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.

Southeast - 1: New Orleans

Traveling back in time to winter break of 2012/2013 just before our flight to San Diego, we packed the car and drove to explore Southeast: Louisiana and New Orleans, Florida and Everglades National Park, Seaworld in Orlando and Atlanta Aquarium

For some unfathomable reason I was shooting jpeg-only up until Florida, so here it goes

Family outing: Caprock Canyon with Mom and Dad

One sunny Texan day in February of 2013, my parents and I found our way through dusty planes under the blue sky to Caprock Canyon to visit bisons.

Southwest part 7: The Pacific Coast, California

The last part of the journey - south on snaky Highway 1 along the ultramarine waves of the Pacific Ocean

Southwest part 6: San Francisco

From Lake Tahoe we drove South-West and finally reached the Pacific Coast at wonderful San Francisco.

Southwest part 5: From Yosemite to Lake Tahoe

Leaving Yosemite Valley, we drove through Sierras with the view of mountains...

Southwest part 4: Yosemite Valley

After Utah, Death Valley and Sequoia's we reached the place that for me so far is the crown jewel of California - the magnificent Yosemite Valley. The first panorama is the view on the valley from the Glacier point, Half-Dome is on the right

Southwest part 3: Giant Sequoia's

After Utah (part 1) and Death Valley (part 2), we explored the Sequoia National Forest and finally saw the giant sequoia's, the world's oldest and tallest living organisms. (Finally, since we miserably failed during last year trip from Oregon, as I hit some metal cord on the road, and instead of coastal Redwoods we spent two days in creepy town of Eureka - but that's totally another story.)