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III - Roadtrip
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the Trainstation at Martinez, mention the two signs next to the name: "your Tax Money at work"

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the Conductor in front of the train

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first snowcovered mountains in the distance

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it snowed a lot on the past weekend

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arrival in Truckee

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in the streets of truckee

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a classical diner...

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...also on the inside

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historical ski resort

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buildings downtown

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at lake tahoe

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cold up there

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Squaw Valley a former olympic Spot

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freezing bears

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a lot of wealthy people have the recreational homes up here

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on the way to Reno

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best times were in the past

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wedding chapel

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homeless people also up here

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at the bus station

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not really welcoming the public spots in town

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street art in big

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and a little smaller

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all arguments on one car window

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Oldtown in the front casino complex in the back...

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in the night the old charme lights up

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the city slogan for decades

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Casinos Downtown

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even the motels look fancy

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even if in some of them the bulbs are broken

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my team for the Nightlife

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a little bar with live music

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another one with Bicycle decoration

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hunting christmas trees

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picknick with trees on the roof

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with Troy on the way to Salt Lake City

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driving down the historical Highway 50

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passing Sanddunes

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crossing Mountain Ridges

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mostly straight on the "loneliest Road of the USA"

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this trailer parks here for a while

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in wendover there are the last casinos before we entered Utah

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Sunrise in Salt Lake City

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a lot of old and beautiful...

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Houses along the City Streets

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Look over Downtown from the Capitol Hill

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The Utah State Capitol

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typical Chessboard pattern roads downtown

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Mormons everywhere

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in the Museum they explain the differences of their faith

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and show a line from the first to their actual prophets

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in the organs hall, massive organ play

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the headquarters of the church with the founder Joseph Smith and his wife in front...

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view over the Temple

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the beautiful City councils building

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Streetart also here

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in the night the lights go on around the temple square

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almost too much bulbs around...

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on the way to the train station i crossed the not that fancy parts of the City

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Mountains south of the City

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crossing a snow toppped pass

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going down into snowfree Area

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totally different landscape, but also cold down there

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towards the La Sal Mountains

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entering Moab, a town in the middle of three National Parks

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that´s what I planned to do

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in Arches National Park

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bizarre Rockformations

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in a really dry Area

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and the Namegiving Arches

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when the Sun came down it was even more beautiful

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Arches everywhere

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wonderful colours...

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...and Formations

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the Afternoon Light on La Sal Moutains

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Delicat Arch, the Symbol of the Park and even Utah

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a Truckstop along the Road

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always changing Landscape

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unbelievable wide country

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colors and formations... incredible

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crossed three passes, behind everyone of them a different world

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sunset before St. George

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Neon Sign in St.George

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next day we went Hiking

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views from the top down on St.George. Everybody got a pool

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even in this dry country

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Zion National Park

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beautiful Rockformations

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a nice ride through the gorge

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and again: colours and formations...

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on the way to Arizona

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Moonrise over Lake Powell

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the Glen Canyon Dam that dams the colorado to be the Lake Powell

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in Antelope Canyon

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the force of the water washed out...

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...these structures out of the sandstone... beautiful

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Horseshoe Bend, a 300m deep gorge of Colorado River

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landscape didn´t went boring

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on the way south

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reached Grand Canyon for Sunset

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Sunrise the next day

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not alone at the gorge

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a really deep hole in the surface, partly 1 mile deep

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in Williams I crossed the Route 66

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old fame around there

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good wishes along the road

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the flag of Arizona looks a little bit communistic in my eyes

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and again lonely and wide land

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entering Las Vegas

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save who you can!

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perfect Illusions... here the `Paris`

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Excalibur

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and New YOrk, New York

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Hotel complexes with Casinos inside

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the Fountains at the Belagio

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and Harrah´s a classic one

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it´s all about gambling

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bling-bling

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the Venice...

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perfect Illusion inside

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next morning, the 350 means pound

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Solar Powerlant in the Desert in California

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Truckstop in the middle of nowhere

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Wasco, a little town with a trainstation

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Amtrak saved my Trip

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the most trustful squirrels until now

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my train back to Martinez

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the homeless here have electric wheelchairs...