From Phoenix/AZ to Las Vegas/NV

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From Phoenix/AZ to Las Vegas/NV

Postby Jürgen Gebhart » Mon Jul 07, 2014 7:05 am

We (Wife and I) visited the US from June the 22nd to July the 6th .
Wow, what a great Vacation/Honeymoon Trip!
We visited most of the famous Places in North Arizona and south Nevada, drove 3.000 Miles through the Desert of the Southwest.
It was more a geological and an archeological Trip than a Herping Trip.
I saw very less Herps, not only about my wife, there were also other reasons, but later.
Let`s start with some Landscape and Indian housing pics.

We arrived Phoenix at night and drove to Sedona the “Capital of the Red Rock County” .

view from our Hotel room
Sedona view.jpg


Sedona surrounding mountains
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Glowing Mountains in Sunset
Sedona 3 glow.jpg


Reconstrucion Indian houses south fo Sedona
Montezuma Castle
Montezuma castel.jpg


Walnut Canyon east of Flagstaff Cilff dwelling houses
Walnut Canyon Cliff dwelling.jpg


Sunset Crater northeast of Flagstaff, Vulcan mountain with ashes around
Sunset Crater 1.jpg


Lava
Sunset Crater 2.jpg


Wupatki - national Monument Indian houses
Wupatki.jpg




Petrified Forest, all the dark "Rocks" around are Woods!!
petrified Forest.jpg


petrified Forest 2.jpg


Painted Desert
painted Desert 1.jpg


painted Desert 2.jpg


painted Desert 3.jpg


News paper rock - painted Desert
painted Desert new paper rock.jpg


Mounument Valley North East Arizona
Monument valley.jpg


Monument valley 2.jpg


Mecican hut (South Utah)
mexican hat.jpg


Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon 1.jpg


Horseshue Bend - Page North Arziona
Horseshue Bend.jpg


Antelope Canyon
Antelope Canyon 1.jpg


Antelope Canyon 2.jpg


Hoover Dam - Lake Mead
Hoover Dam.jpg


Lake Mead - A big water reservoir for the hundreds of Golf courses in the Desert! Bravo!!
Hoover Dam Lake Mead.jpg


Valley of Fire Nevada - bizzare, red Rocks
Valley of fire 1.jpg


Valley of Fire 2.jpg


Death Valley
Bad Lands
Death valley Bad lands.jpg


Great and right Name
Death Valley 1.jpg


the complete area was full with crusty salt
Death valley 2.jpg


Las Vegas
View from our Room to "the Strip" Las Vegas Boulevard
las vegas room view.jpg


Excalibur Hotel
las Vegas Excalibur.jpg


Paris Hotel
Las Vegas Paris.jpg


New York
Las vegas New York.jpg


Venetien Hotel - Canale Grande in second Floor!!!
Las Vegas Venetien.jpg


The main reason for that Trip was the 10th anniversary of our wedding.
We married at the same place, same church, same Date, same Time in 2004 and we have done it again in2014.
And don`t ask for it, there was no Elvis around!!! Only the Spirit – Viva Las Vegas!!!

Las Vegas little church.jpg


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Will be continued ...
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Re: From Phoenix/AZ to Las Vegas/NV

Postby Mario Schweiger » Mon Jul 07, 2014 7:35 am

Great scenery, Jürgen!
Especially the "Antelope Canyon" pics look like from another star :o
Waiting for more pics :oops:
.... and for the next report from there in 10 years :lol:
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Re: From Phoenix/AZ to Las Vegas/NV

Postby Jürgen Gebhart » Mon Jul 07, 2014 9:05 am

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Mario Schweiger wrote:Especially the "Antelope Canyon" pics look like from another star :o


The Antelope Canyon was definitive on of the Highlights of the Trip, but there was also no weak Point!

Some more Antelope pics.

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Re: From Phoenix/AZ to Las Vegas/NV

Postby Manfred Gessner » Mon Jul 07, 2014 9:59 am

brilliantly, really brilliantly.
Thank's for sharing.

best regards Manni
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Re: From Phoenix/AZ to Las Vegas/NV

Postby Gabriel Martínez » Mon Jul 07, 2014 10:18 am

Fantastic places! And it´s nice to see a woman that can stay with a viper addict so many time!! I hope to be so lucky ;)
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Re: From Phoenix/AZ to Las Vegas/NV

Postby Niklas Ban » Mon Jul 07, 2014 11:19 am

Very very nice Jürgen! :)
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Re: From Phoenix/AZ to Las Vegas/NV

Postby GertJan Verspui » Mon Jul 07, 2014 11:51 am

Damn Jürgen, you look really handsome in a suit like that, your wife is lucky! ;) Looking forward to the rest of your photos, these landscapes are crazy already!
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Re: From Phoenix/AZ to Las Vegas/NV

Postby Carl Corbidge » Mon Jul 07, 2014 12:00 pm

Those landscapes bring back a few memories, although your pics of Antelope Canyon are much better than mine. I wonder if the Collared Lizard I saw at Wupatki will turn up in your pics :D looking forward to the rest.
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Re: From Phoenix/AZ to Las Vegas/NV

Postby Andre Schmid » Mon Jul 07, 2014 4:24 pm

Great !
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Re: From Phoenix/AZ to Las Vegas/NV

Postby Bobby Bok » Mon Jul 07, 2014 4:35 pm

Amazing scenery and nice suit Jürgie! Hope you can show us at least some Crotalus pictures :)
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