Archive for April 13th, 2009
Mel’s Color Commentary: Day Three
by Mel on Apr.13, 2009, under Next Exit: US of A
Colin already mentioned our shopping trip to the AF Country Store. For all German readers: that’s the local equivalent of a Raiffeisenmarkt. We went there to do some horse shopping, show blankets and such. But I forgot that we are in Roping and Barrel Racing country. So seeing two 5yd racks full of rainbow colored lariats, the ones I only know in used and yellowish-brown was something very Frederick. Therefore the color of the day is pastel colored hot pink, lemon yellow and acid green.
I wonder if they are glow-in-the-dark…..
On a dark desert highway, cool wind in our hair
by Nevok on Apr.13, 2009, under Next Exit: US of A
OFF TO TUCSON!
Ok, so we first had breakfast and checked out of our hotel, the Radisson Airport North hotel, but still. Off we were.
There’s something though that ‘bothers’ me ever since having arrived on saturday and having seen it with disbelief in my eyes:
There are tons of bike trails in Phoenix. And bike stands. And people on bikes, using them. And I am talking bicycles here, not motorbikes. And houses with solar cells on their roofs. What happened? Has it always been like that over here, or is this just finally the realization that things could be better here in the US if resources available’d be made use of? I am astonished and proud actually. Kudos, Arizona!
