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The streets near the Greyhound bus were dark and desolate. There was only a shabby small shop nearby. Cigarettes were very expensive. There were no shops within a mile. Yunluo had neither cigarettes nor beer. It was hard to kill the long night waiting for the bus. The people sitting outside looked like people from the lower class. They were not friendly, but Yunluo still felt at ease. +,
An old Mexican woman cursed on the phone for more than half an hour, and words starting with f popped up very frequently, and her ears were never idle. When a black man asked Yunluo to borrow a light, Yunluo asked him for a cigarette, and he was embarrassed to refuse. A white beggar, who was very strong, was picking up cigarette butts on the ground and smoking.
He knocked over Yunluo and asked for some food, but Yunluo could only give him a few biscuits. On this night of waiting for the bus at the Greyhound bus station, Yunluo truly felt the most chaotic, poor and backward side of the United States.
Arrived at Tracy at 9 am, a quiet bus station with no one around. After getting off the bus, Yunluo drove to pick him up and took him to his apartment to rest. He had been busy for more than a month and really wanted to take a break. He just watched a movie at Xiaojie's house and watched Yunluo play Dota.
At noon, they went to a Vietnamese restaurant to eat rice noodles. In the evening, their cousin Maggie brought his Thai wife and mixed-race little daughter to treat Yunluo and Yunluo to dinner. It was said to be a very famous steak house in the local area. Yunluo and Yunluo went there an hour in advance to get a seat, and they forgot to bring their luggage at that time.
As a result, when ordering beer, the waiter was afraid to let Yunluo order a beer. This time, it was only after Mag had persuaded the waiter for a long time that he reluctantly agreed. The US has very strict law enforcement, so most people are unwilling to risk going to jail and selling alcohol to minors. So no matter how much you don't look like a minor, he will still insist on seeing your ID.
Meet San Francisco. The last time we passed by San Francisco, we just met up with friends at Fisherman's Wharf and headed straight to Yosemite Park. This time, Xiaojie drove Yunlu around the city for a few laps, and Yunlu discovered that among all the cities in the United States, San Francisco is Yunlu's favorite.
Washington is too peaceful, New York is too prosperous, and Los Angeles is too gaudy. In comparison, the elegance of San Francisco is the most attractive to Yunluo.
First of all, the roads in San Francisco are so unique. The roads are straight, and the slope feels like the road surface is standing up, like a wall. The inspiration for Inception must come from this. When waiting for a red light here, the whole person sitting in the seat feels like an airplane taking off and climbing, waiting for the green light to come on.
Going down this slope also tests your turning ability. Looking over Lombard Street, you can see Coit Tower.
City Lights Bookstore is a must-visit for young people who love traveling and literature. Jack Kerouac's poster is hung in the window. It is known as the cultural base of the "Beat Generation".
I personally think the second floor and basement of the bookstore are very impressive. It is said that the original English version of "On the Road" is very popular here. There is a graffiti wall outside. You can walk along Chinatown from here to Union Square.
I stumbled into this Grace Church by accident. I was walking towards the Golden Gate Bridge and passed a crossroads. The church looked very magnificent from the outside, so I decided to pay it a visit. I didn't expect it to be so gorgeous inside, with thousands of densely packed colorful strings hanging from the dome, which was very dreamy.
If there is only one attraction that can represent San Francisco, it is undoubtedly the Golden Gate Bridge. If the Statue of Liberty symbolizes the gateway to the East Coast of the United States, then the Golden Gate Bridge is the gateway to the West Coast. This red steel cable bridge can be seen from as far as ten nautical miles away in American movies.
Like the Statue of Liberty, it was destroyed. In any disaster movie, it is basically "destroyed" at least once. For immigrants and gold diggers who came from Asia, the Golden Gate Bridge has an absolutely special meaning. The best place to see the Golden Gate Bridge is on the west side of the north side of the strait.
There is a mountain from which you can overlook the bridge and the entire Kinmen Strait. It is magnificent, especially in the evening when the bridge deck is illuminated by the setting sun, making it look particularly textured.
The environment of this hill is nice. To the west there is a large open area where you can watch the sunset and the Pacific Ocean. Yunluo said this is a suitable place for a date and he will consider bringing girls here to play next time. On the way back, he was still talking about how this trip to San Francisco was worthwhile and he will never have to worry about having no place to go for a date with girls in the future.
Because we had to go to Mag's house to attend a family gathering in the evening and celebrate Yunluo Xiaojie's birthday, we drove back before sunset, and Yunluo missed the night view of San Francisco, or the night view of the Golden Gate Bridge. I have seen photos of fog-covered Golden Gate in many photos, and it takes a lot of luck to take pictures of such scenes.
At Mag's house that night, many friends had dinner together. They were all Chinese Americans who lived a prosperous middle-class life. They listened to Yunluo's gap year travel experience as if it were a legendary story, including the Greyhound bus ride the night before. They all found it incredible. Mag's wife's hometown is Chiang Mai, Thailand.
It just so happened that after Yunluo's trip to the United States, she would go to Thailand to attend the Loy Krathong Festival, so her aunt also told Yunluo a lot of Thai food tips. The cutest one was the little daughter of the Mag family, who was considered Yunluo's sister. Yunluo and Xiaojie got along well with her, but they were still quite shy when seeing Yunluo.
After dinner, Mag took Yunluo and Yunluo Xiaojie to his armory, which had 38 guns, including half of the weapons in CS. The Desert Eagle from Israel was Yunluo's favorite, and there were also various revolvers, automatic rifles, sniper rifles, and more than 2,000 rounds of bullets. Sometimes he would take Yunluo to the shooting range to shoot.
He said that he would take Yunluo to play games when Yunluo comes to the United States next time. Suddenly, I felt that this trip to the United States was too hasty! I didn’t have enough fun at all!
When he arrived at Jackson Lake, Yunluo was already shocked by the beautiful scenery in front of him. The tranquil lake reflected the snow-capped mountains in the distance. The lake was calm without a single ripple. Although the mountains in the distance were gray, the snow on the tops of the mountains could be vaguely seen. White clouds were floating in the sky, and at the same time, they were floating in the lake.
Dead trees lie on the riverbank, adding all kinds of vivid signs to the scenery in front of me. There are countless smooth pebbles by the lake, and in the extremely clear water, they constantly invite you to jump into the center of the lake. I have been to countless places, China, the United States, and seen countless lakes.
However, this scenery is the most beautiful and breathtaking scenery Yunluo has ever seen. This is the first scene Yunluo saw when he arrived at Grand Teton National Park. In an instant, this national park captured Yunluo's heart.
When we first arrived at Teton Park and booked a camping spot, it was already 10pm. After a short rest and setting up the tent, there was still an hour before the sun went down. So Xiaokun and his group decided to walk along the path behind the camping site to Jackson Lake to see the scenery there.
This is actually a very short path. It took less than ten minutes to reach the lake, and then we saw the scene at the beginning. Maybe it was because it was off-season when we went there, or maybe it was because the sky was a little cloudy and the climate was still very cold. There was no one else besides Yunluo and his group by the lake. Everything was so quiet and beautiful.
Yunluo could sense the surprise and shock of Yunluo and Yan Chenyu. Everyone, like Yunluo, stopped to look at the beautiful scenery before their eyes. After the shock, Yunluo and Yan Chenyu thought of taking pictures. The lake in Grand Teton is really beautiful, and it is worthy of being one of the most beautiful national parks in the United States.
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I stretched out my hand and tentatively put my fingers into the lake water. It was freezing cold. It was such a pity that I couldn't swim in the lake and enjoy the moisture that the clear water brought to my skin.
Teton National Park is a well-developed national park with comprehensive facilities. For example, there are laundry rooms and public bathrooms. Of course, there is wine, which is indispensable in the United States. Later, Yunluo and Yan Chenyu decided to have a drink in the park. But Mark, who was traveling with them, said to walk along the lake.
You can walk to the port on the other side of the lake, which is closer than going back and walking on the road, and the scenery is also better. Yunluo and Yan Chenyu didn't look much alike, so they started to walk around the lake to the left. Who would have known that this beautiful path along the lake actually led to the opposite direction of Yunluo's destination, leading Yunluo and his group to personally experience a "adventure" of some size??
At first, Yunluo and Yan Chenyu were still chatting, humming songs, and taking pictures. Suddenly, the road ahead was flooded and the river beach disappeared. So Yunluo and Yan Chenyu had to walk closer to the jungle, hoping to reach the main road quickly. It was fine at first, but the further they walked, the denser the trees became, and the branches began to tear at their clothes.
At that time, Xiao Kun was wearing a newly bought raincoat with a layer of colloid coating on it. At that time, I was really worried that the new raincoat would be scrapped. At the back, it was no longer a scraping and pulling. The people in front had to push away the branches blocking them. Once they passed, the branches would bounce back like the doors in the commercial street, of course, much faster than the speed of the door closing.
Then, the people behind would be hit hard. Yunluo and Yan Chenyu would hold onto the tree branch, and they would not let go until someone behind them came to hold onto it.
That’s not all. As it was evening, the sky gradually darkened. The sun had already set, but there was still a faint sunset glow in the sky. Soon, Yunluo would lose the sunlight, and Yunluo and the others were in a jungle with no road, no food and no water. Fortunately, some of Yunluo and Yan Chenyu brought flashlights and headlamps, so they could still vaguely see the objects in front of them. (A great event where pie in the sky falls, a cool phone is waiting for you! Follow the official account (add friends on WeChat - add official account - enter dd), and participate now! Everyone will win a prize, follow dd’s WeChat official account now!) (To be continued..)