There‘s a famous race every year to the top of Pikes Peak on 14,115ft/4300m in Colorado! Watch Walter Röhrl on his Audi Quatro S1 racing up the mountain in 1987 on Youtube 😁
Unfortunately they were building the new visitor center/restaurant on the peak so I couldn’t ride up to the top, but had to take a shuttle bus for the last 3 miles ☹️
Nevertheless there was a great view up there! And some ‚big horn sheep‘!
The Natural Bridges Monument was the last NP in Utah. After a night of wild camping on a canyon rim I entered Colorado. It’s mostly higher altitudes and lower temperatures than Utah.
Another Canyon: the Bryce Canyon!
Fortunately I‘ve got the annual National Park pass, the entries to all those places are quite expensive!
Utah is the state of the canyons!
two famous ones are the Antelope Canyon with it‘s beautiful colors and the Horseshoe Bend.
The Death Valley was impressive! Very hot at about 45°C and below sea level (lowest I‘ve been was about -75m).
We then moved on to the Grand Canyon. Unfortunately we didn’t have much time there to explore.
Tom and Linda brought some Swiss food to the USA, so we enjoyed a Rösti at the Yosemite National Park! And Cervelat later on.
And we saw a bear!
then we visited the Sequoia NP with it’s huge trees, quite impressive!
