LAUXIS-ON-TOUR-2008 - USA-South West - INTRODUCTION - SUMMARY
ROUTE-66 - this year traveled more than half of the total end up as 2249 miles to finish in Los Angeles on Santa Monica Beach. A dream has come true ........
This year 's journey took us from 24 October to 15 November 2008 by the southwestern part of the United States. Flights from Munich to Atlanta, connecting flight to Dallas. From there, the trip passes through many cities on interstates (eg I-20 S -.) And Higways (eg Hwy-84.) To (where N = North, W = West, E = East, S = South meaning):
on I-20 W to Fort Worth Roscoe, according to Hwy-84 N Lubbock, on I-27 N to Amarillo on Route 66 (short R-66) to Tucumarci / NM, Santa Rosa / NM, on Hwy-84 N (age-old R-66) Las Vegas, NM - Santa Fe / NM - Albuquerque, NM. Back on I-40 E to Moriarty and newer R-66 back to Albuquerque, NM, day tour southwest of Albuquerqeu on age-old R-66 and current Country Road 6 by the Isleta Indian Reservation and on I-40 E back to Albuquerqeu. From Albuquerque to R-66 to Cubero, Grants, Bluewater, Thoreau, Gallup, in the state of Arizona as far as Holbrook / AZ (Visiting Petrified Forest and Painted Desert), on to Winslow / AZ and the Meteor Crater to Flagstaff / AZ . Day trip on Hwy-89 N to Page to Antelope Canyon and Glen Canyon Dam on the Grand.
More on R-66 to Williams, Ash Fork, Seligman, Peach Springs, Hackberry to Kingman. On the Black Mountains to Oatman in the Goldgraeberstadt, then on to California, Needles, Goffs, Essex, Amboy, Ludlow, Newberry Springs, Barstow Daggett up. Further south to Victorville, San Bernardino, Upland, La Verne, Pasadena, by Los Angeles (Hollywood) at the end of the R-66 on Santa Monica Beach. On I-5 S to San Diego. Visit Sea World and aircraft carrier USS Midway, take I-8 E to Casa Grande, then to I-10 E through to Arizona. In Tucson, visit the largest aircraft parking place in the world. Travel on I-10 E to New Mexico about Lordsburg and Deming to Las Cruces. From there on I-25 N to Hwy-70 E to White Sands, Alamogordo until after Roswell (UFO Museum), then to Hwy-285 S to Artesia, Carlsbad (the major carving we have visited 6 years ago) to Texas and Pecos on I-20 E through to Abilene. After a short drive on I-20 E at the Country Road 880 N and 576 E to to Breckenridge. Visit the Flying Bulls P-38 Lightning. Continue on Hwy-180 E to Fort Worth on I-20 E to Dallas. Visit the Sixt Floor Museum (history of the Kennedy assassination and sightseeing). Flight home on 14 October and arrive home on 15 October 2008 at 12.15 clock.
Statistics :
about 20,000 air miles
4621 miles or 7400 kilometers by car.
gasoline: $ 409.53 for about 163 gallons or 590 liters
consumption: about 7.76 liters per 100 km for expeditious driving with cruise control.
3 hours of video recordings
8,500 times pressed the trigger of the Fotoapararate.
All pictures with Nikon D2X and Nikkor AF-S 18-200 mm 1:3.5 - 5.6 G ED and pole filter
overnight stays in motels: about $ 1,300 -
tickets, tours, museums, Parking: $ 327.45
food (Chinese, steaks - non fast food): $ 272.00
food: fast food if necessary, otherwise Chinese (seafood and chicken) or Texan (steak), when beer was getting , then Budweiser (because little is known how it tastes), but no appreciable weight gain.
for each subsequent day of travel a blog entry, first the daily story, then the pictures with short text. The most recent contributions are in the list to the left of the screen located at the top, the older posts below, separated possibly after the months of November and October (click on these months, then come to the fore Einzelbetraege). Furthermore, in addition to the current date and the day of travel (for example. Day 05) was given as.
Have fun reading. Maybe one or the other gets pleasure on such a trip. In this case, I am willing to give the appropriate tips. Certainly it will save you a few detours, etc.