Photos 2017

Old Couple, Artist Octavio Ocampo Guanajuato, Mexiko

Encuentro Guadelupe, Boutique Hotel with Lofts

Vinos L.A. Cetto

our shopping?

young grapevines

Decantos Vinicola, Valle Guadelupe

art in the garden

winery with great view

winery with a lot of art

wine-bottle-lamp

glued nails

Ensenada Port

Restaurant Muelle 3, Ensenada

La Bufadora, Ensenada

our campsite, Campo 5, La Bufadora

Mexiko: beautiful women, Sombrero, cigars, firearms, Tequila...

restaurant with a great view

mexican power supply

! Ay Caramba !

Baja California, Mexikos cactus garden

fill up the water tank

Cardon cactus are growing up to 20 meters.

Catavina, gas station

on the way to the Baja Rally

Mision de San Ignacio

Restaurant Malarrimo

Camping Malarrimo, Guerrero Negro

Playa Santispac

Tortilla production

SIM card recharge, Telcel Shop

in the garden

Mision Santa Rosalia de Mulege

charging station

on the way to Playa Escondido

Playa Los Cocos

Playa El Requeson

radiation...

Loreto

Plaza Benito Juarez, Loreto

Posada de las Flores, Loreto

Brigitte at the hair stylist

La Mision Loreto

Baja California Sur, Mexiko

The 2 are really cool!

Joshua Tree

Desert-Christ-Park

Artfully crafted figures of faith in interesting nature.

Miles and miles of wind wheels.

Pioneertown, a western town, that was created in the 1940s a movie set.

Wings to fold, a complex and complicated technique.

Please - only serve the right switch!
Flying this plane was certainly a huge challenge.

Palm Springs Air Museum

highly polished machines

Hopefully, the right lessons will be drawn from the consequences.

Most of the aircrafts are in a airworthy condition.

War planes from the 2nd World War as well as from the Corean and Vietnam War.

For aviation fans a must.

War aviation can be deadly!

Rear gunner, are living dangerously.

Cholla Cactus Garden in the Joshua Tree National Park.

Teddy Bear Cholla with dense, beige spiked dress.

A beautiful, but spiky matter.

What looks fluffy are hardened long spines with small barbs.

Thousand Palms Oasis Preserve near Palm Springs.

As many off-road fans like in the southwest of the USA we have not even seen at the Dakkar Rallye in South America.

In the desert without neighbors noise.

Galleta Meadows, Borrego Springs.

A mexiacan artist used to put metal animals in the landscape.

What a clever surprise in the desert.

Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes, Death Valley National Park

Death Valley National Park

China Ranch Date Farm

China Ranch Date Farm

Death Valley National Park

highest temperature up to 50 degrees

desert landscape

Deat Valley the hottest and driest place in USA.

Extreme hight differences: from 86 meter under sea level up to 3'368 meter altitude.

Death Valley National Park, campsite with full moon

Movie Road to Alabama Hills, part of the Sierra Nevada.

A popular area of TV- and movie- productions.

What a view!

Alabama Hills Recreation Area; even after after 10 days it was hard to leave!

natural stone arch

More beautiful than a National Park!

In the background Mt. Whitney with 4'421 meter.

Lone Pine Film History Museum

Originals from well-known films.

Hamburger you eat without cutlery.

Joshua Tree

Joshua Tree, up to 18 meter high and 900 years old.

Hollywood Freeway after rush hour.

Getty Center, Los Angeles

Hollywood Freeway with low traffic.

Santa Monica

Santa Monica

We wish successful search.

Santa Barbara Pier

Camping next to Ventura Freeway

Santa Barbara wide beach

Our campsite near Grand Canyon National Park.

Grand Canyon, 450km long.

Parking lot for RV's at Mother View Point.

from 6km to 30km wide

Not only from the Grand Canyon, also from the visitor crowds we were overwhelmed.

Grand Canyon, one of the most imposing sights of the world.

about 1'600m deep

The Colorado River winds its way through the canyon.

Our campsite at Little Colorado River Canyon.

For serveral days we enjoyed the solitude at the crest of the canyon.

Monument Valley

Panorama with Edy

camping in nowhere

Capito Reef National Park

shady campsite

Cathedral Valley

Devils Garden

oversized sandstone figures

Burr Trail Road, our campsite

Sand tube in the Kodachrome Basin State Park

visitor at campsite

Bryce Canyon National Park

Hoodoos

Wind, water and ice are forming the pillar-like rocky needles.

stone amphitheater

fairyland

hiking trails with artistic surroundings

early morning, the first campsite visitors

What we can see from the bedroom window on a campsite.

Zion National Park

impressive

Valley of Fire State Park

Horseshoe Bend, Page

formidable!

Unique view of the Colorado River.

campsite with far-sightedness

Marina on Lake Powell.

Lone Rock Beach, Lake Powell

China's Selfie Mania!

Las Vegas: intense and stressful, absolute madness...

Las Vegas Strip: a dense collection of luxury hotels and casinos.

Edy enjoys...

Route 66 exists only partialy in old form.

In the 1950s Route 66 was the first direct connection between Chicago und Los Angeles.

Relics of past times.

We drove Route 66 from Seligman to Kingman.

Souvenir shop in Seligman.

America's famous street.

Nostalgia and Amerikan trash.

whimsically decorated buildings

Trip to the past.

pure nostalgia

Gas stations from that time.

Almost everyone was here.

Even junk makes good atmosphere.

Glorification of a myth.

Between souvenir shops, saloons and fast food.

General Store Hackberry
with thousands of business cards, banknotes, lisence plates and photos.

There are always groups of motorcyclists.
If you travel the tar road between highway and railroad, mostly straight and boring, it's astonshing, that so many motorcyclists can still be seducded from the Route 66 myth.

Edy is practicing driving a Harley on Route 66.

past times...

Oak Alley Plantation in Louisiana

necklace or nimbus

Louisiana industry

Luckenbach, venue for music, Texas

General Store Luckenbach

Luckenbach

Luckenbach

Cypress with Spanish Moose

Tabasco Pepper Sauce Factory

Pepper mash is aged in white oak barrels for up to 3 years.

wall paint with a little bit of Tabasco Sauce!

Tabasco products

steep bridges driveway and exits

house moving on highway

trucks piggy back

... with over 40 degrees and a lot of humidity

visitors at our camp site

expanded feathers for drying

Barbecue lunch, Lockhardt

Where is the cutlery?

market with live music

beautiful???

Beignets, a Cajun speciality

sideways sun protection

Magnolia Pearl, clothing and shoes

marvelous

antiquites everywhere

bedstead with ropes

Vintage Style

camp site without neighbors

Carlsbad Caverns National Park

stalactites and stalagmites

glassy water

lime separation

marvelous formations

Lake Holloman

our camp site at Lake Holloman

White Sands National Monument

our camp site at Big Bend National Park

Mesa Verde National Park

ruins from past residents

View from the One Million Dollar Highway, Colorado

roots and rocks

Colorado River

camp site near Moab

Arches National Park

art of nature

Island in the Sky - Canyonlands National Park

Grand View Point

tourists abroad

moon shadow

rock formations

Mesa Arch

Valley of Gods

"waypoints" on the way in the Valley of Gods

Moki Dugway

challenging mountain road

view from Muley Point

overview

What a camp site with a view!

early in the morning at work

panoramic view

Steamer "Nachez" on the Mississippi

Bar in Nashville

Live music in Nasville

Edy at the bar

Patsy Cline Museum in Nashville

Bar talk

Nashville sky scraper

Jonny Cash Museum in Nashville

One of the many recording studios in Nashville

AT&T buildings in Nashville

Grand Ole Opry in Nashville.

Security guard

Stars in the Grand Ole Opry, Nashville

Star in the Grand Ole Opry, Nashville

Father and son - Stars in the Grand Ole Opry, Nashville

Stars in the Grand Ole Opry, Nashville

Stars in the Grand Ole Opry, Nashville

Stars in the Grand Ole Opry, Nashville

Stars in the Grand Ole Opry, Nashville

Terrace bar in Nashville

Policeman in Nashville

Facade art

Easy Going in Alabama

???

Lifesize Jack Daniel's

Whiskey filling

Single Barrel Whiskey

Whiskey degustation

Jack Daniel's Whiskey

Lynchburg in Tennessee

... Fire ...

Clothing - for Sale to adults of legal drinking age.

Waypoints in Lynchburg, Tennessee

Waypoints on the road to Huntsville.

U.S Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville.

U.S Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville.

... we choose to go to the Moon..

U.S. Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville.

U.S. Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville.

U.S. Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville.

U.S. Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville.

Campsite neighbours

Waypoints RAM & Cirrus

Pensioners motor home

Waypoints om the road to New Orleans.

Highway leading to New Orleans

New Orleans traffic (jam)

Modern New Orleans

Traffic jam in New Orleans

Street musicians in New Orleans

Horse-drawn carriage in New Orleans

St. Louis Cathedrale in New Orleans

French Quarter in New Orleans

Souvenirs of  New Orleans

Shopping in New Orleans

French Quater in New Orleans

Souvenir

French Quarter New Orleans

Cigar production in New Orleans

Robusto ... a bit cheaper

Tourist in New Orleans

Stree musicians in New Orleans

Black and Blond Selfie

Love Specialists?

Cafe du Monde - you have to go there!

Beignets with a lot of icing sugar for breakfast

Art in New Orleans

Shopping in New Orleans

Jazz music in New Orleans

Blue Ridge Mountain

touring with our new Truck Camper

pristine nature

protected migration

XXL Camper

Cirrus Truck Camper and RAM Laramie

bird in action

Blue Ridge Parkway

Moses Cone Manor

relaxed camping

Hiking in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Camping in Asheville.

Shopping Mall

Camping World, the Service Station and Spare Part place to go!

Biltmore Estate near Asheville.

Vanderbilt's 250 room chateau

35 bedrooms, 43 bathrooms and 65 fireplaces

Library with 10'000 volumes.

Objects from Vanderbilt's original collection.

Gardesn designed by America's foremost landscape architect, Frederick Law Olmsted.

Rise of the Planet of the Apes?

Thanks size of our camper always retrievable.

Brigitte is practicing the Indian dance.

Cherokee-Indian is welcoming us.

Cherokee-Indians are producing jewellery.

mask carving takes 2 days

Cherokee-Idian with origin Germany, he told us personally.

traditioal clothing

Land Cruiser on the road in Spitzkoppe

approach Spitzkoppe

Spitzkoppe

huge granite rocks

butter tree

the Matterhorn of Namibia

Campsite Spitzkoppe

rock formations Spitzkoppe

Spitzkoppe, a paradise for hiking

fascinating rock landscape

outdoor kitchen with a view

luminous granite stones Spitzkoppe

Spitzkoppe, campsites very simple equipped, but breathtaking views

wind erosion

in the park Spitzkoppe

rock arch Spitzkoppe

children of San

traditional culture

Ameib Ranch

Bull's Party

bushman art

in the Kalahari

BFGoodrich AT

visitor at camp

Kalahari

Kalahari covered with grass and bushes

weaver birds are artists in building nests

dassie

Quiver Tree Forest

fascinating tree

Edy in the Quiver Tree forest

Quiver Tree at sunset

dassie baby

on the road in Africa

marvellous sunset over Africa

Namib's Valley

track D707

Kanaan Desert Retreat

Kanaan Desert Retreat Campsite

Oryx in the Desert

a track in the desert

fences in Namibia

a track in the desert

green desert after the rain

Betta Camp

Dick Bens

it's green after the rain

The Rooirand

Namib Desert

gravel road in Namibia

NamibRand Nature Reserve

NamibRand Nature Reserve

Solitaire Lodge Campsite

Solitaire Lodge

Solitaire Lodge visitor in the bathroom

Spreetshoogte Pass

Spreetshoogte Pass

Spreetshoogte Pass

The Wreck Restaurant in Swakopmund

architecture in Swakopmund

grass after the rain

lodge driveway

Guab Valley

Guab Valley

Namib's Valley of a Thousand Hills

Namib's Valley of a Thousand Hills

Namib's Valley of a Thousand Hills

Namib's Valley of a Thousand Hills

Namib's Valley of a Thousand Hills

grass in the desert

River Guesthouse in Umaruru

Bagatelle Kalahari Game Ranch Campsite

Kalahari Game Lodge

Kalahari Game Lodge

Kalahari Game Lodge

Kalahari Game Ranch Campsite

Rooiklip Guestfarm

Rooiklip Guestfarm Campsite

south from Gamsberg

Dassy

Lamberts Bay

Bird Island Nature Reserve

Bird Island Nature Reserve

Bird Island Nature Reserve

Harry, the Island Guardian

Harry, the Island Guardian

Harry, the Isand Guardian with Brigitte

Bird Island Nature Reserve

Bird Island Nature Reserve

Cape gannet colony

Cape gannet colony

Cape gannet

Please drive slowly - the grapes are sleeping!

Noordoewer farm workers settlement

Amanzi River Camp

Noordoewer farm workers settlement

on the road to Fish River Canyon

Fish River Canyon

Fish River Canyon

Klein Aus Vista Lodge Camping

Edy is enjoying his well-deserved Sundowner.