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To look at things is very different from seeing it – Oscar Wilde

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Marble Canyon, Grand Canyon National Park

Odometer: 101,360 6:00: time to get up and pack the car. At an Italian Coffee we enjoy a nice Latte and a tea before we drive off south towards Marble Canyon. We take some pictures from the bridge and then follow a small road leading down to Lee’s Ferry station at river level. We bath…...

Antelope Canyon, Page

Odometer: 101,268 06:15: it's time to get up after the first night of good sleep since long. We dress and drive to a nearby Restaurant to have a real American breakfast with ham, eggs and hash browns. With full bellies we start exploring the surroundings of Page. First we hike 3/4 Mile through soft sand…...

Monument Valley, Betatakin Ruins, Page

Odometer: 101,055 07:00: The batteries for the camera are fully charged and we are ready for Monument Valley. It’s raining as we start the 17 mile gravel road through the National Monument. We are overwhelmed by the beauty of the landscape lying in front of us. The rock formations are gorgeous and impressive. We take…...

Sunset Crater, Wupatki Ruins

Odometer: 100,820 06:45: After a lousy night of little sleep due to noisy room neighbors and trains that passed near by we are glad to get up. After having breakfast we head north to Sunset Crater Volcano. This is where we realize how gigantic the power of nature can be. The whole area consists of…...

Sedona, Jerome

Odometer: 100,661 07:00: It’s still cloudy and cool. Marco is on the Internet and I use the time to do some yoga and repack our luggage. At around 10:00 we drive off south through Oak Creek Canyon to Sedona. Before we head down into the canyon we stop at a view-point from where we see…...

Grand Canyon

Odometer: N/A 07:00: after heavy thunderstorms all over Arizona it is a bit cooler today and we continue our way to Flagstaff on historic route 66. The morning sun is tinting the mountains as well as the desert in a very special light. The landscape is changing rapidly and its getting greener the closer we…...

Leaving San Diego, Havasu City

Odometer: 99,900 It’s time to leave San Diego. After packing our Toyota we are leaving Edmonton Avenue at 09:00 a.m. We head north on Hwy 15 in direction of Parker. Until Palm Springs the landscape and roads are familiar to us and after that drive through the desert to Blythe where we see the Colorado…...

San Diego: 05-26-2003 to 07-28-2003

We spend the time in San Diego although the so called June gloom doesn’t allow us to go to the beach as much as we would like to. Unfortunately, the relation to the Malo family isn’t as good anymore as it was in previous years....

Bought a Toyota Camry (1992)

Bought car (Toyota Camry 1992) at Seaside Buick Odometer: 97200...