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It was hard to believe, but once again there was a cold snap in April in the USA. As on the previous day, we drove again through Zion National Park and then the highway towards Green River in the direction of Moab. I knew that in Moab the hotels are very expensive and in Green River reasonably affordable. In the end, we got a Motel 6 for $120, which is quite outrageous by German standards.

The last time I was there in 2015 I paid just $40 in any of the motels there. The landscape on the way to Green River was quite nice, but different than expected. In the end, it went from Zion National Park to a fairly high plateau, which also caused the temperatures to drop sharply. From there we finally had snowstorms all the way to Green River and I was a bit worried about the road conditions.

„2022 USA – V13 – Driving through Utah to Green River“ weiterlesen

The day before we ended our trip in St George in Utah. The weather was not that bad in St George itself, i.e. no storms or other adversities. So as planned we visited Zion National Park near St George. But here we had another surprise. The actual valley with the sights was only pe bus shuttle to reach.

Actually, no problem, but this time the park was again so extremely crowded with tourists so that I was spoiled the fun. So I decided to drive through the park and make a turn around and drive back to St. George.

„2022 USA – V12 – Visiting Zion National Park in Utah“ weiterlesen

This day we were supposed to hike through Death Valley again. We started early in the morning around 0900 and drove to the Golden Canyon. The good thing about the relatively bad weather was that also relatively few people were on the road. But that was enough to occupy the few parking spaces almost completely, so that we just got a parking space.

In the end I had to realize that the National Parks in the USA are completely overcrowded. No wonder why the prices go higher and higher. After this hike we drove in the direction of Nevada to the next town outside Death Valley to Beatty and finally to the Ghost Town Rhyolite, which was once an extremely large town with three railroad lines and also visited a bottle house.

„2022 USA – V10 – Golden Canyon in Death Valley and Ghost Town Rhyolite“ weiterlesen

The temperatures in Death Valley were extremely pleasant at around 37 degrees Celsius, after we had come almost straight from winter in California. So we decided to do a little hike in Death Valley. The distances are quite short for European conditions, however, one should not neglect the heat and especially the solar radiation.

Later we visited other places in Death Valley and finally Dante’s View with quite a nice view. Here, unfortunately, the storm still made itself felt, which met us now already for 10 days often times and made us the camping life difficult. The next day it should become a full-blown sandstorm.

„2022 USA – V9 – Mosaic Canyon and Dantes View in Death Valley“ weiterlesen

After spending a night in the strange place with its strange surroundings Ridgecrest, we now continued towards Death Valley. Once again, I had completely underestimated the distance – in the end, there were still a few hundred kilometers to go.

So we drove north out of Ridgecrest through a nearby strange desert town and finally just through the desert in the parallel valley to Death Valley. On the way there were also two ghost towns to visit, but they were not really ghost towns. We ended the day finally in the campground directly in the center of Death Valley.

„2022 USA – V8 – Driving to the Death Valley“ weiterlesen

We had left the campground at Yosemite National Park early because the next day was going to be colder and also rainier. So the park made no sense at all, especially after we had seen that the pass was closed. So we drove back the way south over the Tehachapi Pass and then in the direction of Ridgecrest.

Actually, I wanted to go directly to Death Valley, but I had forgotten how big the distances are. So we made there in this city, which survives primarily only by the nearby military base a stay of one evening and visited among other things old original gold mining villages.

„2022 USA – V7 – Drive to Ridgecrest“ weiterlesen

As planned, after the rather cold experience of the day before in Sequoia National Park, this time we drove to Yosemite National Parke a little further north. Since the distance was much greater this time, we also needed a new campsite at the same time. We looked for a campground at the edge of the mountains, whereby the place was already quite high, but was quite pleasant in the sun.

„2022 USA – V6 – Yosemite National Park“ weiterlesen

The next park on the trip was Sequoia National Park in California with some of the largest trees in the world. Unfortunately, the temperatures were very low all the time, so there was still snow in the park and it was quite cold.

However, the advantage was also that there were not so many visitors. Overall, we were able to look quite comfortable all the attractions without too much stress, which would probably not have been possible in the summer by the many visitors.

„2022 USA – V5 – Sequoia National Park in California“ weiterlesen