Three weeks on the road in the USA.
• travelled 2447 miles, (3938 km)
• been in 2 US states – California, Arizona
• explored 2 National Parks - Joshua Tree, Grand Canyon
• visited 5 State Parks - Big Sur, Salton Sea, San Jacinto
Mountain, Hearst Castle, Red Rock
• slept in 8 beds; 2 hotels, 4 motels and 2 timeshare unit (make it 14 with
Bahamas)
• ate Ben & Jerry ice-cream, 2, Cherry Garcia, Chunky
Monkey
• added 30 birds to my US bird list which is now 194 and my
world list is 1477
• popped into 1 museum
• relished organic extra virgin olive oil, 2 farms
• walked 44 miles; beach, mountain trail, coastal meadow,
high altitude lake, golf course, climbing red rocks, canyon rim
• walking 5 miles behind
schedule, (for each 50 miles driven we want to walk 1 mile)
• watched 7 episodes of Game of Thrones, season 4
• got cold at the lowest temperature of 51 degrees F (10
degrees C)
• was hot at the highest temperature of 102 degrees F (39
degrees C)
• wine tasting, 1 at Tablas Winery, Paso Robles
• 1 new mode of transport, helicopter over the Grand Canyon