What kind of beautiful scenery is there on the west coast of America?

My husband and I love traveling, and when we are alone, it's even worse when we have our son Peanut. Little Peanut follows us around the world, with lively personality and strong adaptability. Although I am very satisfied with the life in China, the world is so big that I dare not talk about the world outlook without going out to see it. Somehow I always feel that there may be a better place waiting for me.

In p>215, we had a wonderful Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day in the United States, and go on road trip traveled all over the west coast. 14 days, spanning 3 States and 11 cities, starting from Los Angeles, passing through Las Vegas, route 66, Upper and Lower Antelope Valley, Grand Canyon, Death Valley, Yosemite, Monterrey, Carmel Town, Highway 1, 17 miles, Silicon Valley, Oakland, and finally arriving in San Francisco.

You are patient enough to finish such a long travel itinerary. Don't scold me for being a pervert. My husband and wife are ordinary white-collar workers. Every time we travel, our time is limited, and we want to see as much as possible, so every trip is a runaway. When I was traveling freely in Europe, I also visited six cities in 13 days, but I didn't take a cursory look. Before each trip, I did a full study, read the strategy, read the history, and planned my trip accurately to the hour. Even the closing time of each scenic spot was carefully considered.

team members: my family is old and young, as well as colleagues and friends, the head of the team ... it must be me.

Now let's take you to see what's available in the United States and West.

Car rental

We have booked a car rental in China, and we can take a free airport bus to pick up the car from a nearby car rental company, just like a vegetable market. The driver's license of China tourists is recognized in California, and it can be used for 6 months without notarization.

Day1: downtown Los Angeles

I'm an architect, so I won't miss classic buildings, such as the Disney Concert Hall designed by Gary, and modern buildings such as the City Hall are within walking distance.

We live near Chinatown, where we can eat authentic Cantonese cuisine. Similar places include "Little Tokyo" and "Thailand City", and our Asian stomach has settled down.

Day2: Universal Studios Hollywood and Avenue of Stars

Although there are many universal studios around the world, the highest one is definitely in Los Angeles. After all, Hollywood originated here, and the world's most advanced film technology is also here. There are a lot of people, so you must buy priority tickets without queuing to visit most of the projects. Mothers who go to the United States to give birth are not suitable to come. It's too exciting. Come together when the baby is older.

The best hamburger in Los Angeles is not McDonald's, let alone KFC, but IN-N-OUT. There is always a long queue. Don't forget to search Baidu for its secret menu before you go. The cheese flavor is super strong. Tell the teller directly that the menu in the store is invisible.

Day3: Outlets sweep the goods. route 66

left Los Angeles. We set out for the Grand Canyon and passed through Ole Desert, which is the largest Ole in the United States. We must sweep the goods severely.

route 66, across the United States, is affectionately called "Mother's Road" by Americans. Although it has declined, it still leaves many nostalgic old hotels and restaurants, as well as the route 66 Museum.

driving into the hinterland of the desert, there are desert scenes with the characteristics of the western United States along the way

Day4: Grand Canyon Park

Tickets for each car can be played for 7 days, and Americans really want to move their families in to play

Peanuts exercise their courage on this cliff and overcome their fear of heights.

There is a museum in the park to explain how this special landform was formed.

It was a lucky day. In the evening, I watched the sunset at the observation point on the top of the mountain, and then I met the astronomical wonders of "Super Moon"+"Blood Moon"+"Total Lunar Eclipse" at the same time.

Day 5: Antelope Valley, Lake Powell and horseshoe bend in Page City

I think Upper and Lower Antelopes are the most distinctive scenic spots in the United States. Native Indian tour guides will teach us what filters to use for Iphone, and what ISO is the best for SLR shooting. Finally, they will slowly pour a bottle of mineral water on the desert to show us the formation principle of landforms.

There are footprints left by dinosaurs in primitive times. Visually, they are almost as big as my husband's fat pig hands.

Well, take a look at this wonderful landform. The rich light and shadow effects are beautiful no matter how you shoot them.

Lake Powell, where you have taken countless selfies, peanuts can't step on the rhythm, and I cry.

I know you want to go over these crazy people and see the beautiful scenery. Here, I give you

horseshoe bend. You are brave enough to face life and death.

Appreciating the beautiful scenery is. Living in a holiday villa hotel is actually an apartment with complete facilities and warm service. The entrance is a swimming pool, which is equivalent to more than RMB 3 per night, which is incredibly cheap. The picture shows the swimming pool at the entrance

The buffet at p>Wynn Hotel costs about RMB 25 yuan/person. More than a dozen king crabs eat their legs and burp, and then go to the casino to hang out.

city welcome card: this strange group of China people put up the word VEGAS, and foreigners were especially enthusiastic to help take pictures.

Las Vegas is a city built in the desert, and its attractions are all five-star hotels and their casinos. We went to Luxor Hotel, new york Hotel, M& Hotel and M&; M Bean and Coca-Cola Theme Store, Tower Hotel and Beautiful Lake Hotel.

The roller coaster in front of the new york Hotel in New York is really fucking cool. Here is a miniature view of new york City (as shown below).

M& M bean theme store is very interesting. The picture below shows a panoramic picture of colored peas on a wall, which can be used to buy souvenirs, and the Coca-Cola store is similar.

All kinds of high-altitude amusement projects on the top floor of Gaota Hotel are worth a try (jumping machine, bungee jumping and spaceship are shown below). The musical fountain in Beautiful Lake is, er, similar to that in Shenzhen.

Day7: On the way, pass through the Death Park, where you drove into the hinterland of the desert.

This is the lowest point in the United States and has the highest temperature record. The scenery is like a sci-fi blockbuster, which is particularly vicissitudes without special effects. It is worthy of being called the Death Park. If there is no air conditioning in the car, it can really bake people to death, and it will be 4 degrees that day.

It was still baked in the afternoon. Two hours later, I drove into the deep mountain at degrees. The temperature difference was so great that I was going to be a quick-frozen dumpling. In the evening, the owner of the hotel reminded that food should not be left in the car, and there were bears. It's a real bear, not the bear haunt that peanuts like to watch.

Day8: Yosemite National Park

On the way into the park, I didn't give up the scenic spot of Mono Lake. I really came to the right place. I love this saline-alkali lake, which is twice as salty as seawater, and the tickets are consciously coin-inserted.

The beautiful scenery of Yosemite is step by step. There are primitive glaciers and giant sequoias on the mountain, and wild animals will come to you. The ancient history of this valley dates back to 1.5 billion years ago, and now it is a high mountain. You must walk to feel its beauty.

Day9: Monterrey, Carmel Town

Monterrey is a small coastal town, where giant seagulls can be seen on the pier and seals swim backstroke in the sea to bask in the sun.

Carmel town is particularly exquisite. 6% of its residents are artists, not down-and-out artists. We meet local people and have a giant poodle. They really lead a picturesque life.

Real life should be rich and affectionate.

Highway 1: 1 on Day, seventeen miles

Seventeen miles belong to Monterrey, and there is also a Vanke luxury villa area in Shenzhen called seventeen miles, which is like this:

I didn't know until I came to the United States that the real seventeen miles were like this:

Nima, it's a big difference, so I can't go out. You can only be cheated

BIX Bridge was built in 1932, which was the largest single arch bridge in the world at that time. Highway No.1 passed over the bridge.

The seaside scenery is beautiful, and you can stop to take a selfie at any time.

On the way, you will pass by the seal observation point, and the screen is full of fat fresh meat crawling.

Finally, we arrived at the legendary Purple Beach, which is not a big hit, but a dark purple in man show.

But Peanut doesn't care. He is a unrestrained child.

Day11: A day trip to Silicon Valley

Apple and Google headquarters can't get into the office, so it's boring to just hang around outside. But here is a special scenic spot I have carefully selected, mystery house in Winchester. The Winchesters made a fortune by selling guns. After Sarah inherited the huge property of the Winchesters, her daughter died, and her husband died of illness, which convinced her that this was the retribution of the family's gun-making and killing. It is said that this haunted house would definitely get lost without a guide, but I didn't dare to enter in the end. Who will challenge it?

The most meaningful trip in Silicon Valley is Stanford University, which is a peaceful and beautiful campus. We caught up with the one-hour walking explanation group organized by the student tour guide. The old school site is very small, and there is a spectacular church. The tour guide spat for an hour without stopping, and learned the eloquence of the famous students.

In the evening, I went to Oakland to stay, and finally had the most delicious western food in the whole trip, which cost about $4 per capita. Staying in this hotel, mainly in San Francisco, is too expensive, so we choose to go to town the next day.

Day12: One-day trip to San Francisco

We all went to classic scenic spots in San Francisco. After watching the movie "Doomsday Collapse", we know that San Francisco is in an earthquake zone, and there have been many major earthquakes. The cities have been rocked, and the streets in the city are steep. The streets that go straight up and down are a test of driving skills. Peanuts can play a roller coaster here, and the most famous place is Jiuqu Flower Street.

Golden Gate Bridge, where many American blockbusters are filming, such as Rise of the Planet of the Apes, X-Men 3 and Farewell Atlantis, you don't have to cross the bridge if you want to shoot it (you have to pay for the return trip to the bridge, and many people don't know how to pay online). There are many parking spaces on the lawn in the southeast corner of the bridge, so you can shoot at will.

Pier p>39 is very lively and has a lot of delicious food. Most restaurants can enjoy the sea view, and they can enjoy preferential parking when eating. There is a sea lion museum in the dock, which not only has real skeleton specimens to introduce sea lions, but also can see the shocking picture below

Union Square and China City, which are mainly bought in buy buy. You must buy enough before returning to China.

finally, we returned home from San Francisco airport, and there was no turning back.

during this trip, we experienced the magnificent natural scenery of the United States and felt the warm service of the Americans. The only bad thing to say is that we didn't eat well. American food tastes salty, and its practices are not very particular. Even the simplest hamburgers are far less than those in Europe and Australia, but the quality of ingredients is very good.

With this trip, we have a personal experience of American culture and life. Although it was purely a trip at that time, it laid the foundation for going to the United States to have children later. On the first day after I returned to China, I found that I was pregnant. I accidentally followed me on a trip to the United States quietly. This is her fate with the United States. Let's follow God's will and let her become a real American.

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