Road Trip #1

In Page we stayed in a Super8 Motel with excessively large rooms, but still bad value for money. We had dinner twice at Fiesta Mexicana. The food was prepared very quickly, tasted, and came as a big portion.

From Page you drive just 10 miles to the Wahweap Marina on Lake Powell where there are boats for rent. As we had preview to stay two days at the lake, we went to Rainbow Bridge the first day. The monument can be reached by a two-hour boat ride, followed by a short walk from the National Park wharf in Bridge Canyon. The Rainbow Bridge is often described as the world's highest natural bridge (Wiki). The span of Rainbow Bridge is about 240 feet (~73 m) and is made from sandstone formed during the end of the Triassic and the Jurassic periods.

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From Sunday to Wednesday we spent two nights in Las Vegas. We slept in the hotel Excalibur. Although the gambling hall is looking pretty tatty and has that nasty smell of grits, the room was okay for the price. But you better get a the booking online, and have good look on the date you'll go, because sometimes the fee rise up 200 percent. Continue reading "Las Vegas" »

After a frugal breakfast with really bad coffee in the motel, we started to see the Grand Canyon. So from Flagstaff we went on the roat 89 to Cameron and went there a little road (64) which tooks us directly into the Grand Canyon National Park. To enter with a privat car is about 15$. After you entered you can drive the street along the rim of the canyon and you have several times the options to stop in for a view point. After a short walk from the parkings you've got the amazing view into the canyon. It is absolutely incredible how the colorado river has increased over millions of years into the colorado plateau. Continue reading "The Grand Canyon" »

After a day off we drove toward Flagstaff. We had used the day for shopping and to compensate the time difference of 9 hours. We had decided not to take the I10 & I17 to go but through the back country. Leaving Tucson on the 77 to Globe, continue driving towards Show Low. A few miles past Globe the street crossed the very beautiful Salt River Canyon. In general this route is beautiful, the constantly changing of the landscape and behind each hill or curve, one encounters a new detail.

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After some hours in the air-plain... and a short stopover in San Francisco we arrived in Tucson . Continue reading "Arriving in Tucson" »