29 August 2010
By Jason
In California, United States
Death Valley National Park, CA – Yosemite National Park, CA – Reno, NV

Sunrise in Death Valley
We made our visit to Death Valley as quick as possible to avoid… Well, death. Then, we moved on to Yosemite to trade the dry deserts for milder climates, and evergreen forests. along the way we picked up Jeffery Jones, a native American (even if the name is misleading) who had ridden his bike from Florida to Alaska… He was on his way back to his reservation in Arizona when his sprocket broke and he ended up hitching a ride with our motley cure, making it the strangest looking band of misfits when the cop pulled us over for speeding. We got off with a warning, dropped Jeffery at the nearest bike shop, then made a quick hike to the top of Vernal Falls in Yosemite (Half-Dome was vetoed by the group), and continued to Reno that night to gear up for the Big Event.
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California, Death Valley National Park, Road Trip, Summer, United States, Yosemite National Park
26 August 2010
By Jason
In Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, United States
New Orleans, LA – White Sands National Monument, NM – Albuquerque, NM – Petrified Forest National Park, AZ – Flagstaff, AZ – Las Vegas, NM – Death Valley, CA

Sunset on the Highway
We left New Orleans at midnight, after an amazing Puppet Show that I unfortunately can’t remember anything from except the colors… and then drove all night and through the next day straight across Texas. Made our first stop in White Sands National Monument, New Mexico. A few more sleepless nights, including stops at Petrified Forest National Park, Route 66, the hottest day of my life at the Hoover Dam (116ºF!!!), and a sleepless night in 106ºF low-temps in Death Valley… Only the first four days into the trip and already I get the feeling the girls are all ready to kill me…
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Arizona, Hoover Dam, Nevada, New Mexico, Painted Desert, Petrified Forest National Park, Road Trip, Route 66, Summer, United States, White Sands National Monument
18 August 2010
By Lena
In Louisiana, United States
Baseball is one of the sports, that is typically American. (In addition to football, of course),. However, I always found football terribly stupid and dumb: A bunch of great guys, they clash against each other in their armor, making funny noises. Baseball, meanwhile, had at least raised the level of my fascination, the one sport in general that can be interesting. Sport was simply never my thing to begin with. But for some reason I always found far more aesthetic Baseball than Football. As matter of neccessity, I had to bring Jason as a true American on my true-America trip to a baseball game. The French were of course, totally exited to see it, however, every American, we told that we would finally see as Europeans our first baseball game, just shook thier head sympathetically. But this was probably because, that it is a game of the Zephyrs (Baseball team from New Orleans) ,, than it really was aimed against baseball in general.
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Baseball, Louisiana, New Orleans, Sports, United States, Zephyrs
18 August 2010
By Jason
In Louisiana, United States

Hwy 665 to Point au Chêne
A journey to the end of the earth… Clint brought us to visit his hometown of Houma, down the the steamy southern Louisiana Swamps. Bowling in Cajun Country, Naked Swamp People and their swampy hideouts, roads to nowhere, and Lena’s first taste of Louisiana Sugarcane…
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Clint, Houma, Katrina, Louisiana, Point au Chêne, Southern Louisiana, Swamp, United States
09 August 2010
By Lena
In Louisiana, United States
I knew from Valerian in Leipzig, that he would stay at the same time with us for a week in New Orleans. His girlfriend had completed an internship in Canada, which was now over, so the two took a little trip through the states. Of course New Orleans was one for them as French (if we even want to talk in clichés) high on the list.
Since the two only had a French mobile phone, I stood there with my German mobile phone, the deposit amount is slowly but surely coming to an end, and Jason of course has absolutely no mobile phone, raised the agreement one day, a meeting place and time as schwiriger out, than it really should be the case. Finally, we have then done after much back and forth but still the brilliant performance to take the two in New Orleans.
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French Quarter, Louisiana, New Orleans, Travel, United States
08 August 2010
By Jason
In Louisiana, United States
A day out in the boat along the Tchefuncte river in Madisonville, Louisiana. Lena got to see some swamp and we went swimming in some of the warmest water you can imagine… Doesn’t she just look at home in that last photo?


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Bayou, Boating, Louisiana, Madisonville, River, Swamp, Tchefuncte River, United States
03 August 2010
By Jason
In Louisiana, United States
Making a Red Velvet Cake for Izzy’s birthday party… We had just found a delicious John D. Folse recipe for Red Velvet cake and really wanted to try it out. Izzy’s birthday party was that night so we thought it would be the perfect occasion. We had fun baking the cake and dying it such wonderful colors. Also, photos of Izzy’s house in Abita, and eating the delicious cake… It was so, SO good. I ate about three slices and would have eaten a few more if my stomach could have handled it.
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Abita Springs, Birthday Party, Cake, Izzy, Louisiana, Red Velvet, United States
03 August 2010
By Lena
In Louisiana, United States
After we came down from North Carolina to Louisiana, I had to wait a week for the first time in Mandeville, until I finally was shown for the first time New Orleans. We went with Katie, Chris and Tyler. To get from Mandeville to New Orleans, you have only one 20 Minutes drive across the lake. You drive over a bridge, which runs across the lake. Supposedly, the longest bridge in the world, which crosses a lake. This bridge really takes an eternity! First, we are very excited, but after five minutes by car and only water, Water, Water to your left and right, it is terribly boring. I began to hate this bridge really!

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Aquarium, French Quarter, Louisiana, New Orleans, United States