Mount Charleston, Nevada

This trip was kinda crazy. I went to Mount Charleston with my skirt thinking that there wouldn't be snow but I was freezing because when we got there there were snow everywhere. Luckily I had my jacket in the car, helps me a little bit :). I enjoyed playing with snow even though I only had my skirt.





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Las Vegas, Nevada

What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas! It's so popular that almost everybody if not all knows about it. Of Vegas is known for it's major resort city for the gaming industry, shopping, and entertainment. Las Vegas, billed as The Entertainment Capital of the World, is famous for massive and lavish casino resorts, the unrestricted availability of alcoholic beverages (as is true throughout Nevada), and adult entertainment. Once officially referred to as Sin City, this image has made Las Vegas a popular setting for films and television programs.

It is know for what it is. I was surprised with all the hotels and casino built on the strip. It's beyond my expectations. It's definitely fun to visit as long you don't lose all you moey :)






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Hoover Dam

Amazing man made Hoover Dam. It is so nice to know that they made this dam to bring electricity. I can't look down because it scared me thinking I will just drop like a rock.





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Chicago, Illinois

Definitely the Windy City. We went there on October and I absolutely agree that Chicago is the windy City. I was a fan and seen the Chicago Bears in the Superbowl against the Colt in Miami yet they lost the game.





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BUCCANEERS VS. DOLPHINS @ Raymond James Stadium

When I first came here in the US I have no idea what football was. I was so curios and ask Ray a bunch of questions when we had our thanksgiving at mom. Guys were watching it, as a sports fan I was so thrilled to know what football is all about. After a year I finally understood the game a cheer for the ampa Bay Buccaneers . They have their home field at Raymond James Stadium (formerly Tampa Community Stadium) . Super Bowl XXXV was held there on January 28, 2001 between the Baltimore Ravens and New York Giants where the half time was the talk of the town because of the wardrobe malfuncton.. It will host Super Bowl XLIII in 2009.

This was my first football game and The Tampa Bay Buccaneers won on this game! against the Miami Dolphins.






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The Hollywood "Walk of Fame"

When you wanna see stars the first thing comes in your mind is Hollywood. Of course a lot of stars live in Hollywood. We visited a lot of places and one of them is The Hollywood Walk of Fame located in the sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California that serves as an entertainment hall of fame with more than 2,000 five-pointed stars featuring the names of not only human celebrities but fictional characters honored by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce for their contributions to the entertainment industry. Ray and I followed the stars for curiosity and found out that it runs east to west on Hollywood Boulevard from Gower Avenue to La Brea Avenue and north to south on Vine Street between Yucca Street and Sunset Boulevard. The Walk of Fame is nearly a three and a half (3 1/2) mile round trip walk. It's worth checking out when you happen to be in Hollywood.




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Grand Father Mountain, North Carolina

In this trip we combined business and pleasure. We had a computer deal going on and it was on our way that's why we just stop by with our dogs Rocky and Bullwinkle. Grandfather Mountain is the highest peak in the Blue Ridge Mountain range (elevation 5,964 ft). My first time to be able to go to such high elevation. The Mountain is privately owned and is operated as a scenic travel attraction a globally recognized nature preserve. One ticket price includes everything.

The Mile High Swinging Bridge, was pretty cool with the 228-foot suspension bridge spans an 80-foot chasm at more than one mile in elevation. and was built to give visitors easy access to the breath-taking view from Grandfather Mountain's Linville Peak. Even though access requires climbing 50 stairs to reach the level of the Swinging Bridge.

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Elvis Presley's Graceland, Memphis, Tennessee

We all know that Elvis Presley is the king of Rock 'n Roll. This facts made our mind to visit his mansion. I have heard of Elvis before because of my uncle. He loves anything that's got to do with Elvis. Elvis' Graceland is the name of the 13.8 acre estate and large white-columned mansion that once belonged to Elvis Presley, located at 3734 Elvis Presley Boulevard in Memphis, Tennessee. It currently serves as a museum. Elvis Presley, died at the estate on August 16, 1977, his grave, his parents Gladys and Vernon Presley, and his grandmother, are buried there in what is called the Meditation Gardens.




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Calico Ghost Town, California

This trip was a little weirder. I thought this place was like abandoned yet when we went to the shop they asked us if we want coffee. Calico Ghost town is located in the Mojave Desert region of Southern California and giant letters spelling CALICO can be seen on the Calico Mountains behind the ghost town from the freeway.




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Daytona 500, Daytona, Florida

I didn't know what made us go to this race. I am not a big fan of racing but I like Jeff Gordon, Mark Martin and Dale Earnhardt Jr. I don't really follow the race all year. We just probably want to experience what it feel like to be in the stand. It surely was an experience.





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My First New York Trip

As what I have heard that New York City (officially The City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, with its metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world. Founded as a commercial trading post by the Dutch, it has been the largest city in the United States, and was the first capital under the Constitution. Located on one of the world's finest natural harbors, New York is one of the world's major centers of commerce and finance.
We all heard about the September 11, 2001 incident where the "Twin towers" were being bomb and it made news throughout the whole world. Ray brought me at the ground zero and it still remind me of what happened and made me think why somebody can do such thing.
We went to the Statue of Liberty and it amazes me because it's bigger than I thought it would be.





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Grand Canyon National Park (South Rim) ARIZONA

This park is one of the most amazing places I have been to. It's unbelievable when you see how it's formed! Pictures won't justify this place. You have to see it in your naked eyes to make your jaw drop! Definitely worth all the effort and expenses going to the Grand Canyon.



Facts:
A powerful and inspiring landscape, the Grand Canyon overwhelms our senses through its immense size. Unique combinations of geologic color and erosional forms decorate a canyon that is 277 river miles (446km) long, up to 18 miles (29km) wide, and a mile (1.6km) deep. The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided gorge carved by the Colorado River in the U.S. state of Arizona. It is largely contained within the Grand Canyon National Park — one of the first national parks in the United States. President Theodore Roosevelt was a major proponent of preservation of the Grand Canyon area, and visited on numerous occasions to hunt and enjoy the scenery. The longstanding scientific consensus has been that the canyon was created by the Colorado River over a period of six million years, but research released in 2008 suggests a much longer 17 million year time span.[1] The canyon is 277 miles (446 km) long, ranges in width from 4 to 18 miles (6.4 to 29 km) and attains a depth of more than a mile (1.6 km). Nearly two billion years of the Earth's history have been exposed as the Colorado River and its tributaries cut their channels through layer after layer of rock while the Colorado Plateau was uplifted. The "canyon started from the west, then another formed from the east, and the two broke through and met as a single majestic rent in the earth some six million years ago. [...] The merger apparently occurred where the river today, coming from the north, bends to the west, in the area known as the Kaibab Arch."

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Gateway Arch, St. Loius, Missouri

So proud to say that I actually been to this monument and we were able to go to the top. It's really cool looking down with the shadow of the arch yet we didn't enjoy the whole experience because we were grieving at that time because that's the time when we lost our dog Bullwinkle and has to go home without him. Luckily, some Samaritan called after 3 weeks that they got Bullwinkle and that's how we got him back.
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The Arch is the tallest national monument in the United States at 630 feet; it is the city's best known landmark and a popular tourist attraction. Construction began February 12, 1963 and the last section of the Arch was put into place on October 28, 1965. The Arch is a structure known as a catenary curve, the shape a free-hanging chain takes when held at both ends, and considered the most structurally-sound arch shape. The span of the Arch legs at ground level is 630 feet, the same as its height. The Arch weighs 17,246 tons. Nine hundred tons of stainless steel was used to build the Arch, more than any other project in history. The Arch was built at a cost of $13 million. The transportation system was built at a cost of $3,500,000.

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Yosemite National Park, California

Yosemite National Park is a national park located largely in Mariposa and Tuolumne Counties, California, United States. The park covers an area of 761,266 acres or 1,189 square miles (3,081 km²) and reaches across the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountain chain.Yosemite is visited by over 3.5 million people each year, many of whom only spend time in the seven square miles (18 km²) of Yosemite Valley. Designated a World Heritage Site in 1984, Yosemite is internationally recognized for its spectacular granite cliffs, waterfalls, clear streams, Giant Sequoia groves, and biological diversity. Almost 95% of the park is designated wilderness. Although not the first designated national park, Yosemite was a focal point in the development of the national park idea, largely owing to the work of people like John Muir




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RENO, The Biggest Little City in the World

Reno is called the biggest little city in the world, it sure is a small version of Las Vegas. Reno is full of Hotels and Casino's, so a real tourist area. Not a lot of foreign tourists are seen here, but mostly Americans. I guess the foreign tourists all pick Las Vegas. Reno is located in the desert in Nevada, the state of Nevada doesn't have many to offer except casino's and the desert and some mountains. But Reno was worth the visit.

I have been to Reno three times. I had my first experience with snow. It's really neat.


I was so excited with the snow, unaware of how dangerous to drive.


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