氯气化学式-explosives
American Road Trip
The 2010
Ford F-150 pickup is a typical American vehicle.
It affords its passengers a seat above
everything on the road. All
of its features,
including blue-tooth stereo, seem perfect ?C
except for gas mileage. At the end of 2011, I
drove one from
Miami to Orlando. I had never
expected to drive such a vehicle,
but it was
the only available car to rent.
From
August 2011 through July 2012, I served as a
visiting scholar at Harvard University, and
one of the perks of
the job was short
semesters and long holidays. So, I made two
long-distance trips with my friends.
My
first trip started in December 2011, when we drove
from Miami to Orlando, passing through Saint
Augustine to
Interstate 10, and then New
Orleans, Houston, and finally
Dallas.
My second trip began in June 2012, when we set off
from
San Diego to Los Angeles, Yosemite, and
finally San Francisco.
Then we drove north
from Salt Lake City to Yellowstone
National
Park, and moved southward to the Arches National
Park.
The first trip crossed
almost half of the United States from
east to
west, and the second traversed it north to south.
I was
deeply impressed.
One arena in
which the United States excels is its traffic
conditions. The roads might not be as wide as
those in China,
but fewer vehicles afford
easier access to everywhere. It was
amazing to
speed along highways in the South with music
serenading the splendid views along the way.
Another boon for the country is the national
park system.
In the West, we visited five
national parks: Yosemite, the
Grand Canyon,
Yellowstone, the Grand Tetons, and the
Arches,
which all feature breathtaking scenery. The most
impressive characteristics are their
administrative systems.
Admission is very
affordable: less than 20 dollars for a week ?C
far lower than many scenic spots in China.
Another thing is that
everything is well-kept,
including the camping sites, waste
facilities,
and even supporting facilities within the parks,
such
as restaurants. We could never forget
our“feast” in a
restaurant in Yellowstone,
which didn’t cost much more than
outside
meals.
The United States has long enjoyed
fame as a “melting
pot.”Its vast territory
with abundant resources is flavored by a
wide variety of customs and folklores.
Boston, for instance, in
the northeast,
developed from New England Puritan culture.
Florida in the southeast features bright and
beautiful weather
as well as bold and
unrestrained people. New Orleans in the
Deep
South is a mecca for jazz as well as French
delicacies.
Coastal California in the West
features premiums in both
natural scenery and
cultural environment. The San Francisco
Bay
Area is heaven for innova- tion. Utah is strongly
flavored by
the Mormon culture, a totally
fresh experience for us.
Finally, it didn’t
cost much to travel in the United States.
The
entire way, we primarily chose 40 or 50-dollar-a-
night
motels. When arriving in big cities, we
selected hotels using
Priceline bidding. We
stayed in a Westin in New Orleans at 50
dollars: Too good to be true! The price is
higher in hotels
around Yellowstone and
Yosemite ?C about 200 dollars a night.
Food
along the way was affordable: For about 10 to 20
dollars
per person you got a pretty good meal.
Oddly enough, we
found the most authentic
Sichuan food on the outskirts of Salt
Lake
City.
My road trips in the United States
remain unforgettable
pages of my memory ?C
nice views, delicious food, and
exotic local
culture. I hope I get another chance to go there
and
cross the country through the North
and East.
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