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Trip to the USA –
Oslo - New York - Los Angeles - Oslo July 6 -29, 2023 |
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City/Town/Village |
Transport |
Time spent |
Temperature |
Time zone |
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«The Big Apple» |
to New York City |
Norse
Atlantic Airways (7 hours
flight) |
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2 days’ stay at the Sonesta 55 hotel |
36-38 0C |
Oslo
00:00 AM - NY 6:00 PM previous day |
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American Museum of Natural
History
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Manhattan: Empire State
Building,
Central Park, Greenwich village,
SoHo, Times square,
Broadway, Wall Street |
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Intrepid Sea, Air & Space
Museum
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Hudson and East
rivers Circle line cruise over lower Manhattan Guided Boat trip |
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9/11 Memorial |
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«The Old Line State» |
to Maryland |
Fredrick “Fred” (visit Sandi and David) |
Came by Amtrack to
Baltimore BMI airport, further by Tesla car |
2 nights’ stay |
34-36 0C |
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Gettysburg Battleground - American Civil war |
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1 day |
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«Old Dominion» |
to Virginia |
Fredericksburg “Colonial Beach” (visit Sharon and Mellisa) |
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2 nights’ stay |
36-38 0C |
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Woodbridge (Church of the Brethren - Anabaptist
Christian denomination) |
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0,5 day’s |
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Fort
Belvoir (National Museum of the United States
Army) |
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0,5 day’s |
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«The Evergreen State» |
to Washington |
Washington
DC «DMV» |
By Tesla car and metro |
2 days |
34-38 0C |
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U.S.
Capitol |
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West
Potomac Park: The Lincoln memorial and Washington
obelisk (sunset), Vietnam Veterans and
Korean War Veterans Memorials |
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The
White House |
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National
Museum of the American Indian |
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National
Museum of African American History and Culture |
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Arlington National Cemetery |
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«The
Keystone State» |
to Pennsylvania |
Philadelphia “The City of Brotherly Love» |
Came by the New Jersey transit train |
2 days’ stay at the Ledger apartments |
34-38 0C |
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Independence
Hall |
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Liberty Bell
Museum |
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The Franklin institute (Science Museum) |
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Barnes Foundation
(Art Museum) |
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«The Garden State» |
to New Jersey |
Atlantic City “America’s
Playground” or “Monopoly City” Atlantic Ocean
beaches Sunrise |
Came by New Jersey
transit train |
1 day’s stay at the Claridge hotel |
38 0C |
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Back to Pennsylvania |
Philadelphia |
Back by
New Jersey transit train |
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34-38 0C |
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«The Lone Star State» |
to Texas |
Dallas «Big D» (visit Jean) |
Came by Southwest Airlines
via Pittsburgh, further by the car Chevrolet Malibu |
Stop on the
way |
41-38 0C |
From
NY 00:00 AM to Dallas 11:00 PM |
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Terrell “relly” (visit Judy and Ken) Sunrise |
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1 night’s stay |
38 0C |
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Worth Forth “Cowtown” (visit Rick and Julie) |
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Stop on the
way |
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Big Spring (Roger’s family
town) Visited Big Spring
State Park |
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0,5 day’s walk and 1 night’s stay at the Baymont
by Wyndham hotel Dinner at Danny’s |
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Midland «The Tall City” or
“The Petroplex” (visit Jim) |
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Stop on the
way |
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Odessa “The Petroplex” or “Jackrabbit Roping Capital” (Roger’s hometown) |
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0,5 day’s walk and 1 night’s stay at the
Fairfield Inn (outdoor pool) |
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Further via Chihuahuan
desert (from West Texas to New Mexico) |
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0,5 day’s driving |
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«The Land of
Enchantment» (“Tierra del Encanto” in Spanish) |
to New Mexico |
Carlsbad Caverns National
park |
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0,5 day |
38 0C |
From
Texas 00:00 AM to New Mexico 11:00 PM |
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Ruidoso village |
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1 night’s stay at the La Quinta hotel
(indoor pool) Dinner at Denny’s |
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Socorro County Magdelena village “Trails End” ("The Lady on the Mountain" is a rock
formation in Magdalena mountains) Rio Grande river |
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1 day driving (via Soccoro County) Stop on the way. Lunch
at Western Golden Spur saloon |
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After Magdalena to
the left, southeast of Socorro i Jornada del Muerto desert
- Trinity (nuclear test 1945)
Movie “Oppenheimer” |
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Socorro county National
Radio Astronomy Observatory Very Large Array |
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Stop on the
way |
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«The Grand Canyon State» |
to Arizona |
Apache County Springerville
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1 night’s stay at the Howard
Johnson by Windham hotel |
38 0C |
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Fort Apache on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation (White mountain apaches) |
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Stop on the
way |
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St. Johns “Redmen” (Petrified wood (San
Geronimo) + crossroad to route 66) |
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Stop on the
way |
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Williams (crossroad to route 66) |
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2 nights’ stay at the Ramada Inn (indoor pool – not used) |
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Grand Canyon
National Park (South Rim) Sunrise |
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1 day |
34-36 0C |
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Further Mojave Desert |
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1 day driving (Needles - Barstow) |
47 0C |
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«The Golden State» |
to California |
Needles |
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Stop on the way |
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Barstow |
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1 night’s stay at the Super 8 motel (outdoor
pool) Lunch at IHOPE |
38 0C |
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Orange County Fullerton |
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2 nights’ stay at the
Howard Johnson by Windham hotel (outdoor poll) |
34-36 0C |
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Anaheim «Duck
Capital of the World» (Disneyland) |
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1 day |
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Los Angeles County Lawndale Pacific Ocean beach South Bay |
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1 night’s stay at the
Days Inn |
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Los Angeles «L.A.» or «A Big
Orange» Hollywood |
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Stop on the way Lunch at IHOPE |
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to Norway Oslo |
Norse
Atlantic Airways (9 hours
flight) |
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From
Los Angeles 00:00 AM to Oslo 9:00 AM |
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Bayswater
inn Denny’s