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on to Texas

Am 28.3. We get into Bush country for us to state that we had traveled before. The previous track was mostly known to us, although we are apart from the Joshua Tree National Park always had traveled uncharted territory 'and visited. From Las Cruces

in the Guadalupe Mountains
The night is again very cool. We speak of a cold snap, the past but now should be. I measure the RV by 7 clock 6 °. The sky is absolutely clear, the air but very cool, but the sun is strong. At 10 clock we drive off. On the border with Texas, we bring our well-stocked Visitor Center abundant maps and brochures. Shortly after we roam a large outlet mall, where I buy me two T-shirts and an apron to Esther. The Center is actively visited, especially Mexicans! We refrain, following the advice of employees in the Visitor Center on a trip to Ciudad Juarez on the other side of the Rio Grande in Mexico, as it was too dangerous there, and drive around El Paso widely throughout the mountains, at 9 miles east of El Paso on the The # 62 to go. After a short drive, we turn into the turn-off to Hueco Tanks State Historical Park, where the board, campground full "almost moved us to continue. However, we believe that sloppy Mexican Rangers have not removed the board - and tap the right place! The Camp Ground, which we reach after 8 miles, is not even covered half of it. We get a nice place and still have enough time umherzuklettern on the rocks and sucked. Petroglyphs, Indians of the drawings, which are unfortunately marred by numerous scribblings of the travelers in the past two centuries to seek. The place was visited by Indians, immigrants and transients due to its water puddles. We see here also the Ruins of the post office, Southern Overland Mail Line ', which was 1858-1861 stopover for the 2800-mile route from St. Louis to San Francisco.
The evening is wonderful. We enjoy the peace, see a few birds and little bunnies and see the mountains, which turn red.

The next night it is even colder. At 6 clock only 3 ° in the RV. We are therefore in the refrigerator to warm us a little bit ... The first sunshine is sitting in front of our RV a (Easter) bunny. A few days early - and in the U.S., there is no hype as Easter in Switzerland!

Then it goes in a timely traveling 100 km, 40 km straight, far in the Guadalupe Mountains National Park, we see no town, only lean pasture with yuccas, sagebrush and a few grasses, scattered food for grazing cattle. Far from the street farms can be identified. Now and again we see grazing Pronghorns (pronghorn).
The formed from sediments Guadalupe Mountains rises steeply out of the plane and has very bare. For a climb of Guadalupe Peak - with 2667 m the highest mountain in Texas - not enough time. We make a hike into a canyon and are amazed that we meet soon lush vegetation, we see Alligator Juniper (juniper with a flaky crust), Ponderosa Pines (Ponderosakiefer), Texas Madrone (mountain mahogany), etc. The hike through the canyon to Devil's Hall reminds us of Greek Gorges: Walking in (here) dry stream bed, hemmed in by high rock walls on which searches out the vegetation all over a spot, at a height high as the crown pines. In the evening we drive another hour south to Van Horn, a 2500 soul nest in Texas.
mountain mahogany

Devil's Hall Trail


In Van Horn
On the way to El Paso we had shortly after Las Cruces, New Mexico saw dozens of cattle farms where the cattle crammed fed on abgeweidetem soil were. We therefore decided to forgo a steak. As we see, from continuing the trip in Texas, the free grazing cattle, we decide otherwise and order in Van Horn in a pub Texans each piece a 12 oz sirloin steak. The waiter looked surprised, as he approaches must also carry one to Esther more than 360 g heavy piece of meat. We eat only part and take the rest as is common with (doggy bag). In retrospect, Esther has a guilty conscience, because she has not eaten antibiotics and growth hormones. The fact that she has probably eaten a piece of meat from Brazil, I will not say it better! The quality way, was to be desired. A waiver will be us next Times not be difficult. In Van Horn
we must - for the third time - set the clock. In California (Pacific Time), clocks are put on 7.3. to the Summer Time. In Arizona (Mountain Time), there was no summer time, whereas in New Mexico (also Mountain Time), where we switched a second time. Now we are in the Central time zone and have daylight saving. The sun is only at 8 to clock in and clock after 20! Now we are lagging in Switzerland only 7 hours behind other regions. If this continues, we have after returning to Switzerland, no jetlag! Such a glistening sun we have seen in the fall before. Nothing like a Grell of red lights. At the same time rising on the opposite side of the full moon. Now we know that the Next Sunday is Easter.

As we have in the Van Horn KOA (private campground) Wifi, we send this message because we do not know when we come in the sparsely populated southwestern Texas re-included. A map follows with the next report.

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The Living Desert

our previous route


In Saguaro National Park Saguaro
In NP, we spend two days in the absolute quiet of the Tucson Mountains Park Campground, about 20 miles west of Tucson.
a whole afternoon, we cruise the Western Town Old Tucson. She is a 1939 for the Western classics, Arizona 'erected replica of the Town of Tucson in the period before 1900. A number of other Western was filmed here, especially with John Wayne in the lead role, and also several TV series, most notably High Chaparral. Around the site, driving a miniature train, on which we ride a round course. It leaves the station, Tucson ', which some may know from the west. Next to the church is built in the 1872 steam locomotive, Reno ', the inverted once at the Virginia and Truckee Railroad. We absolutely must once again watch a western that was filmed in these scenes.
In the saloon, we'll look at a colorful, cinematic Cancanvorstellung. The three dancing ladies act shortly thereafter in a skillful stunt show, where one is reflected from the roof, falling down shoots and shoots. The gallows is not able to use. Another show shows how Billy the Kid by one of three women out of prison escapes. Finally, it goes into a scary mine, which is not recommended for the squeamish. After then the man's heart has stopped completely on his behalf, we authorize in the heat of 30 °, a delicious ice cream.
on the campground, we observe a woodpecker (Woodpecker) on a Saguaro, where he has settled into an upper floor, a lavish penthouse. A little rabbit with white buttocks hops away. On the shrub next to our parking space sits the longest time a woodpecker with a red cap. After dinner we walk briefly through the countryside and see bats on their evening flight.
About the Saguaro: difficult, may take 6 tons, with a ton of rain water, can grow with 75 years of the first arms, produces up to 50 flowers, which grow under red fruits that are still harvested today. In the first 10-15 years, he grows only 2.5-5 cm! Root system: shallow, not deep. Shrubs give the young saguaro protection from sun and frost. There may be snow in the winter, the coldest was -15 ° gemesseneTemperatur! The Saguaro then strangled together. A saguaro produces up to 40 million seeds in his life; just one of 250,000 grows to an adult plant.
The visit of the great Sonora Desert Museum, we devote a whole day. It is a mix of museum and zoo, and extends over a wide area in the open. We are impressed. First, we have a one-hour tour (initially for ourselves). Then we see a successful show about birds of prey. In enclosures, we see a Cougar (mountain lion), otter, coyote, various birds, especially the Woodpecker on Saguarostamm, many hummingbirds (Hummingbirds) with nests, flowers and shrubs. There is also a restaurant with fine French cuisine, which we know to appreciate here in the U.S. very much!


After two nights we left the park - with a little sadness, because the green desert, the plants respond so sensitively to the rain, has us very much.



In Patagonia State Park located in
close to the Mexican border Patagonia State Park, we are blessed with a diversity of birds. They have settled down to 1200 m altitude in a reservoir or use of this wetland as a stopover on their train. In the morning we take part in a bird field trip and hear the names of so many birds unknown to us, that we most quickly forgotten be! We are as lay in a group of kurligen, with professional binoculars and books equipped ornithologists. We think the trip would last a half hours. We wait for it to finish: three and a half hours. A bird's name we will certainly not forget the Trogan. All the people we meet ask, always the same question: Did you see the Trogan? Answer: No, we did'nt! The Trogan is a large bird that flies from Mexico to the north. One male - and only this - is every year on this lake, it appears not. Well, we have not seen it, but the Vermillion Flycatcher, Warblers, the Osprey (Ospreys), the Rotschwanzfalk (Redtailed Hawk) and many others whose names we ... (See above). But the memory of the walk along the lake, under poplar trees sprouting on grazing cattle over, is here to stay.




In Kartchner Caverns State Park
On the same day we continue to drive it and reach after an hour's drive to Kartchner Caverns SP, where we participate equally in a guided tour through a cave system that is only 30 years ago on the land of the farm family Kartchner was discovered. While we have been more interesting caves in Spain and Croatia saw, but the declarations of the ranger and the entire organization is excellent. It happened three locks, until we finally arrived at the caves. It should not be photographed in order not to disturb the Mikrobiosystem. This should remain the climate of the cave system. The caves are almost always close to the sunlit surface, they are constant 25 ° warm and very humid. They are therefore used as winter quarters for the rattlesnake, the coyotes and smaller animals. With the discovery of caves 80,000 years were discovered, the old bones of a 2 m wide Shaster Ground Sloth (Nothrotherion shastensis), probably a kind of sloth that became extinct 10,000 years ago.
at an altitude of 1400 m on fire while the sun is intense, but it blows a strong, cool west wind, of our RV right its balance. The temperature does not rise above 22 °. Therefore, we take two walks. Which lasts only 2-3 hours as indicated, the second 4-5 hours. Although we do not quickly and continuously observe and photograph, we need only 1.5 or 3 hours. The second walk is a highlight for us. We meet a soul. Only a few birds, two white-tailed Muuldeers (deer with white tails), and another animal, probably a coyote crossed our way. The trail follows a canyon that leads a little water. grow on the banks along with some shrubs, some trees. The trail leads steeply up through a real green forest: in addition to oaks and flowering Manzanitas (the flowers are similar to those of the Erika), Alligator Juniper, and occasionally pines. An overwhelming experience, after we have seen in the lower region almost entirely dried up tree skeletons. On the saddle is a wonderful long distance views of the plains and the mountains on the horizon in the east, south to the snow-capped peak of the Sierra Vista Miller (2850 m).




This morning we are driving on I-10 and have to drift from a cool, strong westerly winds east to Las Cruces. The ride is boring. Only variety to the mountains, where we go by: some wooded, some few with snow on the peaks, the most bare. We overtake or cross a long freight trains, then the thunder on the parallel to I-10 leading rail track in a brisk pace. Trucks pass us. You drive consistently at 75-80 miles per hour, ie good 120 km / hr. and are also usually 60 tons. Since Giezendanner would envy. The adrenaline can climb the few tornadoes that have apparently bent on our side on wind-prone vehicle. But we did it! And now we sit in the RV, have wireless access and can tell you all.

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Two JAS and a kingdom for a bath



It is finished! My God, there were really days when I just had to throw my bike in the bank and just go home just do. Oh yes, there were those moments in recent days, a lot! However, what I was able to experience feelings of happiness yesterday was worth all the trouble. It will be in the coming days will be aware that we now again have a certain luxury features to which they had to give in recent days - preceded all: A kingdom for a bath!
Yes, I'm still alive! Today I received some emails during the day, which according to my whereabouts and physical condition inquired. At this point an apology, but after my arrival around 18:30 clock for me there was no ardent wish fulfillment than after a long shower just to fall only in the horizontal.
Yes, I am safe and, apart from a few sore muscles in surprisingly good condition. I'm not sure what it was in fact whether the good weather, a slight tail wind or just the desire to finally get home, but yesterday's haul of 137 km was completed so amazingly fast (10h) that I was even surprised to see at once the former Riegeler brewery on the right side of my path.
Today is the day of the projections and credits. I begin with the dry part and then go on to the emotional. A total of 9 (travel) days a mileage of 940.2 km were planned. By small problems and, in my opinion, correct decisions, it was necessity to upgrade to two points on public transport. This results in an actual driving distance is 811.8 km from (ie an average of 90.2 km / day). I just had a look again the entire stretch and behold! Had not thought that it would be "so" easy.
At this point, a huge thank you to all who have followed this blog in recent days. There were some readers at work, I could see through the internal counters. It was nice to see that there sits and thinks Someone at me and maybe fingers crossed. Then of course a big thank you to those who me via SMS, phone, mail, comment, have contacted etc - it sometimes did soooo good!
remains Finally I just say too-clear signal, that I have made not a single photo on the tour and thus fail long slide shows. For anyone who wants to descendants of this line up, I can only recommend to choose a much warmer seasons. Also I think a lot of scenic spots better at this time would come to bear - Have I missed namely the fact that I hid my face in my scarf around as little as possible from the cold outside air to get in that event.
At this point, I say goodbye to this blog, I remain a bit sore in my legs, soothing bath ... Tobi

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, a positive balance, a little melancholy and huge anticipation


summary of today's tour:
tour dates: Mannheim - Karlsruhe
Elapsed distance: 68.6 km
Required Time: 5h 17m
Average speed: 13.23 km / h

pain scales ( 1 = so-so, 10 = ach du sch damn pain in the butt ****)
: 4
pain in the thigh muscles: 5
pain in the shoulder area: 2

Everything has an End - that this statement contains much truth, I just realized. I'm sitting in Karlsruhe in a four-bedroom, watch how a young American, Vietnamese tries of origin to shave before the mirror and I've just released the route for tomorrow picked out. All in all, I look back on a very relaxed stage. Apart from a high point (of the Speyer Cathedral on the Rhine) this day was relatively uneventful. The wind that gave me the last few days the simplified stage, probably weakened from the last hours a little, so the small engine was missing from the back. Today, however, no surveys were too great to overcome in the landscape, so after a few bends of the old Rhine relatively quickly followed by the diversion to Karlsruhe and I am fast in the castle garden in Karlsruhe vorfand.
Through my early arrival and the beautiful weather I could not let me take me after checking into the hostel a bit to go to the park and enjoy the spring sunshine. With the thoughts that I wish this weather would really like at the beginning of the tour in Lower Saxony, I looked back once more to the tour and I'm still flabbergasted and proud accomplished performance. It's amazing how quickly rumging the time and that I am tomorrow with the final and decisive stage go home. On the one hand, I am not happy every morning wake up in another bed in a strange city to pack my clothes in the bike bag and me to go for many hours in some cases the very inhospitable outside world, not knowing what I will be waiting for the day so difficult just to evening my clothes in any durchzuwaschen to small sink and hope that they are dried until the next day. On the other hand, I think it is this aspect incredibly exciting and I am almost sure that I will try later this year at least remain on the cycling faithful to me maybe once again go on small tours (perhaps with an overnight stay on a campsite).

to final stage - King Discipline:
contrast to the original plan, the final stage to drive to Breisach on the Rhine and then to push on the eastern route to Freiburg, I have rejected because of Karlsruhe but much too far away from the Rhine. If tomorrow's stage is not even the longest of the whole tour, that fact might not matter to me, but just for the reasons I will tomorrow east, parallel to advance to the Rhine in the further south. I think, because I want a relatively early start from London, with an arrival in the March to 18:30 / 19:00 clock.

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The Arizona desert

On Sunday 14 March, we start driving to San Diego after we We have abandoned our family with a coffee in the RV (Recreational Vehicle) and a dip in the swimming pool of the Camp Grounds. We are the small, bustling Emil miss very much and are already looking forward to see him back in a month.
goes in speedy ride it on I-8 east, then turned mountainous landscape, which we know from our trip in 2006 already, of Julian in the Anza-Borrego Desert SP (State Park). The name of the Park by Juan Bautista de Anza, who in 1775 ran through to set up a farm in San Francisco, and the English name Borrego for the Desert Bighorn Sheep (desert bighorn sheep), which gives it here to see a good luck. In the middle of this huge park (2,430 km2, 30 times the area of the city of Zurich) covers 200 m height above sea level a 400 km2 area level, is at the edge of a well-equipped campground. We have reserved a parking space already in Switzerland. All seats are occupied, because the holidays have started here (for Swiss term: summer vacation). We have luck this year after the high precipitation in winter blooming flowers and cacti. The ground is already discolored yellow. At night it is pretty cool. No sooner has the sun risen, however, it burns quite vigorously. Because we like it here, we stay two nights and make later in the afternoon - over lunch, it is too hot! - A walk in a canyon (Palm Canyon Trail), in which the astonished hikers suddenly shows a palm oasis with sparkling water. Here, as in the Camp Ground to grow the California fan palms (Washingtonia filifera), covering the withered leaves of the stem completely and keep them from drying out and from insects. Listen to the way back and we see all kinds of birds, including Esther's family of birds, quail (Gambel's Quail, Callipepla gambelii).
We are, of course after the sun goes back as we are observing plants and animals. Ants (Harvest ants) build unique flat circular buildings, which are surrounded by small plants sprouting. Grains enter into the building to separate there, men from the boys' and take the husks back to the edge, which then begins to sprout and, as it forms a palisade wall.

the evening, it is absolutely quiet. The sunset is breathtaking. The mountains of bright red. The horizon with a color combination of red, purple and blue in all shades. Soon spread across the sky from a carpet of innumerable stars! The moon appears as a narrow crescent lying, as it can be seen on the many minarets in Switzerland.

On Tuesday, 16.3. we drive to the Salton Sea down to -60 meters. The upper layer of the ground at sea level is white: full . Oversalted For intensive agriculture - citrus fruits, vines and vegetables - the fertile soil is deposited in this layer. It is quite hot and dry! Through the picturesque Box Canyon, it goes up then. We cross the I-10 and go to the Joshua Tree National Park, which we had visited in 2002.
We want to stay only once, before we take the long boring trip to Phoenix. But an interesting trail, we can not do without: the walk across the desert, hills and down through a canyon to the Lost Palms Oasis. After this four-hour hike, I naturally a swollen foot (OA). The experience of the lonely walk to the observation many plants and a few species was worth it! Hundreds of small lizards rush on our way. The Ocotillo (candle bush) drive at the end of their long spiny arms red flowers.

The trip to Phoenix is drab, the I-10 is almost always well paved. We drive mostly 75 miles per hour. With the small RV this is not a problem. He goes quiet and almost silent, and we have consistently turned on the cruise control. The vast valley is like an ocean, mountains rise from the individual himself. If instead of the water level, one might think that we drive on the Aegean Sea, rise from the barren islands. Southeast of Phoenix is changing the level that gradually increases from Tucson. The floor is covered with green grass, blooming yellow flowers and small purple lupines. We are very lucky. Only every few years, sometime from February to May, there will be a spectacular desert bloom, if fit rainfall, temperature and sunshine duration. And these conditions have now been received. In the Anza-Borrego desert, we had just witnessed the final stage of flowering, which we already knew in Switzerland (internet). On the vast grassland, where is now and then a small herd of cattle to identify, are Saguarokakteen (pronounced Sah-wah'-ro). This columnar cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) appears in its present Form until after the last ice age. It is up to 18 m, to 300 years old and serves a number of birds for habitation. Unfortunately, he drives his big white flowers that are pollinated by bats, only in May (as long as we can not wait!). The pulp is used by the Indians as food.


indentation are the Teddy Bear Cholla (. Opuntia bigelovii you with a fine fur like a teddy bear, they are best but better not stroke) and shrubs such as the green-born Littleleaf Palo Verde (Cercidium microphyllium; Parkinsonie) . The latter serves young cacti, especially the saguaro, as, nurse log 'nanny, that is, in its protection can grow the young plants. The healing powers of the Creosote Bush (Larrea tridentata, creosote bush) already knew the Indians and are now used by modern medicine. The Picacho Peak SP we see for the first time, the Buckhorn Cholla (Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa) and the Fishhook Barrel Cactus (Ferocactus Wislizenii; barrel cactus). Unfortunately mammals are scarcely observed. The attempt to make the Desert Bighorn Sheep to be home again, (which is allowed in State Parks) by the many hikers with dogs difficult. From our parking space in the Catalina SP we can close up after all, the Gila woodpecker (Gilaspecht), the small white wing dove and follow other birds chirping.
We stay several days in the area around Tucson and enjoy the summer heat. During the day it is to warm to 28 degrees at night rather cool. Am 21.3. the temperature drops even below the freezing point. At 4 ° in the RV, we feel like in a refrigerator, but well-packed. Only the nose is freezing cold. We stay overnight and hike in the Picacho Peak SP and SP in Catalina, where we have to wade through on each excursion a small river (Sutherland Wash) - for us in this arid region proper. The most beautiful route in the Catalina SP takes us through beautiful flora in the air for Romero's pool, a water-bearing Canyon, where numerous pools in a lush green vegetation bathing facilities. The water is brown and foams, but clean. The color probably comes from the tannin of the plants and trees (as in the Rio Negro in Brazil).





visit in Tucson as the Pima Air & Space Museum (Pima are natives of this area), which are issued in hangars and outside a host of aircraft. Impressive is the realistic simulation of the first aircraft, the Wright brothers in 1903 have completed their first short-haul flight. In addition to some transport aircraft, example of NASA, the Air Force I of John F. Kennedy, especially fighter jets and bombers from the time of the 2nd see World War and the Vietnam War. The Volunteers (Volunteers and leaders of the museum) are pilots from the Vietnam War. At the same time we experience the 'rehearsal' for the big air show, which takes place the following weekend. Impressive, especially the flying skills of the Thunderbirds!



Even the Arizona State Museum in Tucson, which, in revealing the form of ethnology and culture of the indigenous people of the southwest, about ten different Indian tribes, including Navajo, Hopi, Paiute, Apache, Pima, Seri, identified, impressed us greatly. The past seems to have worked well. It is about the errors and crimes which carried out the settlers, miners (miners) and the army against the Indians. In a few decades, the balance of nature has been destroyed, which had kept the natives for thousands of years.
On the way to the Saguaro National Park, where we want to spend another two days, we at last passed a library, where we set a new post in the blog and our mails can. Our PocketMail still does not work.




: Hiking in the USA
Unlike Switzerland, where the hikers and climbers are no limits, walking (hiking) in the U.S. is strictly regulated. You walk only in the national parks (National Park) and parks of the individual states (State Parks): You will pay a daily fee (day use) and parked his car at the starting point (trailhead) or obtained for a multi-day hike, a special permit (backpackers permit) . It may be moved only to the specified paths. Backpackers may not exceed 400 feet away from the path and no closer than 200 feet from a river camp. In return, these paths are well maintained, well signposted and controls, although only the horizontal distance (in miles) above, in rare Cases, the height difference (Note: sometimes the difference between start and destination). For the route of the Matterhorn Hörnlihütte example would be 1.2 miles. Normally it takes for a mile 20 minutes! Since Ueli Steck would be required. Outside of the parks we see no travelers - and when you see such, it is certainly an illegal Mexican immigrant who is caught by the Border Control (border police). Pedestrians in the cities can only be Swiss. This can go one, appear to be harmless if they are not just bankers. Why do you have for roads and a car? Even at the campground, some people take the car they in their giant Camper coupled carry to the washroom!
are unique in the U.S., the large connected trails, such as the Appalachian Trail in the east, the John Muir Trail in the Sierra Nevada or the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), which is 4000 from the border of Mexico to the border of Canada on miles and 160,000 meters and extends to accomplish in 6 months! I myself have hiked Vancouver 1999 Iceland West Coast Trail, a relatively modest week-long hike, but an unforgettable experience!

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from a puncture and unbalanced Weather



summary of today's tour:
tour dates: Mainz - Mannheim
Elapsed distance: 72.1 km
Required Time: 5h 41m
Average speed: 14.4 km / h

pain scale (1 = so-so, 10 = Oh damn beautiful ****)
pain Butt: 5
pain in the thigh muscles: 5
pain in the shoulder area: 3

Oh man, I believe, to the same extent as the tour is slowly coming to an end, I go to the same extent from the stories and narratives.
Today started with looking out the window and realize that you can not have every day so damn lucky and can drive it in warm, sunny outdoor conditions - however crack the sky very quickly after the beginning of today's stage on and revealed a quite sunny, windy day. Thank God - even if today's stage is one of the shortest routes throughout the tour, it's still unpleasant to constantly squeeze the road in the rain gear and shortly afterwards to peel out.
Well, there are days where you lose and there are days when winning the others. That this statement was made today just for me, I was surprisingly clear, as the hose passed in my rear tire with a loud bang. In consequence of the delayed Continue approximately 30 minutes, because I, thank God, build with the help of two passers-by, my rear wheel and could replace the hose. After some minor difficulties with the expansion of the rear wheel, the further operation was completed without further complications, so I could run the stage without any problems.
Just like yesterday I was haunted by a strong tail wind, which meant that I could finish the tour in a short time and I could make due to the timely arrival of Bertram, the owner of the apartment here in Mannheim, a city tour. Interesting that despite the frequent and often long stay to see the main station, so far neither the time had not yet found the nerve, more than the station of Mannheim.
Because of the now well-advanced but time will I the entry today to keep a little shorter than that of the last days - in this sense - good night!

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From tailwind early spring and an intermediate accounting


summary of today's tour:
tour dates: Bad Ems (Koblenz) - Mainz
Elapsed distance: 93.4 km
Required Time: 6h 5m
Average speed: 15.4 km / h

pain scale (1 = so-so, 10 = ach du sch damn pain in the butt ****)
: 3
pain in the thigh muscles: 4
pain in the shoulder area: 1

Today is the official beginning of spring. This fact can be seen not only on my calendar, but also in Been driving feel. Today was again very warm, so I have this day saved the thermal clothing. This warm circumstance was added today that accompanied me on the whole stage is a very strong tail wind and me incredibly comfortable and quickly brought to Mainz. Only in the elongated loops Rhine between Koblenz and Bingen, the high Luftfeutigkeit was palpable.
Highlights of today in every case the impressively situated Rhine castles and palaces that lined the permanently remaining on the Rhine cycle path. The Rhine is also when I have a few miles Rhine cycle path behind me, still impressive and mystical. When driving and Experience one can easily imagine how this huge current that runs through its valley, have influenced cultures must, stories served as a basis and have grown to this day legends can. It is thought while viewing the stream, while light mist over the Talkämmen want to see in the small vertebrae things that must have made a captain certainly a strange feeling. Finally, the Valley of the Lorelei with this mystical feeling, to feel in a completely foreign world. Shortly after leaving
Bingen the Rhine and the bike path leads east, parallel to the great river just 1km before he again directly in Mainz tagging along beside him.
The tour is scenic and had a mystical aspect produces the most exciting. That, of course, not everything can run smoothly, I was about to Mainz learned just as it settled in the clouds is a quick little cloudy on the territory of Hesse. Otherwise I can, however, no other stories give price, not because really exciting happened.
I have now found a consistently impressive fitness, which could happen to me, above all, today's stage very quickly and easily.
tonight I added up my mileage. Not that I wanted to boast, but after almost a week, I wanted just to know which route you (n) has actually returned by design. Mainz to 662.5 km were planned. Through small cracks on public transport I am not driving all the way, but it would, after deduction of the non-driven miles on 534.1 km - I find my standards is a number, which I may well be satisfied, especially as the days to come a few kilometers distance ready.
I have today made a very quiet evening in Mainz and will be glad tomorrow on a similar long range as today. Tomorrow's goal is Mannheim, which I had then reached the final state, and slowly reach Baden fields.
With this hometown thoughts I want a good night!

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by lots of water, a reunion in passing, and 16% slope


summary of today's tour:
tour dates: Solingen - Bad Ems
Elapsed distance: 138 km (planned), 67.6 km (driven)
Required Time: 6h 01m
average speed: 12.9 km / h

pain scale (1 = so-so, 10 = ach du sch damn pain in the butt ****)
: 6
pain in the thigh muscles: 6
pain in the shoulder area: 2

I think I me at this stage a little over. Perhaps it was simply a lot of small factors that have hampered much of today's stage. But first of all Beginning. I'm in Solingen with a friend, Tom came in, I got to know about Lydia and I have learned to appreciate it, especially after last night very much and admire. The reason is simply that I had after returning from Cologne, Tom started a very interesting conversation about art, music and life in these areas. What would perhaps be mentioned is the fact that Tom and his character straight conductor is involved in several productions at once. As is well known, the disadvantage of entertaining conversations, the problem of time passing. In our case, it meant that after the blog entry-only letters to 2 clock went to bed. essentially no problem, if there was not the problem of getting up the next morning.
Today I overslept a little bit - not really, but I woke up at 9 and clock was set to a sumptuous breakfast. After the successful completion of the meal, making the finished, the clock was already at 10 clock, so my leg could not begin before 10:30 clock. Hook at the present stage, the problem is that yesterday's tour was not planned to Solingen, but about 20km further to lead to Cologne. So today came to the anyway to moving 103 km more than 20km from Solingen added. In general, the Tour started well, but after about 2 km I noticed that the rear tire to clear air lost and thus forced me shortly after the start of a repair. By a slightly opaque route I came up with but now have considerable delay to the Rhine.
today I had to also admit that the Rhine is already quite big and I'm looking for the next time with the comment "there is still a lot of water flowing down the Rhine ..." will certainly hold back much. Another problem was that, through various chemical production plants near water or other industries can not always travel directly on the Rhine, and thus on the proposed km further to come to the ring. I have not yet let me take in the short-Porz Urbacher way, my address was made something more than a year, stop by, and noticed with pleasure that drags me also at this point nothing more. After a few kilometers
reported to be a pain in my right knee. Generally, I am assuming that my body just now responding to the massive burden of recent days. In order to prevent worse things I've taken down the pace considerably, trying to relieve the right leg. Approximately 20 km to Cologne, however, a point was reached where I had to make a decision, as I bring today's stage to an end. After a rough estimate, it seemed the most sense from Bonn by public transport to travel to Bad Ems. After retrospective analysis is a good choice, since I no later than was not able to Koblenz to Bad Ems, the increase would have and about the pain in his knee would not jeopardize the other tour.
arrived in Bad Ems began, as every day, searching for the reserved accommodation. Bad Ems is beautiful in itself. It lies in a valley and is a health resort, as it appears in the book. A small river flows through a picturesque, romantic style of the place where you feel like a different world. The highlight though was the hostel. This is situated about 200m above the city at the end of a 2km long street with 16% slope - an absolute no-go this evening. For the ascent, I walk, pushing the wheel, kanpp 45 minutes needed. The view is magnificent, the location fantastic, but the road to hell!
to my route planning and subsequent implementation: In general, I've resigned myself in the last few days so that you can sometimes get lost - It happens schonmal. If I, however, after a day with this current scale in a city arrived and I'm not sure if me is asked about just once you want to send just up the hill, it is for me a pure will to survive in a few meters, someone like again to ask - just to be sure!
Well, I've indulged me this evening, once a small bathroom and I will prepare myself for tomorrow and just try today right time to go to bed. In this sense, good night.

Should You Remove Icicles

From mountainous land, great weather and a subway ride



summary of today's tour:
tour dates: Dortmund - Solingen
Elapsed distance: 64.5 km
Required Time: 5h 42m
Average speed: 12.7 km / h

pain scales ( 1 = so-so, 10 = ach du sch damn pain in the butt ****)
: 3
pain in the thigh muscles: 9
pain in the shoulder area: 2

Looking back at the last stage, I must honestly admit that I today's stage of all stages ridden really like best added. This statement has nothing to do not least with the fantastic weather and amazing scenery.
The stage began with a short trip in the mountainous part behind Dortmund, who led almost the same with a 10km-long arcade next to a busy highway. Aside from hair-raising and in my estimation quite dangerous crossings of runs, the bike path went in a not so very busy part of the hinterland.
offered here Nordrhein-Westfalen really all that make pitches so with themselves. After this obstacle was a broad landscape opened with great views and a simply stunning clear air. The ensuing departure of about 5km was fantastic, because you could not only shoot down with unusual speed of more than 50 km / h on the mountain, but to avoid all excitement and all sorts of rubbish on the bike had. In addition to countless shards, grit, and remnants of native conifers and leaves the forest also called for very close cut switchbacks to the driver simply for everything - basically you can not make any authorities with a complaint, I admit, have to say I probably the first cyclist am who has driven that route this year.
The sudden warm weather brought today already the first sandals and mini-skirt wearers of the plan. Of course I admit that I found it extremely liberating to begin today for the first time on this tour without thermal clothing a stage, but I think it's pretty risk-averse and overly risking pneumonia even at this time of year.
milestone today was the well-known town of Solingen knife that comes up, I think, in comparison with other North Rhine-Westphalia cities with particularly many small kebab shops. I would like to know if there is in the consumption and buying behavior research is also a special question and answer session about the eating habits of human groups. The impression one has since yesterday in every village, every town in North Rhine-Westphalia, is that the local population fed solely by the Turkish pockets.
've During the evening planning a little trip I indulged in the village of Cologne that was not in the distant past with all sorts of interesting headlines in the focus of public interest. Apparently, the construction of the new subway line built all kinds of safety-related building materials not only what could cause a security risk. Well, an inspection and use of the already operating underground, however, leads me to express the opinion that given the current state of the Cologne-U-and S-Bahn a collapse of the tunnel really is the lesser problem. Anyone who has used line 5 towards Dom-plate and could see the drivers at every stop that he obviously constantly annoys the doors by hand close to understand is that the savings measures in the construction of the new subway line only for maintenance were not invested in operating plants.
Have just set out the planning for tomorrow's stage and look forward to some places that are left at the first Rhine Tour - Until then, good night.

How To Write A Certificate

from a sleepless night, the loss of a nerve and taped nipples



summary of today's tour:
tour dates: Osnabrück - Dortmund
Elapsed distance: 115 km (planned), 57 km (down)
Required Time: 4h 17m
Average speed: 13.44 km / h

pain scale (1 = so-so, 10 = Oh damn beautiful ****)
pain in the butt: 4
pain in the thigh muscles: 9
pain in the shoulder area: 3

Well that was once a night and a day that has washed up! Intending to spend a relaxing night in Osnabrück I went yesterday after derm Publish the blogs in my bed. Apart from the fact that the heater did not work really, although it was set at the highest level started in my upper jaw, a slight throbbing pain to manifest. As these teeth in the past on very cold (it yes in the past few days was more than enough), responded I had no second thought.
the subject of "pain" I would like to insert here a little something. In any magazine, any Internet forum, etc. are talking about, that his nipples protect particularly on longer journeys should be (for example, by applying a Plasters, etc.). This lack of information provided yesterday that my nipples in the process of adapting to the wet cold brought in a state where you would use it for glass cutting. In consequence of this was the night not to use the prone position for me very relaxed, otherwise my throbbing pain pain in the jaw, two small points would be added in the chest.
had Nevertheless it is apparently set to bring the pain in his head to me about my well-deserved sleep. Of the more than 7.5 hours sleep scheduled grudged to me is only about 2 hours, then grab me shortly after 7 clock up the phone and call in a dentist's office was. An appointment was quickly found and the reaction of the doctor was, apart from the usual "you are, the great" and "why anyone leaves this time of year from Hamburg to Freiburg with the bike" very sober thought: must be "Joa, da wa probably bring out the nerve! " Said and done, after a syringe, which in my expert dental medical opinion all three medical assistants had set completely knocked out, my entire right side of his face was put into a state of complete apathy and perceived void. A few minutes later, the ghost already gone and my humble self with 2 painkillers in a breast pocket on the way to Dortmund. Oh, Speaking of breast: Since this morning I wear small patches with animal motifs on my nipples!
The drive took me through the day, rather unspectacular Teuteburger forest with small, moderate climbs and the descents. Generally you can as nature lovers the area certainly be more gain than I, who today tried just Time to catch up, but also this section of line was quite exciting. After crossing into the North Rhine Westphalian territory changes, however, the overall impression of the area significantly. Were up to this point, many houses "normally" built, you realize this from the clear presence of clinker construction.
I think that the near-sleepless night and the events of the morning working on my much substance. After less than half the planned for today track, I came to a point where I realized that my energy reserves were so exhausted that I had to admit to themselves that a further progress without massive physical problems was not possible. I have therefore decided to 57km in Münster for the switch to the local public transport, to jeopardize the continued tour unnecessarily. Finally, it was from the beginning so planned that the first three days I should rather demand a lot from the tour and the latest Cologne should significantly extend relaxed.
am Finally, I arrived safely in Dortmund, the city I've looked a bit and made me acquainted with the localities. I'll try to get today a very relaxing evening and a blessed tomorrow night's sleep to relax and come to no great problems to Solingen. In this sense, on a quiet night. Until tomorrow

Welcome Speech For Church

from a hole, the Camino de Santiago and a drive-in pharmacy


Hello and welcome to the daily blog from the north of Germany. Here are the key figures of the day:

summary of today's tour:
tour dates: Bremen - Osnabrück
Elapsed distance: 126 km
Required Time: 9h 37m
Average speed: 13.44 km / h

pain scale (1 = so-so, 10 = you oh damn beautiful ****)
pain in the butt: 7
pain in the thigh muscles: 5
pain in the shoulder area: 4

The title suggests a lot that day. At least weather, technically it was a nearly successful day. The wind pushed me moderately side to move, so that especially long-drawn stages were a little bearable. Generally, I had the impression that the weather was a bit on my side. Besides a few small passages sunny and a little drizzle towards the end of the day today was quite tolerable. However, I
must confess that my body slowly fights against the burden of what I got today felt with increasing problems with pain in the buttocks - the other hand, pain in the thigh region eased slightly. Maybe my body has simply given up only to send pain signals to my brain, since a change in the load factors would be ignored anyway only. To my
surprise, I found my bike this morning with a "plate" on the front tire before before the young Mr. mountains - As fast inflation posed a solution to the problem then the journey was also relatively fast to the south. After almost half of the trail led me Wegbeschilderungen in a small wooded area and brought me here on a path that was marked with small yellow shell symbols. For all non-pilgrim fixed readers of this blog is of course always ready with the solution: It is a part of the northern Lower Saxony Road to Santiago. Full of optimism about the discovery made me to be on a pilgrimage, was left to me to note that either way to leave again, or "someone" would keep me on this path. Finally, I hung a few minutes later in the woods, without even a soul within a radius of several kilometers, with my bike in about 40cm deep mud set. Booyah! Well, somehow I managed it then all the forces under Auferbietung my bike and me to get through this mess, and noticed in a very fluid body of the way small bubbles coming up out of my front tires! Sure, if it once "someone" well with a mean, then so!
A note in their own right: I was skeptical when I in the bicycle business, the seller of this product into the hands pressed, but I must honestly admit that the repair a tire is just so impressive that I now remove all the horrific images of the wheel, tube expanding, hole found on it to make sanding, Volkanisieren, adhesives, have rejected installing and inflating completely. It's so simple: Turn valve out, fill gel on it turn valve, inflate, about 1km re-inflation drive, finished!
ended Full starched Ethusiasmus about the accomplished masterpiece, a few miles later, the forest on a road. So, now the Rästelfrage: How to find on a map its position with the following specifications: 2 bus stops (in both directions the same city as the target), no emergency phone, no house in a visible area, no road markings or the like to determine the street name. Solution: Just go once in one direction, to ring in full bike facilities and very dirty clothes on the next door to a completely randomly selected housewife and asking the way - seems to occur way more often, as I assured the lady who always lost tourists / pilgrims to bring the right track ...
The rest day was in comparing two of the aforementioned experiences relatively calm and relaxed. One last small peak was holding the day ready yet. On the final straight in the south of Osnabrück I accidentally discovered a pharmacy with drive-in "button. As for the evening anyway an extended heat patch session on the program was, I took the chance and drove my bike over wide tour in the driveway and ordered to pack a pack of lozenges Would pavement. It's amazing what a so everything is on the way, if you do not even explored in a moving Alukäfig on four tires the world.
Even though my body slowly rebelled against the load a little, I've thought of only in a few seconds to the task of the ambitious project. Instead, one inspiring the load and strain to make to grow.
For tonight is rather a loose plan to - heat patch session, Voltaren session for the thighs and Laundry. I expect tomorrow to kick off the route of the Durchfahrung Teuteburger Woods! Although see my route on the map is not too bad - the saw, however, the average slopes for Hamburg not have and has shown me eventually clear at the beginning of my limits. One may be curious.
In this sense - good night!

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Heiligs Blächle, i Henn g'schafft !


Sign me exhausted just from a small bunk in the Youth Men's mountains Bremen and happy and look back on a day of absolute misjudgment.

summary of today's tour:
tour dates: Hamburg Harburg - Bremen
Elapsed distance: 125.06
km Time required: 9h 2m
Average speed: 13.84 km / h

pain scales (1 = so-so, 10 = Oh damn beautiful pain in the butt ****)
: 5
pain in the thigh muscles: 6
pain in the shoulder area: It started a

all start with a morning on which I actually hoped to spring-like temperatures. However, this idea ended abruptly with the fall of small crystals of frozen water in Hamburg. But what is a man, the temperatures can not harm - Finally, one (s) yes "packed" (T-shirt, thermal shirt, fleece jacket, coat, and later the rain jacket)! Nope - much colder, you can not feel a thing.
to the first great impression the first day trip was soon which, according to Internet information "slight incline at the beginning", which for an inexperienced driver should definitely
out to be a challenge - especially since I am the lead not once, but because of the bad signs, like was allowed to go up twice. The other tour was a torture. Generally, I have nothing against farms, but things seem low to consist only of such. However, it appears that farmers are not particularly important to also keep a neat idea to do shopping. Only in village 5, there was a baker whose selection is only a shadow of himself and only in the village was only 17 (!!!) there was a kind EDEKA that I was immediately completely deprived of sweets, which I destroyed without great haste (could even be bad / wet).

instead of the predicted wind, I fought back the entire drive with a biting, icy wind and frontal! In addition to this, let's announced spring temperatures appeared to wait for a few days up. In the end, was further aggravated by the route from Hamburg to Bremen occurs in 3 versions: first
In the version of the website (even with existing and not existing again signs)
second In the version of my TomTom, by the way, weather-related today gave up the ghost!
third (Thank God) In the end, the version of the maps in advance worried

I left myself at first and then have the "signs" followed - if you could identify them. However, this was the route by almost 110 km and completely unnerved at the end of his forces are still cycling on an exercise in patience. Bremen is not easy. Man (n) runs just over 30km in a large number of square kilometers of protected area without even the slightest a spire or a tower to see - In addition, the road straight ends in the middle of nowhere. Plagued by an icy wind, which begins with the moisture-soaked jacket and continuously devouring every bit of energy there was at kilometer 113 no stopping. I stopped, dismounted, and (please excuse the informal term) me puke verbally loud times RICHITGE off (was so no one else there) and took several unsuspecting and totally innocent stones in the scenic wilderness (for bird lovers, this place, however, seems a paradise to be - Every few yards there is a point of observation and so many different critters rumflogen as there were chirped and I've never seen). Finally, I took
last me the Corny-bar, which was meant for emergencies, out of his pocket, put it in a great movement in full in the mouth, took a deep breath and drove on. Only after half an infinity few small houses appeared on the pages, street signs, sidewalks, and suddenly the signs of the ADFC (pointing in all directions) - My God, what hardship!
Hofffe secretly just want better weather tomorrow and a better route - but already I am looking forward (there's that is the Western bridge tour - Man (n) may be curious).
Until then, good night

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Hello Hamburg


So, here I sit. Sign up successfully from Hamburg. At this point in any case before a huge "thank you" to Anne, who asked me her apartment for the night available added.
can generally say I look back on the day that a trip by bicycle and train certainly has its advantages. Contrast, all bad press, which has suffered the web in recent weeks and months, I can at least say from today's perspective, that I easily my bike and I could carry through across Germany.
Arrived in Hamburg but I had to find that low temperatures and stiff gusts out to be quite cooler than I was willing to admit to date! Only small rays of hope are on the one hand, the fact that I survived the 10km, with front-wind in the north of Hamburg with medium burns to the face and hands well and secondly, that according to the local weather forecast, the wind in the coming days will blow from other directions, so I certainly can for the next few days hope to make back the wind.
have to get used to the northern temperatures, today I made a small tour of the evening completely extinct Hamburg - Hamburg apparently seem to be established this weather to go well out of the way as I could to make! Well, my tour took me to the Jungfernstieg, from there in the warehouse district to the piers, by the Portuguese quarter, and finally one of my favorite restaurants (The "passion") on the Reeperbahn. However, I'm on my way back again to learn your own body, that it is a good and a bad road, we finally arrive at the S-Bahn station "Reeperbahn". Generally, all Hamburg-strangers had said: Never go alone as a man of this district after 20 clock at night, unless the desire to venal love is the intension of this visit. All the others should come: Stay on the side with the Strip-Scale - Here you will indeed accosted by strange people, you need not declare a barnacle to the next hand over hand, and every step that you do not feel like "a bit of fun" has! To the eye, but what is offered. Due to the temperatures the ladies of the industry forced to present themselves in moon boots and triple-stuffed winter coats - that is completely contrary to the free-body culture offers that you get offered in this area in the summer. Who is "The Simpsons" knows and has a picture of Maggie in a winter coat in mind will understand what I mean ...

is all in all, the arrival of the 900km Tour certainly succeeded. Apart from icy winds and cold temperatures is the tour starting tomorrow at 5:30 in the way of anything.
In this sense - Good night

Green Green 13 Uncencorwd

Flowers From Zurich via Los Angeles to San Diego

have the most unpleasant part of our trip we put behind us. We, the drive train passionate about reading, doing, eating and walking around, spent over 13 hours, 12 hours and 20 minutes in the air, squeezed on the plane. The only advantage we have saved so much money for the flight in Economy Class, we once again able to finance such a trip. With an Airbus 340-300 SWISS launched on Thursday 4 March, by 14 clock in Kloten - after a 45-minute delay: an indicator light showed an error in the oil pressure in one of the four engines. The service in the SWISS is almost back to the default before the grounding of Swissair! The long time we drove with Sudoku and movies. I enjoyed the movie 2012 disaster, and I felt at the destruction of our destination, and half the world in an airplane in complete safety. To
17 clock we landed in Los Angeles. Also on board was the way Roger Federer and his family. He also had to endure 13 hours in the air - but with a far greater comfort. Maybe I should play tennis! Rina at the airport picked us up and took us to her house, where we could stay for three days. With it, we visited including the Museum of Tolerance where they volunteer (without compensation, of course, as is customary for most retirees in the U.S.) offers guided tours. One evening we go
with Rina, her husband and two friendly couples to the movies. The film 3-D film from James Cameron AVATAR is technically fascinating, but of course content poor. After the presentation is the floor of the cinema littered with popcorn, cups and papers. Is it well with us too? We were never in this millennium in the cinema!
On Saturday evening we bring in Carson at Cruise America our RV (Recreational Vehicle), a newer model, only 6 feet long - which allows us to park in normal parking spaces - more economical, but like most rental RV fraught with qualitative deficiencies . The equipment is sparse, the shower head works only after coaxing. But we will cope well with this model.



On Sunday we finally drive the 120 miles south to San Diego, arriving for lunch with our daughter and her son Mela and Örjan Emil. The reunion after more than a year of separation is of course welcome. Emil us see at first because we still hold out to him from the car a little animal matter (an owl), which we had always shown at the weekly Skype. The young family lived for over a year in a small three-room house just two blocks from the sea. This is important for the athletic couple, as they surf on the waves of passionate, and has also Emil's fun in the water. Mela has received a research grant from the National Science Foundation and is working on her specialty computer games for young people.

We have a full week stay in San Diego and are happy with the family to be together, to go sightseeing and enjoy the beach. The sky is cloud-free as of Thursday and the thermometer climbs above 20 degrees Celsius, it blows in the afternoon but always a cool breeze. On the internet we read of the winter in Switzerland!

are on our sightseeing program including:
the Old Town. This visit we leave on one day alone to the young family something to calm down. We participate in a guided tour and learn all sorts of interesting things about the history of the city. Around 1820 the first houses were built of adobe (dried mud brick), because the timber was missing. By the middle of the 19th Century the town had about 400 residents, now about 1.2 million is a small school house, which only has one room available, again at the original location. The first teacher was Mary Chase Walker, who arrived from Boston and needed for this trip almost a year. We also see the prison, a small iron cage, which was in the summer to a real sauna, a spacious double storey hotel, which is now restored, is extensive Casa de Estudillo, which housed the family of a cattle baron, etc.
to beautiful views over the original city was the Fort Stockton. 500 Mormon soldiers were, with few women and children in July 1846 from the Salt Lake Valley are broken up and marched to within half a year to San Diego, where they support the Californos in the fight against Mexico. Against the opposition of the locals (the Kumeyaay) then they settled at the foot of the hill, with its extensive and affected the livestock resources of the natives. The barren, semi-arid soil did not allow agriculture. The grazing of cattle was not fenced and extended over vast areas. Only the skins of cattle and the meat derived from tallow (about 90 kg per head of livestock) were sold and brought by ship to the East Coast. From the East was imported wood in return, as in this semiarid region only willows and small shrubs Grow. Today no more tallow is sold. I imagine that you could win per obese AMI good 20 kg of tallow, if it in a beauty-farm, the fat is sucked out.

Take the family, we at Cabrillo NM: 28/09/1542 landed on the Portuguese Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo on behalf of the English king in the Bay of present-day San Diego. He was to conquer the country, find a route to the Spice Islands, the mythical Strait of Anian, and of course gold. His crew took 800 miles of coast. Cabrillo died on 3/1/1543 but an infection that he had been captured because of a bone fracture.
We visit the Visitor Center and the Lighthouse, the lighthouse keeper's family served as a residence. The children had the 8-km route to school in San Diego (now the Old Town) to travel in a rowing boat.
impressive is the small military museum that documents the struggles against the Japanese in the Pacific. Shocking is the sheer vast area of the military cemetery: But thousands of soldiers who have died in the attack of the Japanese.

the very lively we visit Balboa Park on Saturday. It has an area of 60 km2, or almost the size of the city of Zurich! The cacti and rare exotic trees bloom. We stroll through El Prado, the magnificent view orchids in the botanical garden, a picnic in a quiet spot and squeeze called us with Emil in a miniature railway, by Emil Tschutschu. Amazingly, we see lying around anywhere in the park bottles, papers or other waste. Why we are denied this peaceful sight in Switzerland?

Sunday morning we head east. In southern Arizona we expect summer temperatures to 30 degrees. We look forward to the warmth and remember the Swiss in the cold left behind.