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Grand Canyon, Arizona |
There are different ways of traveling. Most people
fly to their vacation destination, but you can also drive, take the train or bus, or even bicycle. If you
like to travel, find the way and just do it! The Journey is as important as the destination. Earthling’s Captain’s favorite way to travel is
to do it with his own medium. The harder it is to get to a destination, the more valuable and beautiful it becomes once you get there!
During the time off from sailing/cruising on Earthling, he
got the chance to travel around the U.S for work and pleasure. When his parents
visited the U.S, a motorhome was acquired and they got to drive in 25 states
from Chicago west to California and South to Florida and up the East Coast to
Pennsylvania and back to Illinois. The RV crew got to see lots of beautiful nature. A distance of 7750 miles was traveled which
left memories of a lifetime.
Additionally, Earthling’s captain has also been a semi truck
driver for the last year. In 2015, he drove over 120,000 miles around the U.S
from Illinois to Washington, across the country to Massachusetts, down to
Florida and up and down and east and west several times.
The winter months of 2015 were brutal and driving a 40-ton
18wheeler could be quite frightening. One late cold February evening in upstate
New York a snowstorm was predicted to come through. It was only two hours left
to the destination in Buffalo and the goal was to make it there before the
storm. But the universe wanted to keep this truck driver on his toes, so the
snow started coming down heavily, followed by strong winds strengthened by Lake
Erie. The ground soon was covered in white with a visibility of less than 50 yards!
The driver was trying to follow the tracks of two cars in front! There was no
way to stop or pull over. In very little time there was so much snow that if
the truck stopped, it would be stuck and not able to take off again. And soon
there is a parade of cars following the semi. The truck was going 15mph for 40
minutes, which seemed so much longer. The windshield vipers were frozen and
wouldn’t clean the windshield. As the driver is struggling to see the tracks of
two other cars in front, it appears that one car has slipped in the dish. Now
there is one track to follow and soon the other car is out of the game in the
dish. There were more cars and truck on the side of the road than on the road.
I’m so lucky and thankful to come out of this storm safe, which was the
scariest moment in the trucking journeys.
One of the purposes in life is to see and experience this
dimensional world that we exist in. There is more beauty in nature around the
globe than we can imagine. Everything is worth to see, even the worst place on
the planet is worth a visit at least once. If you like it, you go back, if not,
at least you’ve seen it once! If I could do it, you can do it! There is a way
for each of us!
Here are some pictures of the amazing moments and views in
2015.
Earthling will soon set sail for a short trip in the Caribbean
sea.
Thanks for following and Happy New Years
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Buffalo in Black Hills National Forest, South Dakota |
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Mount Rushmore, South Dakota |
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Cache National Forest, Utah |
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Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada |
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Lake Mead, Nevada |
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Venetian Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada |
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Main strip Las Vegas, Nevada |
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Venetian, Las Vegas |
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Hotel Aria, Las Vegas |
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Pacific Ocean, California |
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Pacific Drive, California |
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La Jolla, San Diego, California |
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Grand Canyon, Arizona |
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Grand Canyon, Arizona |
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Grand Canyon, Arizona |
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New Mexico |
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New Mexico |
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Louisiana |
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New Orleans, Louisiana |
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New Orleans, Louisiana |
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Cotton Field, Mississippi |
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Panhandle Florida |
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Panhandle Florida |
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Clearwater Beach, Florida |
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Earthling time on the Inter coastal |
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Gulf Of Mexico |
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St. Augustine, Florida |
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Gatlinburg, Tennesse |
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West Virginia
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Trucking in Oregon
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Trucking in Montana
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Salt Lake City, Utah |
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Peace on Earth |
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Trucking in Long Island, New York |
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Trucking in Seattle, WA |
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