Photos © Ruud Leeuw
We undertook a major roadtrip from 11May - 05June, driving from Los Angeles to San Francisco.. via Seattle,WA ! |
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![]() We were rained out of the Sierras but we found the sun again in Redding, where we went to see a rodeo. |
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![]() The weather did not cooperate here either! We had been looking forward to do the rim drive on Crater Lake (Oregon), but in recent weeks a lot of snow (late May!) saw a lot of snow here; the rim drive was blocked. |
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![]() The drive from Redmond to Portland was a bit adventurous. We crossed the Cascades behind a snowplough as I didn't have chains to drive in the snow.. Then we had to rush to Seattle as I had planned to buy myself a motorcycle and shops were about to close for Memorial Day weekend and I had a long drive for San Francisco still ahead of me. The purchase couldn't wait until after the weekend. Well, as one can see, things worked out: Alexander sits proudly on my 1986 Honda VT700C Shadow. I had it shipped home by Martinair Cargo, while I continued my vacation.. |
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![]() I like derelict buildings like this; I think I could start a seperate gallery on abandoned gasstations! |
![]() In awe among the giant trees.. |
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One of the great comforts that make travel easy through the USA and Canada, which we started in 1980, are the motels. Ten years ago we started by walking into reception areas and inquiring about vacancies and prices, and those that were part of a chain often provided a booklet with adresses (which also often led to areas with multiple hotels). We used the adresses and if the first did not have vacancies, others nearby invariably had. Later this changed to online reservations, thru Choicehotels.com and this subsequently changed to Booking.com. Here's a tribute to those early days!
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