Tom and Jenny had the best idea ever for my birthday - they took me up hiking to Silver Star Mountain in Washington with wide views and wildflowers wherever you look. …
Travels
Waterfalls and mountains – a weekend in Portland
Portland is a good starting point for all kinds of nature interested people. There are Waterfalls or great hikes to do, there is the Columbia Gorge and always snowcapped Mt. Hood (11,250 ft.). North begins Washington, a state that’s also benigned by a wonderful nature and high volcanoes that are the …
Lan Su – a Chinese Garden in Portland
In Portland, Oregon, there is not only the most beautiful Japanese Garden I ever saw but also a small Chinese Garden named Lan Su. It’s situated in the middle of the city. So I went there after I arrived in Portland from Germany on Friday morning. …
Portland, 2nd time – Japan in America
One of the most beautiful japanese gardens I know is situated in Portland. When I was in Japan I couldn’t visit all the famous gardens, so I only can give my impressions of this remarkable and impressing visit in Portland. I was returning from the coast to Portland because of some rainy days, I …
Sweet waters. And virtual becomes real.
On Thursday I crossed the Cascades, now I’m on the weather side of the mountains. No more desert but lush green meadows, fields and forests with moss on their branches, colorful maple trees in between. More water everywhere and beautiful waterfalls. The Silver Falls On late afternoon I arrived at …
Crater Lake
Now I’m in Klamath Falls. That’s great. But this is the next biggest town where they could solve my RV problem. I’m definitely not happy how Cruise America handled this, too slow! This I could have solved myself faster. So I hang around one day in Lakeview. …
Desert and lakes
Now I’m in Oregon, the last night I spent on a serene campground at Goose Lake. At the moment, I’m sitting in my RV parked in the shadow of a tree in Lakeview and wait for the assistance to call back. The blackwater tank is leaking and this must be repaired. In Lakeview my mobile works, phone …
On the road
First day on the road. With some obstacles, but this seems necessary somehow ;-). I had to clean up the RV first, it was obviously returning from Burning Man Festival, because virtually everywhere there was white dust. Then I packed it with the result that I have to search everything… It will take …
The long flight
A long flight is always distressing as I’m flying economy. But the last times I flew with KLM/Delta and it was good experience, so this was my choice this time too. And on top I was lucky and got another seat because some people wanted to sit together. So I comfortably sat at the window on a place …
82 days of my life
There are 82 days of my life ahead of me that will be filled with my own personal adventure. I decided to take a 3 months sabbatical as for quite some time, I just don’t feel the weekends are long enough anymore to fully recover. Because I notice health challenges popping up that just can’t be …
Milky way on new moon
Night skies with milky way are absolutly fascinating. I could watch this forever and ever. Even here on the northern hemisphere, where the milky way is not as spectacular as on the southern hemisphere. The narrow ribbon is always in the sky, but not easy to spot. The center of the milky way cannot …
Sunrise in Hamburg from above
Last week I had the possibility to watch a wonderful sunrise in Hamburg from above. Sometimes everything works smoothly together - and I had my camera with me. Details are only boring - just have a look at the three pictures I made. In the title, it's the blue hour at 5:50 a.m. Delicate colours with …
