Minerality…
Still in Arizona, I made a short stop at Petrified Forest National Park. 225 million years ago, the current Arizona was nearly 3,500 miles South of his actual location, in a tropical climate and thus covered with tropical forests. During large floods on clay areas, trees fell and were buriedRead More…
Craters and ruins…
On the road to the east, VivaLaVida made some detours, the first close to Flagstaff to discover scoria cones. They appeared very recently, about in year 1080. 1. Mount San Fransisco in a freezing morning, a snowy volcano close to Flagstaff. 2. Cinder cones aroundRead More…
Winter in Arizona
I had a few days of Arizona winter with summer temperatures. Between 70 and 80 degrees, it changes with the -9 I had a few weeks ago in Utah! 1. Wetland where the Colorado meander between the mountains. 2. Windy camp on the shore ofRead More…
Californian varieties
Having failed to reach Cerro Gordo through the ridge road blocked by snow, we drove up the classic route. This is an abandoned mining town that was home to 2,000 people between 1856 and 1930. It had up to 7 saloons and the basement is dug over 35 miles (55Read More…
Salt Tram…
I met Andrew with whom I went to Baja last year. He’s gonna make a little way with VivaLaVida before I hit the road toward East… 1. Beautiful colors to the first camp together near hot springs. 2. Stop at Alabama Hills that I discoveredRead More…
Behind the Sierras…
1. Sunrise over Eureka Dunes. 2. Contrasts between dark cliffs and clear dunes… 3. … and between the softness of the sand and the harshness of the rock. I then went to explore volcanic craters near Mono Lake, theRead More…
Some problems with this blog…
Some of you noticed it, this blog was unavailable between Monday to Wednesday morning. Blame on me that have made a big mistake, crashing the PHP database that manages all contents. I probably have a few more gray hairs after rowing to put everything back in placeRead More…
Petroglyphs and sand of Death Valley…
1. Intense sunrise at Lookout City. 2. Softer colors over Panamint Valley. 3. Treasure of Death Valley, a waterfall going down Darwin Canyon. 4. End of the day near Hunter Mountain, in a beautiful forest of Joshua trees. Read More…
Death Valley
I went to join Jeff and Janet, an Alaskan couple who wanted discover some places of the Death Valley and preferred to do it in two vehicles. But before that, I installed the new compressor of VivaLaVida. 1. Beautiful sky over Arizona strip. 2. ARBRead More…
Petrogryphs of Arizona and Nevada
Vivalavida went discover another access to the Grand Canyon, also on the North Rim but further west. 1. Cactus in snow… 2. After going down Whitmore Canyon, I reached the end of the trail, approx. 700 feet above the Colorado River. 3.Read More…
D5 Creation