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Hyggehejsa :)
De sidste tre dage har været relativ intense, men med rigtig mange fantastiske oplevelser i tre af USA's mest besøgte nationalparker.
Natten til fredag overnattede vi i Williams, som ligger små 100km fra Grand Canyon national park. Vi kørte op til parken, parkerede bilen og tog med en shuttle bus ud til diverse udsigtspunkter. Vi steg af forskellige steder og gik også mellem punkterne. Udsigten virkede helt uvirkelig, som om man kiggede på et postkort eller et maleri. Størrelsen på dette naturfenomen er helt ude af proportioner. Vi brugte det meste af dagen på denne rute og var godt brugte da vi tog bussen tilbage. Selvom vi følte vi havde set meget, har vi kun set ca. 0.5% af parken.
Efterfølgende havde vi en halv lang køretur foran os. Vejen til Kanab (300-400km) var utrolig smuk. Det startede med mindre kløfter og klipper og blev så til "det røde land", hvor vi er overbeviste om at der bor en masse indianer. Til sidst blev det mere grønt, da vi kørte igennem Kaibab forest. Da vi endelig ankom i Kanab kl. 21.30 (ny tid, nu kun 8 timer efter dansk tid) og ville checke ind, viste det sig at der havde været en dobbelt booking, så vi skulle betale 20$ mere for en ufrivillig opgradering af værelset.
Næste dag kørte vi til Zion national park. Igen valgte vi at parkere bilen og tage bussen rundt. Også her steg vi af undervejs og gik mellem nogle af punkterne. Et af stederne valgte vi at gå med nogle stier til "Emerald pools". Det viste sig at være lidt af en "udfordring". Og vi SKULLE selvfølgelig til både lower, middle og upper pool. Stierne var op og ned af klipper og det galdt om at se sig for, så man ikke skvattede ned af skrænten. Ikke desto mindre var det sjovt og super flot. Zion har en helt anden skønhed end Grand Canyon. Med klipper der går lige ned, grøn områder og små vandfald. Faktisk følte jeg mig lidt som i Pocahontas filmen.
Da vi var ved at være trætte gik vi tilbage til bilen og kørte nordpå til Panguitch. Turen tog ca. 2 timer. Her var temperaturen en del lavere end den havde været i Zion og da vi gik i seng begyndte det så småt at SNE!!!!!
Da vi vågnede næste morgen, var vi nær aldrig kommet op af sengen. Det var skisme koldt. Da vi kiggede ud af vinduet, lå der ca. 15cm sne og temperaturen var ca. -2C. Det virkede helt forkert at svede i shorts og t-shirt den ene dag, til så at skulle have så mange lag tøj på som mulig. Ikke desto mindre kørte vi op til Bryce Canyon national park. Vi valgte selv at køre ruten rundt, istedet for at tage bussen. Desværre var den store rute lukket pga sne, så vi tog den lille, men stoppede ved alle udsigtspunkter. Det blev til nogle meget korte stops, da det blæste rimelig voldsomt og føg med sne - på et tidspunkt fandt vi nogle sokker frem og tog dem på hænderne som vandter, da vi frøs meget. Bryce Canyon var igen helt anderledes end hvad vi havde set i de to andre parker. Sigtbarheden var selvsagt ikke optimal, men vi så alligevel en masse "hoodoos" (specielle klippeformationer). Vi afsluttede besøget i parken med at se en 20min film om parkens historie. Herefter kørte vi nordpå til Salt Lake City, en 5timers køretur.
Nogle små facts:
Vi har indtil videre været i fire stater: California, Nevada, Arizona og Utah.
Vi har selvfølgelig set rigtig mange store køretøjer: bl.a. en lastbil hvis last var 3 andre lastbiler (kun førerhus); kæmpe autocamper, hvor deres bil er hægtet bagpå; store pick-ups med enorme camping vogn.
Vi har ingen steder kunne betale benzin med vores kreditkort i automaten, så skal altid ind i butikken.
I Utah kan man kun købe alkohol i specialforretninger, som er lukkede om søndagen.
I Utah kører folk uden hjelm på motorcykel.
Vi kogte pølser i en kaffe maskine den anden dag.
Vi har set mange vilde dyr: en hare, 3 dådyr, en prærie hund, et par firben, en masse sociale egern (den ene kravlede op i min kamera taske) og frøer....vi håber dog på noget lidt mere spændende den næste uges tid :)
Jeg har først nu set de beskeder folk har skrevet til mig herinde (sorry), men TAK og det glæder mig at i har lyst til at følge mig på turen. Som i nok har lagt mærke til er jeg lidt sparsommelig med billeder. Det skyldes at internet forbindelserne ikke altid er særlig gode, at jeg har kun min ipad med og at der simpelthen er så mange billeder at vælge imellem (ca. 2000 indtil videre). Så dem der har lyst, må få dem alle at se, når jeg kommer hjem :)
Vi har nu været afsted i to uger og oplever simpelthen så mange fantastiske ting - storbyer, små landsbyer, natur, overnatningssteder, mennesker - men er altid sulten på mere. Der er tre uger tilbage før vi skal aflevere Xing Xang Xung i Los Angeles og selvom vi godt ved hvad vi gerne vil nå inden da, planlægger vi ikke mere end 2-3dage frem.
Håber i har det godt derhjemme.
Godnat fra mig :)
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Hello hello :)
The past three days have been relatively intense, but with a lot of fantastic experiences in three of USA's most visited national parks.
Thursday night we slept in Williams, approximately 100km from Grand Canyon National Park. We drove to the park, parked the car and took a shuttle bus to the different view points. We went off the bus in different places and also walked between the points. The view seemed completely unreal, as if you were looking at a postcard or a painting. The size of this natural phenomenon is totally out of proportions. We spent most of the day on this route and were quite worn out when we took the bus back. Even though we felt we had seen a lot, we have only seen about 0.5% of the park.
Afterwards we had a farely long drive ahead of us. The ride to Kanab (300-400km) was really beautiful. It started with small canyons and cliffs and turned into "red land", where we are convinced that there were indian habitants. Lastly it became more green when we drove through Kaibab forest. When we finally arrived at Kanab at 21.30 (new time zone, now only 8 hours behind danish time) and wanted to check in, it turned out that there had been a double booking, so we had to pay 20$ more for an unwanted upgrade of the room.
The next day we drove to Zion national park. Again we choose to park the car and take the free shuttle bus. Also here we went off the bus at different points and walked between them. At one point we choose to walk to "Emerald pools". This turned out to be a bit of a "challenge". Of course we had to go to the lower, middle and upper pools. The trails were up and down the cliffs and you really needed to focus on where you walked, in order not to fall off. Nevertheless, it was fun and super beautiful. Zion is very different from Grand Canyon, but equally gorgeous. It had many huge steep cliffs, green areas, a river and small water falls. Actually I felt like being in the Pocahontas movie. When we were starting to get tired, we headed back to Xing Xang Xung and drove to Panguitch. A two hour drive. The temperature was much lower here, compared to what it had been in Zion and when we went to bed it started SNOWING!!!!!
When we woke up the next morning, we nearly couldn't get out of bed. It was freaking cold. When we looked out of the window, there was about 15cm of snow and only -2C. It seemed completely wrong that one day we walked around in shorts and t-shirt sweating and the next we have to put on as many layers of clothes possible. Nevertheless did we go to Bryce Canyon national park. We choose to drive the route ourselves, instead of taking the bus. Unfortunately the big route was closed due to snow, so we went on the shorter one but stopped at all the view points. The stops were very short, because there was strong winds and snowstorms - at a certain point we took some socks on our hands as gloves because of the cold. Bryce Canyon was a lot different from what we'd seen in the two other parks. The view was not as good, but anyways we saw a lot of "hoodoos" (special cliff formation). We finished off by watching a 20min movie about the history of the park. Hereafter we drove to Salt Lake City, a 5hour drive.
Some small facts:
So far we have been in four states: California, Nevada, Arizona and Utah.
Of course we've seen a lot of huge vehicles, among them: a truck carrying 3 other trucks; huge RV's, where they're carrying their car behind; big pick-ups hooked up with their huge camping wagons.
Nowhere have we been able to pay gas with our creditcards at the machine. We always have to enter the store to pay.
In Utah you can only buy alcohol in special stores - that are closed on sundays.
In Utah people drive on their motorbikes without helmet.
We prepared sausages in a coffee maker the other day.
We've seen several wild animals: a rabbit, 3 deers, a prarie dog, a couple of lizards, a lot of social squirrels (one of them crawled into my camera bag) and frogs...we hope to see something a bit more exciting over the next week :)
I have only now seen the messages that people have sent to me on this site (sorry), but THANKS and I'm happy to see that you like follow me on this trip. As you may have noticed, I am not very generous with uploading pictures. This is because the internet connections are not always very good, I have only got my iPad with me and there are too many pictures to choose from (about 2000 at this stage). So those of you who want to, can see them when I get back :)
We've been in the US for two weeks and experience so many fantastic things - big cities, small towns, nature, hotels/motels/hostels, people - but are always eager to see more. There are still three weeks left, before we have to return Xing Xang Xung in LA and even though we know what we want to do, we never plan more than 2-3days ahead.
Hope you are good back home.
Goodnight from me :)
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Stinne Mørk Fantastisk alt det I oplever. Og Lea -du skriver så spændende , at vi næsten er på rejse sammen med Jer. Fortsat god tur. Kh .Mormor og Morfar.