104,415 06:15: we hear other people getting up and therefore do the same. At 7:30 we start off on Hwy 395 south in direction Reno. The south of Oregon is very beautiful. It's green with lots of trees and grassland - we could well imagine living here. As we drive south through California the…...

Oregon grassland, Klamath Falls

Odometer: 104,117 6:30: Marco is getting up for the first time. 07:00: we are getting up. After discussing our possibilities we decide to go a bit further north into Oregon through Del Norte National Forest, to Klamath Falls and on Hwy 140 east. After a few miles we stop at a small crystal clear river…...

All the way up to Crescent City

Odometer: 103,765 07:00: time to get, pack and go. We are heading north to the coast, passing some more wineries. The road along the coast is as beautiful as before. We drive through little towns/villages, some of which are more and others less pretty and inviting. I late afternoon after following a scenic road through…...