Zion National Park was an obvious stop in Utah, being ranked one of the best Parks in the States. Everything takes places in a beautiful valley and hiking up to the steep slopes of Angel’s Landing was the absolute highlight. We also had a great jam session with some nice people I met on the hike finishing the day 🙂
We had two more stops in Arizona before crossing over into Utah. While Horseshoe Bend was as amazing as it looked on the many pictures I’ve seen before, the Glen Canyon Dam next to the small town of Page was actually a big surprise, offering great views into the deep canyon with it’s green water and dam.
Leaving Vegas, we were hitch hiking to the Grand Canyon and spent a night on the South Rim campsite in Grand Canyon Village. Driving along the rim offered some spectacular views and it was a shame we did not have the time to hike all the way to the North Rim.. Next time I suppose!
While I did not manage to play any live poker in Vegas, I saw Thrice live at least and had a very enjoyable time with our Couchsurfing host who took us out to see an awesome sunset before heading out to the Grand Canyon National Park.
Hitch hiking from Vancouver to Seattle, I quickly made my way out of the big cities and into the nature again, hiking the 93 miles (150km) trail around active volcano Mt Rainier, offering some magnificent views on the glaciers and great surrounding landscapes.
Heading out north of Vancouver, I made my way to Squamish and even though I was not able to do any climbing, I did hike up the great Panorama Ridge just next to the Black Tusk, overlooking Garibaldi Lake. It was a great hike with a nice surprise in the morning 🙂
Upon exploring the national parks in Canada’s Rocky Mountains, I was headed towards Vancouver with a stop in Kelowna. This video shows some of the awesome people that gave me a lift while hitch hiking through the country, as well as some impressions from the amazing sunset in Vancouver.
Live Update No. 3 reports from Jasper and Banff’s Neighboring Yoho National Park. After looping around Emerald Lake, I was dropped at the Wapta Falls to continue the trip on my own from there, hitch hiking for the first time in Western Canada. Turns out it’s just as easy as in the east..
The next stop down the Icefields Parkway was Banff. With the rain now coming in, we could see a lot of Rainbows all day long and made it to some of the most known lakes in the area: Lake Peyto, Lake Moraine and Lake Louise!
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