Tuesday, September 12, 2023: A wonder of the world! Info: The Grand Canyon is one of the seven natural wonders of the world. Over the last six million years, the Colorado River and its tributaries have carved into the rocks, exposing their layers. Officially, the Grand Canyon is 446 km long, starting in Lees Ferry…
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Hello from Sequoia National Park
Thursday, September 7, 2023: Reception at the Generals! Info: Sequoia National Park is located in eastern California south of Yosemite at 2,000 meters above sea level. There you can find the largest trees on earth in terms of mass and volume, first of all General Sherman. My opinion: One of the highlights of the trip….
Hello from Northern California
Tuesday, September 5, 2023: How an oops turns into a major Äha – or two or three! Info Äha is the Austrian expression for “Hoppala” or “Oops”. The coast of California is home to the Redwoods – the tallest trees in the world! They can reach heights of up to 350 ft / 106 m!…
Hello from Oregon
Tuesday, August 29, 2023: I am on vacation! Info: The state of Oregon is located on the Pacific Coast, south of Washington and north of California. 4.2 million people live on 255,000 km2. Here you can find everything: the sea, mountains, volcanoes, desert, forests, big cities, small villages, whales, bears and squirrels. And no, it…
Hello from Mount St. Helens in Washington
Wednesday, August 23, 2023: An active volcano! Info: State Route 504 – The Memorial Spirit Lake Highway – takes you through breathtakingly beautiful scenery in southern Washington State to the area where a disaster occurred more than forty years ago. Before the eruption, Mount St. Helens was 2,950 m high. It was considered dormant, but…
Hello from Seattle in Washington
Tuesday, August 22, 2023: Is it art? Is it a game? Info: Seattle is located in Washington state in the northwestern United States, only about 100 miles (160 km) south of Vancouver in Canada. With 750,000 residents and four million people in the metropolitan area, it is Washington’s largest city. The Port of Seattle primarily…
Hello from Okanagan
Sunday, August 20, 2023: Fire! Info: In the very south of British Columbia lies the Okanagan Valley, Canada’s fruit and wine-growing region, and its landscape reminds me of Lake Garda. Due to the mild, dry climate it is very popular as a vacation region, and also many pensioners settle here. About 360,000 people live in…
Hello from Stewart and Hyder
Monday, August 14, 2023: Alaska for the last time! Info: To Stewart and Hyder there is a road of about 60 km which branches off the Cassier Highway (No. 37) to the west. Both towns are located on the Portland Canal, a fjord that extends more than 100 km inland and at the end of…
Hello from Haines and Skagway
Saturday, August 12, 2023: How does the Klondike gold get into the rush? Info: With not quite 2,000 people, Haines is a small town north of Juneau, Alaska’s capital. It can be reached from Canada by road, otherwise by ship or plane. Skagway, along with Dyea, played a major role in the Klondike Gold Rush…
Hello from Whittier and Valdez
Sunday, August 6, 2023: From a haunted house to a glacier cemetery! Info: The town of Whittier can be reached in four ways: by train through a black tunnel, by car through the same tunnel (but at different times), on foot over the mountains, preferably from Portage, or by boat. Exactly in these ways you…