Our last stop was New York City. We flew a little over six hours from San Francisco to NYC.

NYC by night

Time Square by night

Time Square Station

The view of the Manhattan, the most densely populated and the oldest of the five boroughs of New York City.

 NYC by night

 The Statue of Liberty  is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor

 Wall Street, the financial district of NYC named after and centered on the eight-block-long street running from Broadway to South Street on the East River in Lower Manhattan.  It is the home of the New York Stock Exchange, the world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed companies. 

 Central Park

Broadway at night

Finally, we arrived in San Francisco! My favorite city!! The summer mist, tropical palm trees, salt air and a combination of wind, water and hills - this is San Francisco! :)

 Streets of San Francisco

 Painted Ladies is a term used for Victorian and Edwardian homes in Alamo painted in three or more colors that embellish or enhance their architectural details. 

 Golden Gate Bridge: one of the world's most beautiful suspension bridge and an engineering marvel. With its tremendous towers, sweeping main cables, signature International Orange color, and Art Deco styling, it is a sensory experience featuring color, light, and sound.

Lombard Street is famous for being the crookedest street in the world

The next day was the most magical day. We spent the day in the Yosemite National Park, world -famous for its impressive and the tallest in North America waterfalls, cliffs and unusual rock formations.

 Sierra Nevada Mountains

 

Tioga Road

 Tioga Road

 Me & Tioga Road

Our next goal was Dead Valley National Park
 It is the driest, hottest, and lowest place in North America. In this place mobile phone & GPS won't work and you may not know where you are!!

85,5 meters below sea level

 Badwater Basin in Death Valley. Lowest point in North America, Badwater Basin is a surreal of vast salt flats

 Salt, not snow covers the floor of Badwater Basin. The high salt content makes plantlife impossible in the area, and gives the area an unearthly landscape.

Artistic Drive: Scenic loop drive through multi-colored volcanic and sedimentary hills.

Here we are!!!!  Las Vegas!!!!!!  There are no words to describe how much fun is this place: casinos, nightclubs, shows, shopping and many more. We have seen it all.  Unforgettable Experience. :)

 Hwy No. 15

 Me and New York New York Hotel

 Las Vegas Strip

  Loved it!

The view from the Cosmopolitan penthouse (floor 56).

 

Our next goal was: Utah National Parks:  Zion National Park and Bryce Canyon National Park.
Utah Zion National Park is a home of cliffs, narrow canyons, unpredictable weather and very friendly park rangers.
The Parks are famous for the most picturesque landscapes and hiking trails in this region of America. Bryce Canyon National Park is a deep valley filled with hundreds of columns of rock.

Bryce Canyon National Park (Red Canyon)

Bryce Canyon National  Park (Natural Bridge)

                                                               

The next day we arrived to the most-photographed canyon in the U.S: Antelope Canyon.  Antelope Canyon is located near the village of Page and has been divided into two sections:
Upper Antelope Canyon is the place where water runs through rocks by the Navajo. It is the most frequently visited by tourists.
Lower Antelope Canyon is located a few kilometers away and is much more difficult to pass and less available due to the narrow gap. Have you ever seen the film "127 hours"??  This is the place where this true story was filmed.
The pictures we have taken are absolutely wonderful!. Love that place! We felt so extremely lucky that day :).

 

What a day! We reached Grand Canyon National Park - one of the Earth's most powerful inspiring landscapes - overwhelmed our senses. Its unique combination of size (446km long, 29km wide and 1.6km deep), colors and dazzling erosive forms inspired our spirits. We have seen a fascinating variety of plant and rocks. It was a breathtaking journey through this immense and spectacular UNESCO World Heritage Site where we met Navajo Indians and visitors from around the world.

The next day we left LA and headed toward the Grand Canyon  

After nine hours of driving through the wilderness hot Arizona desert,  we reached  the charming town of cowboys, Williams! Gateway to Grand Canyon! Williams is a mountain town with Historic Route 66 (Mother Road) as the Main Street. Walk Main Street and you’ll find vintage neon on buildings that are preserved to their original character, lots of fun shops with Route 66 merchandise, restaurants that have the character of the Route 66 heyday of the 50’s, coffee shops, internet cafes, and fine dining.  Cowboys swagger through downtown and a gunfight breaks out every night :-)

In the Grand Canyon Hotel we spent one night in one of the room decorated style in 1891.

 Ooops! Saguaro Cactus!

 Williams, Gateway to the Grand Canyon on Route 66.

 Grand Canyon Hotel and our beautifully decorated vintage room!