Strange trip to Colorado part 3 - Driving through the Rockies

Leaving Haviland Lake behind, we started driving North towards Rocky Mountains National Park, via mountain highways carved in rock. We were up for a treat, and knew nothing about it.

Strange trip to Colorado part 2: Hymn to Spring on Haviland Lake

After barren landscapes around Grand Canyon and Four Corners we came to Haviland Lake near Durango, Colorado. The place was chosen... for I have no idea what particular reason, but after dry deserty Lubbock it was almost like a lush green paradise.

Strange trip to Colorado part 1: Grand Canyon

This was almost the first of our trips, the pre-car one. Almost doesn't take into account various conferences, trip to Palo Duro Canyon, and kayaking on San Marcos river with the TTU OPC club, and random drives to Dallas/Houston on business.

After looking through three-year old pictures, I think I need another visit to Grand Canyon - this time to take some pictures actually.

Texas: Padre Island

Early July 2012 took us to Padre Island National Seashore near Corpus Christi.

Southeast - 4: Atlanta Aquarium

All roads rivers run to the ocean, so after the Seaworld we headed to Atlanta, Georgia. The last stop of our journey is the famous Atlanta aquarium: whale shark, manta rays, dolphins beluga whales, and different fish of all shape and colours.

Southeast - 3: Orlando Seaworld

We left the mosquito infested Everglades National Park to drive north through Miami overcrowded beaches with huge hotels (beeehhhh) to Orlando, to see the Seaworld park. I was quite sceptical, but it turned out to be quite nice.

Amorous seals with observing heron

Southeast -2: Everglades National Park

After New Orleans and the highway on the pilings we drove further East to Florid. The main destination was Everglades National Park, the tropical wilderness at the southern end of Florida, is wetlands, the endangered habitat of endangered birds, crocodiles and manatees, full of mangroves, strange birds and fish. For us Everglades turned out to be about mosquitoes, mud, sunsets and mosquitoes. Lot's of mosquitoes. On New Year's night. The tent still bears the bloody evidence of those battles. After mosquitoes there are palms. And sunsets.