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Jour 13
jeudi 28 avril 2016 à 12:30
☁️ 12 °C
Altitude: 22 m
États Unis Eakins Oval 39.965035, -75.18016239°57’54” N 75°10’49” W
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When in Philadelphia...
28 avril 2016, États Unis ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
Rocky and the Liberty Bell!
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Jour 13
jeudi 28 avril 2016 à 15:50
⛅ 12 °C
Altitude: 42 m
États Unis Museum of Modern Art 40.761485, -73.97735840°45’41” N 73°58’38” W
Modern Art in New York
28 avril 2016, États Unis ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Arrived in New York, it's much busier here, and I'm not sure I'm a fan at the moment.

Quickly rushed to the Museum of Modern Art where I was hoping to the see the Scream! However, they have moved it back to Oslo without informing my guidebook, so that was disappointing. But I did see some other cool things including some Picasso's, Van Gogh Starry night and Dali's melting clocks thing.

I also went downstairs to the more modern modern art... I don't get it.En savoir plus
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Jour 13
jeudi 28 avril 2016 à 17:40
⛅ 11 °C
Altitude: 53 m
États Unis Marquis Theatre 40.758555, -73.98527640°45’31” N 73°59’7” W
Central Park & Times Square
28 avril 2016, États Unis ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
After the art I went for a stroll around Central Park, it's quite big... and then also visited Times Square which was busy, but I was able to sit and do some people watching (there were plenty to choose from).En savoir plus
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Jour 14
vendredi 29 avril 2016 à 16:00
☁️ 12 °C
Altitude: 57 m
États Unis Elgin Botanic Garden (historical)40.75922, -73.97953540°45’33” N 73°58’46” W
Whatever else I could do...
29 avril 2016, États Unis ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
Didn't have a very good day today, things kept going wrong...

But I did get to see a really good view of New York from the 'top of the rock', the 9/11 memorial which has been done really well, the status of liberty, and of course another baseball game which was a little one sided when the Mets scored 12 runs in 1 inning.

Also said goodbye to Katie today, and I'll be heading to California tomorrow to meet up with Alex.En savoir plus
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Jour 16
dimanche 1 mai 2016 à 12:50
☀️ 25 °C
Altitude: 8 m
États Unis Fisherman's Wharf 37.809911, -122.41635737°48’36” N 122°24’59” W
San Francisco
1 mai 2016, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Arrived in San Francisco to meet Alex.

Didn't have a very busy start to the holiday, but to keep Alex entertained I must have animals.

Today's we rode a tram, went into a submarine, saw some sea lions and met up with Rachel/Rebecca (ex-work friend) to take her dog lucky for a walk.En savoir plus
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Jour 17
lundi 2 mai 2016
☀️ 17 °C
Altitude: Niveau de la mer
États Unis Golden Gate Bridge 37.820285, -122.47834837°49’13” N 122°28’42” W
Golden Gate Bridge + Alcatraz
2 mai 2016, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Cycled over the Golden Gate Bridge, which was kinda cool, but the views on the way were maybe better than actually cycling over (I can be arty too as you can see). Plus it was too steep for Alex...

Then to Alcatraz to see the famous prison, which looked like you expect a prison to look, but there was some cool history that we learned about. Fun day.

Supposed to pick up the car today, but failed.En savoir plus
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Jour 18
mardi 3 mai 2016
⛅ 19 °C
Altitude: 20 m
États Unis Liddell Creek 37.003915, -122.18527937°0’14” N 122°11’7” W
Highway 1
3 mai 2016, États Unis ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Successfully picked up the car this morning.

Headed down Highway 1 towards Monterey stopping at Shark Fin Cove, Natural Bridges State Beach, and... the mystery spot!
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Jour 19
mercredi 4 mai 2016 à 11:30
⛅ 14 °C
Altitude: 9 m
États Unis Monterey Bay Aquarium Library 36.618342, -121.90178836°37’6” N 121°54’6” W
Monterey Bay Aquarium
4 mai 2016, États Unis ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Went to the aquarium, which was a good aquarium but probably not as good as the one in Osaka.

Was good for Octopuses and, Squidy things. It did have and kept saying 'fishes', is that a word now?
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Jour 19
mercredi 4 mai 2016
☀️ 15 °C
Altitude: 5 m
États Unis Piedras Blancas 35.662935, -121.25813335°39’47” N 121°15’29” W
South...
4 mai 2016, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Headed south along Highway 1 to San Simeon.

Stopped at Bixby Bridge (and the less impressive one before that, Quickly finding out Alex is not the best navigator...), McWay Falls which has a waterfall on the beach, and a beach full of Elephant Seals.En savoir plus
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Jour 20
jeudi 5 mai 2016 à 09:40
☁️ 14 °C
Altitude: 431 m
États Unis Rocky Butte 35.685455, -121.16389135°41’8” N 121°9’50” W
Hurst Castle
5 mai 2016, États Unis ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Learned about Mr Hurst who sounds like a good guy and did what I probably would have done with lots of money. Bought loads of land, built a house on top of a mountain, filled it with archaeology from around the world, and invited people over.En savoir plus
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Jour 20
jeudi 5 mai 2016
⛅ 18 °C
Altitude: 5 m
États Unis The Colony Mobile Home Park 34.132577, -119.10118634°7’57” N 119°6’4” W
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To LA
5 mai 2016, États Unis ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Headed to LA mostly on highway 1 (Alex isn't allowed to navigate anymore, we have a 4G hotspot and Google Maps).

Via OstrichLand and Point Mugu Missile Park.

Traffic in Los Angeles was very busy, but we did get to use the Carpool Lane!En savoir plus
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Wanda Johns You don't look as excited as Alex
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Jour 21
vendredi 6 mai 2016
🌧 16 °C
Altitude: 37 m
États Unis California Adventure 33.806456, -117.91966333°48’23” N 117°55’11” W
Disneyland
6 mai 2016, États Unis ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
Today was all about Disneyland, only our third in about 13 months. I think Alex likes Disney...

Also had our selfie stick confiscated.
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Jour 22
samedi 7 mai 2016 à 13:50
⛅ 18 °C
Altitude: 124 m
États Unis Chinese Theater 34.101554, -118.34005134°6’6” N 118°20’24” W
Hollywood
7 mai 2016, États Unis ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Went into LA, although the place is massive. It took over an hour to drive from Disney to the observatory on freeways. It's not built up that much, but it's very spread out.

So we visited the observatory because I like being up high and looking down on people/at the view. Then went down into Hollywood, not as glitzy as I expected and lots of crazies around. Looked at the stars and the hand prints, then pretty much left. We also had our photo taken to potentially be used in an upcoming Steve Aoki music video. We might be famous...En savoir plus
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Jour 23
dimanche 8 mai 2016 à 11:20
⛅ 18 °C
Altitude: 82 m
États Unis San Diego Zoo 32.734983, -117.14912932°44’6” N 117°8’57” W
San Diego Zoo
8 mai 2016, États Unis ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Traveled down to San Diego and visited the zoo for the day.

Alex decided that we were going to do a backstage pass which wasn't cheap, but it was good to meet the animals up close, feeding the flamingos was my favorite.En savoir plus
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Jour 24
lundi 9 mai 2016 à 09:00
⛅ 17 °C
Altitude: Niveau de la mer
États Unis Star Park 32.684393, -117.18547832°41’4” N 117°11’8” W
San Diego
9 mai 2016, États Unis ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Visited the centre of San Diego to do some shopping... Alex bought socks... I bought nothing.

Then went to the beach, couldn't leave the California coastline without visiting a beach first.
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Jour 24
lundi 9 mai 2016 à 14:30
☀️ 26 °C
Altitude: 132 m
États Unis Tahquitz Creek Channel 33.803633, -116.54524533°48’13” N 116°32’43” W
To the Deserts!
9 mai 2016, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
After San Diego we are headed inland towards the deserts.

Tried to stop at Queen Califia's Magical Circle which looked weird, but unfortunately it was closed. There were people there playing some kind of Frisbee Golf thing though. Also stopped to see some dinosaurs, as you do.

Ended up at the hotel earlier, so used the pool to relax.En savoir plus
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Jour 25
mardi 10 mai 2016 à 18:20
☀️ 24 °C
Altitude: 1 116 m
États Unis Pinto Wye 34.02064, -116.0198834°1’14” N 116°1’12” W
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Joshua Tree National Park
10 mai 2016, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Visited Joshua Tree National Park, know for the Joshua Trees.

Hiked up to an abandon mine during the midday sun, it was hot.

Ended with Cholla cactus everywhere.
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Wanda Johns Looks like giant swan sleeping
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Jour 25
mardi 10 mai 2016 à 19:36
☀️ 25 °C
Altitude: 671 m
États Unis Barstow 34.89733, -117.0082434°53’50” N 117°0’30” W
To Barstow
10 mai 2016, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Headed to our next hotel and the roads were awesome.

Practically empty, surrounded by desert, while listening to some Rascal Flats and Taylor Swift with the sunset going on. It was also a very good sunset, haven't seen one that good in a while.

Today was a good day.En savoir plus
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Jour 26
mercredi 11 mai 2016 à 10:49
☀️ 28 °C
Altitude: 279 m
États Unis Baker 35.26667, -116.0733335°16’0” N 116°4’24” W
On route to the Mojave Desert
11 mai 2016, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
America is so crazy, but I like it.

On the way to the desert we saw a google driverless car... with no driver, we passed by the town of Zzyzx (last place in the atlas), saw the worlds tallest thermometer, and bought the best jerky in the universe at Alien fresh jerky.En savoir plus
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Jour 26
mercredi 11 mai 2016 à 13:28
☀️ 27 °C
Altitude: 915 m
États Unis Kelso Dunes 34.90333, -115.7183334°54’12” N 115°43’6” W
Mojave National Preserve
11 mai 2016, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
There isn't as much to do in this park compared to yesterday, especially without a 4x4.

The one thing we could do was climb Kelso dunes... just happend to do it during the midday sun in 30+C heat.

Alex started the walk to be fair, but left me to it when it got too difficult.

Also visited the 'town'/building of Kelso.En savoir plus
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Jour 26
mercredi 11 mai 2016 à 18:08
☀️ 28 °C
Altitude: 665 m
États Unis Stardust Helispot 36.12167, -115.1736°7’18” N 115°10’12” W
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Las Vegas
11 mai 2016, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Onward to Las Vegas!

Wasn't sure I was going to like this place, not really designed for someone who doesn't drink, do drugs, gamble much, and can't hire prostitutes because Alex is here.

But I kind of do like it here.

Staying at the Venetian, been for all you can eat buffet, and walked some of the strip including watching the awesome fountains at the Bellagio.

Unfortunately Celine Dion isn't on while we are here.En savoir plus
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Wanda Johns Amazing floor!
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Voyageur Reminded me of that qbert game, wanted to start hopping between the tiles.
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Jour 27
jeudi 12 mai 2016 à 20:32
🌙 27 °C
Altitude: 666 m
États Unis Stardust Helispot 36.12176, -115.1742636°7’18” N 115°10’27” W
Relaxing day
12 mai 2016, États Unis ⋅ 🌙 27 °C
Today was spent mostly at the pool relaxing.

We then started our gambling, I put $10 in and then lost it. Alex put $10 in and walked away $40. Then lost it.

Finished the day with a beatles version of Cirque du Soleil.En savoir plus
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Jour 28
vendredi 13 mai 2016 à 11:52
☀️ 33 °C
Altitude: 303 m
États Unis Pupfish Springs 36.01333, -114.7433336°0’48” N 114°44’36” W
Hoover Dam
13 mai 2016, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
Last minute change of plan and decided to head East.

First stop Hoover Dam, it was much busier than we expected a dam to be...
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Jour 28
vendredi 13 mai 2016 à 15:48
☀️ 27 °C
Altitude: 1 827 m
États Unis Valle Airport 35.65333, -112.1416735°39’12” N 112°8’30” W
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Found the town of Bedrock
13 mai 2016, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Visited the Flintstones.
Wanda Johns Where's your Wilma?
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Jour 28
vendredi 13 mai 2016 à 17:09
☀️ 26 °C
Altitude: 2 158 m
États Unis Mather Point 36.06167, -112.1083336°3’42” N 112°6’30” W
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Grand Canyon
13 mai 2016, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
The real reason for taking a huge detour.

I've been to places before, like the pyramids in Egypt, and been a little underwhelmed because it looks exactly as I was expecting it to look from all the pictures etc...

But this place didn't dissapoint, pictures do not do it justice. I was in awe, and this was just after visiting the Flintstones too!En savoir plus
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Wanda Johns Layers are amazing
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