| Mon., September 8th |
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Mileage |
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Total Mileage |
| 291miles |
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3,246miles |
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time
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place
[(route)via] |
remarks |
impression |
| 09:25 |
Start from Coconimo National Forest |
Fine weather |
Troubled by terrible heat and too many flies. Therefore they left the camping
ground with irritation. |
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Montezuma |
Sightseeing :
Montezuma Well and Montezuma Castle
Montezuma
|
Shig, as he has no interest in archaeology, did not understand the importance of this spot. Just bored. |
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| 11:56 |
Start from Montezuma |
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A lot of cactuses appeared on the way.
Lunch at a rest area. Terribly hot! |
| 14:20 |
Phoenix, Arizona |
Sightseeing around State Capitol
Phoenix
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Temperature: 105 degrees Fahrenheit (40.6 degrees Celsius).
There is truly nobody here outside.
Bought some souvenirs and immediately ran away.
Besides, the State Capitol was beautiful with the Southern emotion.
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Before the trip, Shig had strongly insisted to visit Phoenix, because
he liked the song "By the time I get to Phoenix" sung by Glen
Campbell. Toshi and Yuichi had no objection.
But three of them did not know such a boiling heat of the city in this
season. |
|
| 17:00 |
Reoria |
|
Too hot, terribly hot, it makes them crazy!
Drove for about one hour by "no-air-conditioning" Mustang, shutting
the windows and drinking lukewarm water.
|
| 17:42 |
Wichenburg |
Took a rest at a rest area. |
|
| 19:15 |
?? |
Took a rest at a rest area again. |
They quenched their thirst with an apple and an orange. |
| 20:23 |
Blythe Mayflower Park |
Camping.
Dinner: pears and beer only. |
Hungry.
A lot of mosquitoes which bit their whole bodies.
They applied an ointment each other, unable to restrain themselves. |
| Tue., September 9th |
|
Mileage |
|
Total Mileage |
| 360 |
|
3,606 |
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| 08:15 |
Left Blythe Mayflower Park |
Fine weather.
Time Difference: put the clock back 1 hour.
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Their bodies are rough because of the biting of mosquitoes.
Mosquitoes are still coming together to stick them in the morning.
Found a scorpion under the tent.
Colorado river at the back of the camping ground.
Too hot!
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| 08:25 |
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Bought ice.
Repaired the flasher.
Supply of oil. |
|
| 10:19 |
Joshua Tree |
Joshua Tree
Nat'l Monument |
What a vast extent of the monument field. Because of it, no focus can be
done.
They ran wild all around the cactus field.
Yuichi got considerably injured by a cactus.
Really crazy-hot!
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[(rt62) - (us60) - (Cal91)] |
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| 16:05 |
Royal Palm
Beach |
The Pacific Ocean appeared finally.
Royal Palm Beach
|
Very wild waves in the foggy weather.
Impossible to swim comfortably.
Their romantic expectation was overturned. |
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| 17:30 |
Los Angeles |
Visited Mr. Nakaji at LA Trading Co. at Little Tokyo, Los Angeles.
Mr. Nakaji treated them with dinner at Masago.
Dinner:
Unadon (a bowl of hot cooked rice topped with broiled eel)
Tempura-udon (noodles topped with tempra)
Hiyayakko (chilled tofu) |
Mr. Nakaji was a friend of Shig's father who died one month before Shig left Japan to study at Penn State this time.
Just as Shig's father worked in the Arahura Sea north of Australia, Mr.
Nakaji moved to Los Angeles in his youth.
When Shig dropped in at Los Angeles on the way to Penn State 2 months ago,
he was welcomed for the dinner by 20 people from Wakayama Prefecture topped
by Mr. Nakaji.
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| 20:21 |
Leo Carrilo Beach, Santa Monica |
Camping |
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