Last US Trip pictures + new website.

I was kind of bored of our old blog layout so I thought I would start from scratch and create a new website. Since we didn't have a whole lot going on this weekend, I decided it would be the ideal time to get this done, so "Lo and Behold" our new website look, new About Us page, ... . I hope everyone likes it and if you're missing some functionality you want to see back from the old site or if you see bugs, please let me know! I also managed to go through the last batch of pictures from our US trip, driving from Northern California into Oregon, right before we started the long way home through...

Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone

I know these picture posts might be a bit boring, so I'm cutting my Yellowstone series short and will finish with some sunset pictures of Mammoth Hot Springs with a touch of Ine and Grizzly posing at Old Faithful Geyser.

Yellowstone’s Norris Geyser Basin

The Norris Geyser Basin is the hottest geyser basin in the park and is located near the northwest edge of Yellowstone Caldera near Norris Junction and on the intersection of three major faults. Norris Geyser Basin is so hot and dynamic because two faults intersect with the ring fracture zone that resulted from the creation of the Yellowstone Caldera of 640,000 years ago.

Yellowstone Pictures Pt.1

A day on the Oregon Coast

Remaining pictures of the last leg of our US trip from last year, a day of driving along the beautiful Oregon Coast. I guess this means we urgently need to start planning our next big trip... First light falls illuminates the Hecata Head Lighthouse on the Oregon Coast. The lens of the lighthouse must have been the inspiration for the eye of Sauron in Lord of the Rings... Early morning at Cape Perpetua on the Oregon Coast. Yaquina Head Lighthouse Sunset at the appropriately named Sunset Beach on the Oregon Coast. Hope you like them!

Pacific Ocean Sunset

Sunset on the Coast of the Pacific Ocean in Ucluelet on Vancouver Island.

Ucluelet Pictures Part 1

Found some time on this lazy Sunday to process the pictures from our Ucluelet trip a couple of weeks ago. I'll spread them over a couple of posts and here's the first batch: View from Radar hill in Pacific Rim National Park Mr Tinybird, the hummingbird. A Tide Pool along the Wild Pacific Trail Relaxing in the Jacuzzi in our Terrace Beach Resort Cabin Stay tuned for more. :)

The Ghost Town of Bodie, California

Bodie is a ghost town east of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California near the Nevada border. Bodie began as a mining camp following the discovery of gold in 1859 by a group of prospectors. By 1879, Bodie had a population of approximately 5000–7000 people and around 2000 buildings. Murders, shootouts, barroom brawls, and stagecoach holdups were regular occurrences in the Wild West boomtown. Over the years, Bodie's mines produced gold valued at nearly US$34 million. Abandoned car in Bodie, California. The first signs of decline started in 1880 when promising mining booms in Butte,...

Mono Lake, CA

Mono Lake is a lake in Mono County, California, formed at least 760,000 years ago as a terminal lake in a basin that has no outlet to the ocean. Because it lacks an outlet, dissolved salts make the lake very alkaline and salty. Between 1941 and 1982 water flowing into the lake was diverted to provide water for Los Angeles which caused the lake to shrink drastically, exposing the previously submerged tufa towers which can be seen in the pictures. The lake was recently in world news when NASA discovered the first known microorganism on Earth able to thrive and reproduce using the toxic chemical...

Californian Desert

Not too much special this time, just some random Californian desert pictures from our trip through the US last October. A Lone Bush near Lone Pine, CA Grizzly visiting the Mobius Arch in the Alabama Hills A Lone Cute Cactus near Lone Pine :) Sand Dunes near Lone Pine, CA A dead tree in the dunes in Death Valley N.P. Still to come: an alien lake, a ghost town, a massive crater, the pacific ocean and an active volcano. Stay tuned :)