America: Crossing the Continent

August 1960

See also: Visits from Princeton, Living in Princeton, The Voyage Home



Prospect Avenue Princeton
26th July 1960, 6.45 AM


The Mississipi River
near Hannibal, Mo

The road west in Missouri
no Interstate Highways then!

stop for lunch
in Kansas

with his beloved popper

on the road
a nearly five mile view in Kansas

Denver capitol
2000 miles already


towards the Rockies

Camp Site,
iin the Rocky Mountain National Park

Bear Lake


Ground Squirrel


Road up Trail Ridge

Chipmunk

Camp Robbers
Clarke's Nutcrackers



Longs Peak from Trail Ridge

from Trail Ridge

enjoying the snow

the summit, 12083 feet

On the way again
the Continental Divide

Breakfast
Garfiield Colo

ours was always the smallest tent

Bath Time

Rio Grande Railroad
near Durango

Durango


Mesa Verde
August 1960

on the way up


Spruce Tree House


Cliff Palace

Kiva





US 160 from Cortez


Ship Rock, New Mexico

US 491 to Gallup, New Mexico

The Painted Desert
Arizona


Petrified Forest
Arizona



The Meteor Crater, Arizona

The desert north of Flagstaff, AZ

The Canyon of the Little Colorado



Indian Photographees

The Grand Canyon
August 1960

From the South Rim


Bright Angel Trail
start of the walk down
13 miles and 5500 feet


near the Indian Gardens

ever deeper


The Colorado River



in the heat

gradually climbing


Back at the top

Sunset

Bryce Canyon
August 1960

Chipmunk




Paul with chipmunk



sunset colours


Zion canyon
August 1960

Paul with new friend, Adam

from the museum

Natural Arch

The Beehives

approaching the Canyon

in Zion Canyon

necessary when wading

Deer

Lizard

Morning Glory



The Hoover Dam
Boulder City, Nevada at sunset


Los Angeles
Marineland of the Pacific
whale

dolphins




San Francisco
Cable Car Terminal

Downtown

back again

Golden Gate bridge
Summer Aspect


From the North shore
just one tower out of the fog


on the Bay Bridge

Yosemite National Park
Half Dome


Evening on the Tioga Pass


Salt Lake City

Water in the desert

Mormon Temple


North via Bear Lake ...

... and the Tetons
(in the rain!)

Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
1960

Moose near the Lewis River


Black bear

Viewing a geyser near West Thumb

adjacent to Yellowstone Lake





Old Faithful
(start) ...

... (building)...

... (in full flow)


in the geyser baisins

White Dome Geyser


Fountain Paint Pots

Norris Geyser Basin

Mamouth Hot Springs

Yellowstone Falls

Yellowstone River Canyon


sulphur caldron



Eastwood Bound ...

... on our way home

South Dakota ...

The Badlands


Home at five in the morning

Five weeks and 9000 miles
750 miles on the last day
with no money for the turnpikes

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