Today was both sad (leaving the home of our friends) and exciting (starting our trip toward Switzerland). As our rental for the next two weeks, we picked up a solidly German car (Passat) with much needed American conveniences (Automatic & AC) and promptly got stumped by the “Navi” which did not let us plan anyContinueContinue reading “Day 12 – Goodbyes and Hallo Maus & Elefant!”
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Day 10 – U6 next stop: Ancient Egypt
Munich may be best known for beer, sausages, and Oktoberfest, but in my book the city scores even higher on the scale of all things visual art. Five different large museums (three of them called “Pinakothek”) cover art from the Renaissance to today. And then there are the specialty museums that cover other eras andContinueContinue reading “Day 10 – U6 next stop: Ancient Egypt”
Day 5 – Family reunion (Oma Hedwig’s side)
It’s not often that my mom gets to have all her kids together in one place. Maybe every two years or so. Adding more members of her family to that mix is even rarer – probably something like every 5 years – and then it’s still only part of her family. So when it workedContinueContinue reading “Day 5 – Family reunion (Oma Hedwig’s side)”
Day 1 – aka Ground Zero
Sometimes the best laid plans go horribly awry. I’m not saying that this travel day was the worst I’ve had (that honor probably still goes to that one time, long ago when I saw my plane take off as I was arriving at the airport), but as Leo accurately observed when Bill asked him whatContinueContinue reading “Day 1 – aka Ground Zero”
Day 37 – Devils Tower
Today we had a close encounter with rocks. Lots of rocks. A wonderful field of boulders just waiting to be climbed on: The “foothill” of Devils Tower. After spending more than 8 hours on the road yesterday, it was wonderful to just roll out of the campsite and into a National Monument this morning, thoughContinueContinue reading “Day 37 – Devils Tower”
Day 33 – Yellowstone (take 1)
How to describe our experience today? Images will certainly help, but audio and video would be better. And even they would fall short, as the two sensations they don’t capture–smell and touch–were the definitive and often overwhelming ones. I don’t think there’s anything that can help convey how it feels when a hot, steamy cloud ofContinueContinue reading “Day 33 – Yellowstone (take 1)”
Day 29 – Craters (the sequel)
For a moment there I had a deja vu when I started thinking about this blog post: volcanoes, eruptions, lava flow and big rocks – I distinctly remember writing about them already. Ah, yes, in my LAST blog post about Lassen Volcanic NP. In the 5 days since then we have made it along theContinueContinue reading “Day 29 – Craters (the sequel)”
Day 25 – Lassen Volcanic
After extending our stay in Tahoe by a day, we finally hit the road again – to Lassen Volcanic National Park. The drive took us once more through Nevada and past some strange sights: a shoe tree in the middle of nowhere, a completely white lake (aptly named “White Lake”), a slightly yellowish lake calledContinueContinue reading “Day 25 – Lassen Volcanic”
Day 21 – Yosemite (part 1)
Today was a big day. We have been on the road for three weeks, have driven 4000 miles, and have seen 11 national parks. It’s been amazing (and challenging, and stunning, and so much more), and yet with Yosemite we reached a completely different kind of milestone. As one of the oldest national parks itContinueContinue reading “Day 21 – Yosemite (part 1)”
Day 17 – California
And so it begins … our trip through the National Parks located in California. We had made it to North of Bakersfield, picked a strategic location on route 99 so we could be off to Kings Canyon first thing in the morning. After two hours of driving we traded very straight roads and flat landscapeContinueContinue reading “Day 17 – California”
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