Northwest USA Trip - John Day Fossil Beds, Oregon // 5

Painted hills, colorful rocks and towering cliffs at John Day Fossil Beds National Monument provided a lot of delightful sights during our drives and hikes. Only downside was the smoke covered sky that disguised quite a lot.

Northwest USA Trip - Eclipse day // 4

The day of the total solar eclipse (August 21st) we went back to the Mt. Bachelor area. We left very early to make sure we wouldn't end up in a traffic jam. All went well and we got there just at sunrise.
My camera equipment is not such as to be able to take pictures of partial or total eclipses, although I'm very happy about the one picture further down. Instead, with the change in light, I got some nice shots of the scenery.

Sunrise

Partial eclipse

Total eclipse! That black dot in the sun is actually the moon. The bright ring the corona! The picture doesn't do the real view justice but I still love it a lot!

Back to partial eclipse

Back to almost normal day light

Wonder what he was thinking!

Northwest USA Trip - Oregon Coast // 3

We couldn't miss a day trip to the Pacific Coast where we traveled the Three Cape Scenic Drive and enjoyed some amazing views.

Northwest USA Trip - Mt. Hood National Forest // 2

The woods of northwest USA have been hit from a big series of wildfires this summer. While we were never in danger we still experienced some consequences. Like when we wanted to hike in higher elevations in Mt Hood National Forest. Safety guards recommended we stay in lower regions. And so we got to enjoy the river banks instead.

Northwest USA Trip - Mt. Bachelor // 1

From mid August to mid September we have been traveling the Northwest of the USA. We wanted to experience the total solar eclipse and take benefit of the wider area once in the country. You can imagine that I've come back with literally thousands of pictures. I'm in the process of reviewing, discarding and organising and will be sharing some highlights here over the next days. This is for friends that are not on Instagram or FB, where I've been already sharing along the way.

We began our trip in Oregon a few days before the eclipse. We took some time to explore the area and decide where we wanted to position ourselves for the big moment.

Our first day-trip and hike took us to the top of Mount Bachelor in central Oregon. It couldn't have been a more wonderful start into hiking the mountains and enjoying the views from atop.