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- Hari 73
- Khamis, 12 Mac 2015
- ☀️ 22 °C
- Altitud: 628 m
Amerika SyarikatParadise36°6’7” N 115°9’30” W
Las Vegas
12 Mac 2015, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
The Bellagio fountains are one of my favourites, both day and evening shows. We could feel the heat of the erupting volcano from our viewpoint across the street. The theme of the gardens at TheBaca lagi
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- Hari 75
- Sabtu, 14 Mac 2015
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Altitud: 1,032 m
- Amerika SyarikatArden Mining District36°8’52” N 115°23’18” W
Las Vegas
14 Mac 2015, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
We did need a break from all the action on The Strip so we headed to one of our favourite places in Las Vegas....Red Rock Canyon National Park. We selected an 8 km moderate hike but towards the endBaca lagi
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- Kongsi
- Hari 76
- Ahad, 15 Mac 2015 10:00 PG
- ☀️ 24 °C
- Altitud: 449 m
- Amerika SyarikatPalmas del Sol33°27’7” N 111°41’39” W
Mesa, Arizona
15 Mac 2015, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
We left Las Vegas this morning at 11:30, anticipating a 5 hour drive according to Googlemaps. Sadly, we encountered two motor vehicle accidents. The first one occurred just past the Hoover Dam. A semiBaca lagi
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- Kongsi
- Hari 76
- Ahad, 15 Mac 2015 12:00 PTG
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Altitud: 449 m
- Amerika SyarikatPalmas del Sol33°27’8” N 111°41’39” W
Mesa
15 Mac 2015, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Our home for this week is a one bedroom condo at the Westgate Painted Mountain Country Club in Mesa, a community east of Phoenix. It's an older property on a main road with no views but it will meetBaca lagi
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- Kongsi
- Hari 80
- Khamis, 19 Mac 2015
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Altitud: 449 m
- Amerika SyarikatPalmas del Sol33°27’9” N 111°41’39” W
Mesa
19 Mac 2015, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
We started our week with a relaxing day at the pool. I explored the neighbourhood one day and found the desert style of gardening much different than at home. The temperature soared to 32 with sunnyBaca lagi
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- Kongsi
- Hari 81
- Jumaat, 20 Mac 2015 9:00 PG
- ⛅ 18 °C
- Altitud: 449 m
- Amerika SyarikatPalmas del Sol33°27’9” N 111°41’39” W
Mesa
20 Mac 2015, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
The temperature was only 27 today so I thought it would be a good opportunity for a bike ride. My destination was the Usery Mountain Recreation Area, a 15 km return trip. Initially I was able to bikeBaca lagi
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- Hari 81
- Jumaat, 20 Mac 2015 12:00 PTG
- ⛅ 23 °C
- Altitud: 449 m
- Amerika SyarikatPalmas del Sol33°27’9” N 111°41’39” W
Mesa
20 Mac 2015, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
On my bike ride I was excited to see the desert in bloom. Beautiful!
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- Hari 81
- Jumaat, 20 Mac 2015 2:00 PTG
- ⛅ 25 °C
- Altitud: 449 m
- Amerika SyarikatPalmas del Sol33°27’9” N 111°41’39” W
Mesa
20 Mac 2015, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Also on my bike ride I thought I had photographed a roadrunner but my research proved me wrong. It was a Gambel's quail that also runs along the ground but not as fast as a roadrunner.
John chose toBaca lagi
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- Hari 82
- Sabtu, 21 Mac 2015 10:00 PG
- ☀️ 22 °C
- Altitud: 478 m
- Amerika SyarikatOld Verde Canal33°39’7” N 111°54’26” W
Scottsdale
21 Mac 2015, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
After our 10 am check-out in Mesa, we drove 20 minutes east to see the Goldfield Ghost Town. There was no admission fee but there were a number of touristy attractions you could pay for. A few minutesBaca lagi
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- Hari 82
- Sabtu, 21 Mac 2015 12:00 PTG
- ☀️ 25 °C
- Altitud: 480 m
- Amerika SyarikatWindsong33°39’22” N 111°55’27” W
Scottsdale
21 Mac 2015, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Our new home for the week is the Sheraton Desert Oasis in North Scottsdale. This is the same resort where I started my adventure with Linda way back on January 3rd! It's a very nice condo so I'm happyBaca lagi
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- Kongsi
- Hari 84
- Isnin, 23 Mac 2015 10:00 PG
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Altitud: 851 m
- Amerika SyarikatReata Pass33°46’12” N 111°49’55” W
Scottsdale
23 Mac 2015, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Yesterday John relaxed by the pool while I explored the community by foot. I think I have an inherent GPS for shopping malls because after nearly an hour of walking with no destination in mind IBaca lagi
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- Hari 84
- Isnin, 23 Mac 2015 12:00 PTG
- ☀️ 24 °C
- Altitud: 851 m
- Amerika SyarikatReata Pass33°45’55” N 111°49’48” W
Scottsdale
23 Mac 2015, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Pinnacle Peak had flowers of yellow, purple, orange and magenta; Common Chuckwalla (iguana); and rattlesnakes (which we fortunately did not see).
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- Kongsi
- Hari 84
- Isnin, 23 Mac 2015 2:00 PTG
- ☀️ 25 °C
- Altitud: 849 m
- Amerika SyarikatReata Pass33°46’1” N 111°50’3” W
Scottsdale
23 Mac 2015, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
We convinced ourselves that we had burned enough calories on our hike so we could now splurge on lunch at In-n-Out Burger :-) At this Southwestern burger chain everything is freshly made.
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- Kongsi
- Hari 85
- Selasa, 24 Mac 2015
- ☀️ 25 °C
- Altitud: 475 m
- Amerika SyarikatOld Verde Canal33°38’52” N 111°54’26” W
Scottsdale
24 Mac 2015, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
We were up early this morning as we had reserved an 8:30 am tour to the Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center. They rescue and rehabilitate wildlife that has been injured, displaced and orphaned.Baca lagi
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- Hari 86
- Rabu, 25 Mac 2015 11:00 PG
- ☀️ 25 °C
- Altitud: 474 m
- Amerika SyarikatWindsong33°39’15” N 111°55’30” W
Scottsdale
25 Mac 2015, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Another early morning as we had set up an appointment to attend a timeshare presentation. The only reason we did it was to earn the $100 they offer.
In the afternoon what better activity to do in 93Baca lagi
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- Hari 86
- Rabu, 25 Mac 2015 5:00 PTG
- ☀️ 29 °C
- Altitud: 473 m
- Amerika SyarikatOld Verde Canal33°38’50” N 111°54’27” W
Scottsdale
25 Mac 2015, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
The desert trek made John desire an icy margarita on the rocks. So we used the GPS to track down a Mexican restaurant for dinner. We were lucky to find one that had delicious food, as there is aBaca lagi
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- Kongsi
- Hari 87
- Khamis, 26 Mac 2015 9:00 PG
- ☀️ 23 °C
- Altitud: 474 m
- Amerika SyarikatOld Verde Canal33°38’51” N 111°54’27” W
Scottsdale
26 Mac 2015, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
It was another scorcher today, 93 F and sunny. John opted for a pool day; whereas I went for a l l/2 hour bike ride and joined him at the pool afterwards. Because there is so little humidity, the heatBaca lagi
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- Hari 87
- Khamis, 26 Mac 2015 12:00 PTG
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Altitud: 474 m
- Amerika SyarikatOld Verde Canal33°38’51” N 111°54’27” W
Scottsdale
26 Mac 2015, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
In Phoenix, housing developers are required by law to protect all native flora. So when new housing developments are built they must use the existing plants in their landscaping. That means there areBaca lagi
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- Hari 88
- Jumaat, 27 Mac 2015
- ☀️ 30 °C
- Altitud: 474 m
- Amerika SyarikatOld Verde Canal33°38’51” N 111°54’27” W
Scottsdale
27 Mac 2015, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
It was our last day in Scottsdale. Our plan had been to go on a hike but when the temperature quickly reached a near record high of 95 F (35 C) and the TV news reporters were issuing warnings about aBaca lagi
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- Hari 89
- Sabtu, 28 Mac 2015 10:00 PG
- ☀️ 20 °C
- Altitud: 1,756 m
- Amerika SyarikatKushs Mountain34°18’53” N 111°5’25” W
Santa Fe, New Mexico
28 Mac 2015, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Although neither of us felt ready to return home, it was time to begin the long journey north. It was a very scenic drive as we ventured off the interstates.
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- Kongsi
- Hari 89
- Sabtu, 28 Mac 2015 6:00 PTG
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Altitud: 2,005 m
- Amerika SyarikatRG-64295 Water Well35°38’36” N 106°0’18” W
Santa Fe
28 Mac 2015, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
750 km and 8 hours later we arrived in Santa Fe. We were both looking forward to a delicious meal of New Mexican cooking and weren't disappointed with the food at the Blue Corn Cafe. JS enjoyed aBaca lagi
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- Hari 90
- Ahad, 29 Mac 2015
- ☀️ 11 °C
- Altitud: 1,800 m
- Amerika SyarikatDry Creek41°8’13” N 104°42’16” W
Cheyenne, Wyoming
29 Mac 2015, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
We varied our route by driving through Denver and then north to Cheyenne. Fortunately it was a Sunday afternoon so we didn't encounter heavy traffic in downtown Denver. Wyoming had a speed limit of 80Baca lagi
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- Hari 91
- Isnin, 30 Mac 2015
- ⛅ 15 °C
- Altitud: 443 m
- Amerika SyarikatSkyline Heights43°36’23” N 96°45’16” W
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
30 Mac 2015, Amerika Syarikat ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Now the scenery became somewhat monotonous, as prairies can be. There were a lot of trains hauling coal and oil. We stopped at one scenic rest area along the Missouri River. It seems that rattlesnakesBaca lagi
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- Hari 92
- Selasa, 31 Mac 2015
- ☀️ 8 °C
- Altitud: 221 m
KanadaSouthdale49°50’51” N 97°4’5” W
Winnipeg, Manitoba
31 Mac 2015, Kanada ⋅ ☀️ 8 °C
This was a very sad, tearful day. Last evening we spoke with Alyssa who informed us that our 17 l/2 year old Kobi had just suffered what appeared to be a stroke. He had no strength in his hind legsBaca lagi
