Posts labeled with Country ' USA'
Los Angeles has over sixty miles of beach. The southern end, around the Palos Verdes Peninsula, is rocky. Then, from Redondo Beach to Santa Monica the beaches are mainly sand.In the North, Malibu, 26 miles long,is rocky, with some excellent beaches that one must climb down cliffs to get to. Surfing is great everywhere, though waves calm a bit in the summer.
Malibu Beach House.
Santa Monica – 26 mile long Bike and Blade path from Redondo to Malibu.
Venice Freak Show.
“Medication ” for the “Sick.”
Malibu Waves.
North Pole. The next shot is when we were back in daylight over the Laptev
Sea of the Arctic Ocean as the plane approaches the North Coast of
Siberia.
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The Northeastern Untied States is not known as an Adventure Travel destination. Mount Washington , New Hampshire and the surrounding region is as rugged as any in the United States and is easily reachable from Boston,New York and Montreal.
The eight mile drive takes about 40 minutes in low gear, climbing to 6288 feet. The temperature drops about 30 degrees. Today, almost mid July, it was barely above freezing.
Today was also one of the first sunny days of the summer in this area. It was still not completely clear at the Summit – only 10 clear days a year there.
Above the tree line – Mt.Washington is close to the Jet Stream and suffers severe weather all year. It is the windiest place on Earth – 231 miles an hour – 374 kph !
Harley’s up the Mountain !
Our Trusty Toyota.
The weather obervatory – Scientists live here year round. In the winter ( September to June) the road is generally closed and the Summit is only reachable by Snowcat. Often there is no access at all.
Misty meadows seen upon descent.
We then drove down the Mountain and along a dirt road to the Sawyer River – a wild white water rapids flowing strong and cold due to this year’s excessive rains.
Trees are home to strange fungal formations – beautiful – but deadly – mushroom spores.
Waterfalls and rapids add to the remote feeling.
Mysterious life forms.
As I was in both the Southern and Northern Hemisphere in the last couple of days, I wanted to see if it was true that water goes down the drain in different directions depending on what hemisphere the activity takes place. The theory was proven. See below and play both videos simultaneously.
Southern Hemisphere – the water goes down Counterclockwise in São Paulo, Brazil at Latitude 23.7 South.
Northern Hemisphere – the water goes down Clockwise in Miami FL , USA at Latitude 25.7 North.
Tonight I board LAN Argentina Flight 4521 from Miami to Buenos Aires. It’s the start of a twelve day trip to both Argentina and Chile. The main focus of the journey is to meet adventure travel operators throughout the region. I will be posting several times daily , with many beautiful pictures.
Yesterday morning I boarded Alaska Airlines Flight 17 from Miami to Seattle. At 6 hours and 20 minutes, it’s the longest flight in the Continental United States. From Miami the plane sets out on a Northwest trajectory across Southern Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. The plane then flies over Louisiana,Arkansas, Texas,Oklahoma,Kansas,Colorado,Utah,Wyoming,Idaho ,Oregon and then Washington State.
At Seattle I boarded a Horizon Air prop plane for the short 45 minute hop up to Vancouver. Pictures are below :
Miami
Crossing the Mississippi.
Western Kansas Farms.
Praries meet the Rockies at Colorado Springs.
First Snow in the Rockies.
Red Desert in Wyoming.
Wyoming or Utah.
San Juan Islands,Washington State.
Coming in for a landing at Vancouver.
I spent the weekend on the Maine Coast. While hardly exotic – the Maine Coast is rugged with excellent adventure opportunity. Arctic Tropic is in the process of adding hundreds of United States destinations.
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