Our
trip to the west
A 1949 travel journal and photos by Lorenz and Lydia Ernst
Explanatory notes
Comments by John Ernst
- 01. Scrapbook cover
- 02. June 19, 1949 - Starting from Milwaukee
- 03. Des Moines, Iowa to Hastings, Nebraska
- 04. Nebraska
- 05. Denver, Colorado
- 06. Pike's Peak
- 07. Postcard to Elroy
- 08. Estes Park and Pike's Peak
- 09. Pike's Peak
- 10. On the way to AlbuquerqueS
- 11. Cattle on way to Albuquerque
- 12. On way to Santa Fe and a postcard to son John
- 13. La Cocina de Santa Fe
- 14. La Cocina menu 1
- 15. La Cocina menu 2
- 16. La Cocina menu back cover
- 17. Indian reservations near Albuquerque
- 18. Scenes near Albuquerque
- 19. Indian reservations, Lava Beds, Granton
- 20. Rio Grande and Walnut Canyon
- 21. Flagstaff to Oak Creek Canyon
- 22. Oak Creek Canyon
- 23. Sedona and movie set
- 24. Sedona and Williams, Arizona
- 25. Las Vegas
- 26. Church and Boulder Dam
- 27. Pasadena, California
- 28. Ventura, Santa Barbara, and Santa Clara
- 29. Hollywood and Beverly Hills, California
- 30. Winchester Mystery House
- 31. Salino, San Francisco, Muir Woods
- 32. Vacaville, California
- 33. Muir Woods and Big Tree
- 34. Big Tree
- 35. Driving to Lake Tahoe
- 36. Mountains on way to Lake Tahoe
- 37. Mountains near Lake Tahoe
- 38. Lake Tahoe
- 39. Truckee, Nevada
- 40. Reno, Nevada
- 41. Nevada to Badlands
- 42. Utah and Idaho
- 43. Nevada and Idaho
- 44. Twin Falls, Idaho
- 45. Pocatello, Idaho
- 46. Snake River, Idaho
- 47. Idaho Falls, Idaho
- 48. Snake River and Idaho Falls
- 49. Snake River and Idaho Falls
- 50. Car trouble in Idaho
- 51. Yellowstone Park on July 2
- 52. Yellowstone Park
- 53. Yellowstone Park
- 54. Yellowstone Park
- 55. Old Faithfull, Yellowstone Park
- 56. Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone Park
- 57. Yellowstone Park
- 58. Bears at Yellowstone Park
- 59. Yellowstone Park on July 4
- 60. Yellowstone Park
- 61. Shoshone River to Cody
- 62. Shoshone River
- 63. Shoshone Canyon and Buffalo Bill Dam
- 64. Lost in Wyoming
- 65. Wyoming
- 66. On the way home
- 67. Big Horn to Black Hills, South Dakota
- 68. Badlands
- 69. Wind Cave
- 70. Mount Rushmore and South Dakota
- 71. Mount Rushmore and Black Hills
- 72. Last page of travel journal
- 73. Back cover
Revised: November 04, 2021.