Day 181 The clock is ticking. Three more days to go. How incredible! Bettina, Berne and I left Los Angeles behind driving south along the Pacific Highway. This day’s final destination was San Diego. But we used every second to enjoy the magnificent scenery in … Read More →
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Greater Los Angeles: Beverly Hills, Hollywood and wet beaches
Day 179 LA is the second most populous city in the US after New York City. As the home base of Hollywood, it is known as the “Entertainment Capital of the World“. The importance of the entertainment business to the city has led many celebrities … Read More →
Highway 1: The Pacific Ocean, Big Sur and Elephant Seals
Day 177 (continued) Highway 1 runs along much of the Pacific coast of the state of California and it is famous for running along some of the most beautiful coastlines in the world, leading to its designation as an All-American Road. We very much adored … Read More →
San Francisco: Football to Alcatraz to Golden Gate
Day 175 We reunited with Bettina’s family and drove off towards Oakland and crossed over the bridge into San Francisco. Nob Hill Motor Inn was our motel pick this time. But we didn’t have a lot of time at hand. We hopped on a couple … Read More →
Central California: Autumn Yosemite and Central Valley
Day 171 (continued…) Our car was fixed and we were back among a desert scenery heading for California, actually California’s Central Valley. Near Bakersfield we hit mile marker 32000. Then we stayed probably our last night on a Walmart parking lot. In Sanger, just west … Read More →
The Southwest: Death Valley, Las Vegas and Hoover Dam
Day 85 The first part of the day we road tripped. 300 miles on the freeway, then on the highway, and at the end on tiny roads I cannot even find a name for. We flew towards the sparsely populated Mojave Desert of southeastern California. … Read More →
Central California: Lake Tahoe, Yosemite, Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks
Day 80 Vacaville‘s premium outlets kept us busy all day long. Impressive. I didn’t expect a lot. Especially I didn’t expect the stuff being THAT cheap. Well. It was incredibly hot since we left the coastal area. So we spent most of the time inside … Read More →
San Francisco, Silicon Valley and the Bay Area
Day 77 It was foggy in the morning. But little did we know that this is normal. Even if the weather is nice, it almost takes until the noon hours of a stunning summer’s day for the fog being drawn away by the sun. From … Read More →
Northern California: Snow and ice at Lassen Volcanic National Park, mighty trees at Redwood National and State Parks, Highway 1 and fine Californian wine
Day 73 On Wednesday July 20th we entered The Golden State: California — the28th state of our USA journey. We actually were in Northern California. California’s diverse geography ranges from the Pacific Coast in the west, to the Sierra Nevada mountains in the east—from the … Read More →
United States of America: An epic road trip summary with plenty of stats
So our trip in the USA finally ended. Since we commenced in NYC in May we’ve come a long way. This post shall give some facts and figures and hence also serve as a summary page. Places that I visited: Itinerary: After a couple of … Read More →