Bavarian Bunny
Wise Old Thumper
We have seen so many things on our trip through the southwestern USA that it is difficult to choose only a few of the many photos I took. I posted about 200 of them on Facebook. But I won't do that here, don't worry.
On our way there, our onward flight in the US got cancelled due to a snow storm, so we were stranded in Denver for a night. But we could fly to a little place called Durango and pick up our rental car the next morning.
Our first stop was Mesa Verde National Park, a place with several ruins of cliff dwellings built by the Pueblo Indians about 1000 years ago.
From there we drove to Monument Valley, which is inside the Navajo Nation and the hotel and shops are all run by native Indians.
This was the view from our hotel room at sunset:
And at sunrise:
Our next stop was Grand Canyon National Park, very impressive:
Then we drove to southern Arizona to see the saguaro cactus forests and some desert wildlife:
View across the Sonora Desert:
Cottontail rabbit:
Hummingbird:
Some kind of squirrel or chipmunk:
Hummingbirds at a feeder:
A cactus with lovely orange flowers:
Another wild bunny:
A big lizard:
This is Theodore Roosevelt Lake, a man made lake with lovely desert vegetation around it:
Sunset Crater is one of many craters in central Arizona, the last eruption was only 1000 years ago:
The road to Marble Canyon in northern Arizona:
Horseshoe Bend, carved by the Colorado River:
Some funny rock formations on the Paria Plateau:
On our way there, our onward flight in the US got cancelled due to a snow storm, so we were stranded in Denver for a night. But we could fly to a little place called Durango and pick up our rental car the next morning.
Our first stop was Mesa Verde National Park, a place with several ruins of cliff dwellings built by the Pueblo Indians about 1000 years ago.
From there we drove to Monument Valley, which is inside the Navajo Nation and the hotel and shops are all run by native Indians.
This was the view from our hotel room at sunset:
And at sunrise:
Our next stop was Grand Canyon National Park, very impressive:
Then we drove to southern Arizona to see the saguaro cactus forests and some desert wildlife:
View across the Sonora Desert:
Cottontail rabbit:
Hummingbird:
Some kind of squirrel or chipmunk:
Hummingbirds at a feeder:
A cactus with lovely orange flowers:
Another wild bunny:
A big lizard:
This is Theodore Roosevelt Lake, a man made lake with lovely desert vegetation around it:
Sunset Crater is one of many craters in central Arizona, the last eruption was only 1000 years ago:
The road to Marble Canyon in northern Arizona:
Horseshoe Bend, carved by the Colorado River:
Some funny rock formations on the Paria Plateau: