Once In A White Moon - by Gina Therese Hvidsten
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Once In A White Moon

Quick update

I’m in Las Vegas now. The weather is nice and hot… a lot hotter than what I’m used to. Today it’s about 40C, and apparently that’s cooler than what it can get. I’m glad I came here when I did.I had a wonderful drive from San Diego to Las Vegas (via Kingman and Tuba City, both in Arizona). I got to fly a helicopter through Grand Canyon, have a boat trip on the Colorado River in the bottom of the canyon, and saw some great Western-movie landscapes in Monument Valley.I visited the Hoover Dam today, which was impressively large, and are going to have some dinner soon. I’m so busy I haven’t even gambled yet, but I might try some tonight.Yesterday I saw the show […] Read more

Just too much to do

Sorry for the lack of updates, but there’s just too much to do. Whenever I get back to the hotel and actually have time to update I’m usually too tired to actually get anything done. I’m not any less tired tonight than I’ve been the previous days, but I had a little more time on my hands, so I’ll give you a short update.During the first week I’ve been to Disneyland, Hollywood, Griffith Observatory, two concerts at the Hollywood Bowl, San Diego, USS Midway, San Diego Zoo and Seaworld, in addition to a couple of other minor places. I’ve walked 10.000 miles, been touched by an owl in flight and been splashed on by Shamu the killer whale.That’s the level of detail I’ll go into […] Read more

California Dreamin’

I’m finally here. After weeks of preparation. Days of trying to adjust to the new time zone. Hours of not sleeping on the plane. The plane ride was the longest I’ve ever had. And the final 3 hours (of the 11 hour flight) was extremely boring. At least I got to see some mountains, fields and towns during our decent to LAX.I’m still jetlagged. I’ve already been up for over an hour, and it’s only 6:30am. I hope I’ll adjust some more tonight.Now I’m just about to head downstairs to have some breakfast before I have to pack my backpack and head to Disneyland.More reports to follow ;)