PHOTOGRAPHY

Sunset at Grand Canyon

ingo — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:52:07 +0000

it really was a nice time… nothing more to add :-)

The Grand Canyon

ingo — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 16:53:28 +0000

After the all the canyons in Death Valley, Zion and Antelope Canyon the Grand Canyon is the final canyon we visited. There was no plan to visit these places in this specific order but in the end, it could’nt have been better. The canyons were getting bigger and bigger and more and more special. But even after hiking all the other canyons up and down, it was still quite difficult to realise these unimaginable dimensions. It’s just tooooo big for our human senses to understand.

Sunset at Grand Canyon:

Stopover at Lake Powel

ingo — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 17:38:20 +0000

After Zion our next Stop should have been Grand Canyon. But moments before leaving, a friend recommend some nice places to visit on our way to Grand Canyon. So we took one day for some minor stop overs: Lake Powell, Colorado River (Horseshoe Bend & Lee’s Ferry), Antelope Canyon and the Vermilion Cliffs.

Colorado River at Horsehoe Bend:

„touching“ Colorado River at Lees Ferry:

Antelope Canyon:

Zion National Park

ingo — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:06:17 +0000

Zion was/is one of the most amazing places we visited till now. The combination of flora and fauna together with a deep canyon povides lots of things and places to explore. One hike we were especially enjoying was the Observation Point Trial. In 4 miles (6km) we made 2000 feet (610m) elevation and we were rewarded with breathtaking views into the canyon:

The narrow, steep and unpaved trial was sometimes a little bit scary. You shouldn’t have fear of heights because the trail runs up directly to the canyon wall. Looking down some hundrets of meters wasn’t uncommon:

Hoover Dam

ingo — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:34:44 +0000

Just before LV began to stress us, we picked up our stuff and left for our next destintion: Zion National Park. On the way we made two short stops at the Hoover Dam and the Valley of Fire.

Hoover Dam:

Hoover Dam Generators:

The Valley of Fire has its name because of these red glowing rocks: (absolutely no photo editing!!!)

Las Vegas

Caro — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 16:42:21 +0000

After nearly a weak of lonlyness and wilderness in Death Valley our journey brought us to Las Vegas. What an hard contrast!!! Loud, crowdy, blinking lights everywhere… Perhaps our experience of Las Vegas wouldn’t have been so intense, if we came here directly :-) Crazy town with crazy people and we in the middle of that. People come to this place to celebrate… so did we! For example the 30th birthday of Caro :-). Just look at her birthday-icecream:

Nearly every Hotel/Casino here would make a nice picture, but no reason to bore you :)
This Hotel is the „Excalibur“. Crazy, hu?

Badwater Basin

ingo — Fri, 30 May 2008 20:30:06 +0000

We are now at âˆ’282 feet (âˆ’85.5 metres). The „minus“ means we are below sea level. This lake has not yet dried out completely. There are some small areas, where the water still beats the sun. And this fight is hell of unfair :-) Today the sun burned with 110Â°F (43Â°C) in the shadows, but what shadows? So if you find water, it is as the title says:Â „Bad Water“! The salt concentration here is ultimate :)