Category Archives: _North America_

Rochester … Fall-ing

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Business did bring me back to the United States yet another time – now to Rochester, Minnesota (and not New York, as the locals tend to stress) …

During the week the focus is on working with long days in the office, so the weekend is a nice chance to get out into the crisp fall air, and into nature to finally get some sunshine.

With a colleague I made the way from downtown to the Quarry Hill Park, a 3.5 km walk (one-way) to the Nature Center (with plenty of educational displays of local wild- and plant life; from here we used some of the parks trails to see the different habitats in the park (evidence below) … fall certainly is here … it will be winter soon.

Carolina Sky

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A business meeting did bring me back to Raleigh, North Carolina.

Below some impressions from my short connecting flight from Charlotte to Raleigh featuring some amazing cloud formations …

Good-byes

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The last day of the Rocky Mountain High tour … day of good-byes …

The first good-bye was silent … we were greeted by a new van this morning … Kelly had exchanged the old one (without working air-con) with another one (with somewhat working air-con).

The first actual good-bye was for Las Vegas; on the way out we stopped at the famous sign at the South end of the Strip for a photo opportunity.

From here we continued into California – towards the Pacific and Los Angeles. On the way to the hotel we had a stop in Hollywood and some time to check out Hollywood Blvd … before it was time for final good-byes.

Las Vegas

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I ended up doing my own thing on our full day in Las Vegas … I kicked it off at the Atomic Testing Museum around midday and then made my way to the Las Vegas Strip for an extended walk to get a closer look at the casinos.

into Las Vegas

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Our stop after Zion was infamous Las Vegas, NV.

We left Zion straight after the others returned from the hike; obviously it was a pretty quiet ride over to Vegas – with not more than a gas and a lunch stop on the way. Once in Vegas the first point of interest was an outlet mall – before we were heading for our hotel (right – no camping here … first night in a bed for weeks) and showers.

We met up again in the evening to go into town for dinner at the Bellagio buffet. I was still not in perfect shape, so made it back to the hotel after dinner – while most of the others continued with the night out Vegas-style.

 

Utah Ranch Stay

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We crossed the border from Arizona into Utah – for another ranch stay, this time camping and without taxidermy.

Grand Canyon Sunrise

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So – now let’s reverse the sunset … twelve hours later … time for sunrise …