Showing posts with label bridges. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bridges. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Key West: Bahia Honda


If we had known to make camping reservations a day in advance, this is where we would have stayed: an idyllic, hillbilly-free spot on the water. Camping or no camping, we still deserved a day at the beach before we headed back to Ft. Lauderdale.

Fried hogfish sandwich for lunch.

Aside from a few visitors comparing the beach to Ocean City, the beach was peaceful. 



“Is that a koala in the water?” – Ayk without his glasses

Pelicans diving in the water for fish. 










Walking along the defunct bridge, ruined by a hurricane.


It runs parallel to Route 1.





Thursday, February 17, 2011

Las Vegas: A Quick In-N-Out

“Gambling is possibly the worst idea when you’re unemployed,” we told Gwendy when we visited in LA.  “Or maybe it’s the best idea,” she joked.  At least I hope she was joking.  Ayk and I aren’t the biggest fans of gambling (I’d rather spend money on something tangible, like clothes), and it’s reckless and foolish to gamble when you have no source of income.  We’d rather be safe and have money to get back home.

Seeing a show here would have been amazing, but tickets were rather pricey.  If this weren’t a month long trip of epic proportions and we weren’t unemployed, then we’d get ourselves some tickets and stay the night.  Instead, we played the cards we were dealt (baa-zing!) and headed to Grand Canyon, our main destination, after savoring our last In-N-Out meal of the trip.
At least I got a picture of a glitzy sign. 


 On the left is a Neapolitan Shake.  It pays to know the secret menu.

We didn’t take that many pictures since it was such a brief trip.  Honestly, all you need to do to get a good sense of what Las Vegas looks like is to watch an episode of CSI and you’re golden.

Before leaving Nevada, we went to the Arizona side of the Hoover Dam, took a picture and then returned to the Nevada entrance, as per the park police’s nighttime policy.  Why we couldn’t just drive through Arizona at night is beyond us.  At least we got to drive over the newly built tall bridge.
Hoover Dam is in the back just barely lit.

Friday, February 4, 2011

San Francisco: Golden Gate Bridge


When we picked up the rental car for the trip, I was excited to see that it was red.  It's my favorite color.  Ayk said the color for something as fleeting as a rental car didn't matter.  I told him color always matters.  Case in point: Golden Gate Bridge.  This landmark would not be nearly as famous if it weren't for that lovely coat of rust orange to contrast against the sea green bay.  Aesthetics always matter.


Clearly, we both are a fan of red. 







Surfers in the bay 




Container ship from China.  Hooray for cheap electronics!
Alcatraz on the right


Finally the weather cleared up for us to take a shot of the skyline. 


That didn't mean the wind didn't let up.