julian's journeys

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Sunriver, Oregon

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About to leave for Southern California

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We drove down the historic Highway 1, which followed the coastline for most of our journey.

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We're on our way to Southern California!

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About to leave!

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The balcony and view from Kimber's parent's apartment.

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This place was pretty creepy looking

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By the way, for those, like me, who didn't know - a frond is a branch from a palm tree.

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Hilo Bay, we were on Coconut Island - where only the aristocracy were permitted to walk back in the day.

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In trying to boost its reputation, the leaders of Hilo planted a Banyan Tree (as in the picture) for every significant visitor - Heber J. Grant was one such visitor.

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The Banyan Tree

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The view from the garbage chute area - looking up to the mountain. I was surprised how green this part of the island was.

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This is where the scientists stay when they're not higher up on the mountain working with the telescopes. It was where I was able to recover, with a dose of oxygen and rocky road.

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Heading up the mountain. I had really bad altitude sickness at this point, my face did not reflect how I was feeling inside!

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Once the lava flow from the volcano cooled, this tunnel was created.

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By the volcano.

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This place seemed like something out of Lord of the Rings!

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This column is actually lava rock, which formed around the tree.

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The Temple on the Big Island.

The Temple on the Big Island.

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'Imiloa, where Kimber's Dad currently works, is a Hawaian culture/astronomy museum, which has only been opened 2 years.

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This was a great 50s style diner, so we had to get the t-shirts.

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In the jungle!

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King Kamehameha...the statue...not me

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Rainbow Falls.

Hawaii

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The view. You could constantly hear the waves here. I had never had so many vivid dreams in my life while staying here, we found out that the noise of the waves could have been the cause of that.

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This was an old cinema which, after having been renovated, shows old school films. We saw 'It's a Wonderful Life' on Christmas Eve there.

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In the midst of it all!

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The owner of this house in San Francisco apparently puts up these decorations each year, it was like something out a Disney film.

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A member rented a tram in San Francisco, and we sung carols as we went through the city on it.

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An exhibit outside the museum

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Kimber's Dad worked at this museum for almost 20 years, in San Jose.

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So Kimber decided to make this as a way of counting down the days till we would see each other again...after seeing how long it was we realised that it probably wasn't the best idea to have made it! (Though as it turned out we were able to see each other once we reached the pink links on the chain)

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Bridal Veil Falls

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We came here on my birthday for a walk, and got pretty wet!

Cowboy land!

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This brought back memories of all those Western films I've seen growing up.

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He renamed himself Thunder Mountain, no-one lives here, but his son keeps the area maintained

Thunder mountain reserve, Nevada

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Some random American sympathetic the the Native Americans built this place, kinda like a shrine

A ghost town in Nevada

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This was really cool, an abandoned railway bridge

Northern California

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The scenery really was spectacular

The journey begins!

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This was the start of our 12 hour drive from California to Utah

The beach!

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This was right by Santa Cruz, and the water was in fact just as cold as the sea around England! The life guard huts are pretty cool.

Oakland Temple

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This is where we are planning on getting married.

North Side

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Then again, the days would often clear up, as it did this day.

Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco side)

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I was surprised at the weather in San Francisco, often there were days like this cloud, and very chilly - much like England sometimes.

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Muir Woods

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This place was north of San Francisco, and is full of the great Redwoods. They were pretty great.

Monterey Aquarium

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I was under a wave simulator, for the fish life behind me.

Garage Sale!

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Instead of car-boot sales (in England) we had a sale on the driveway of Kimber's house.

Foothills Park

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This is where I proposed to Kimber.

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At the same place as the Japanese Garden, free open air concerts are held. We brought a picnic and attended a jazz concert which was alot of fun!

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Ok, so this photo shows the ring in a lot more detail!

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The ring! (By the way Kimber and I are now engaged! :)

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There were alot of forests, and greenery which reminded me alot of England.

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Kristy (Kimber's sister-in-law) to my left, and nieces and nephews: Hunter, Andie, Peter and Kate watching all the fish below.

Oregon with Kimber's family

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We visited the Japanese Garden in Oregon when we visited Kimber's brother Adam, his wife Kristy and their children.

Downtown San Francisco

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We walked through the financial district...I later discovered that the brown building behind me is of Goldman Sachs and is actually where the father of the children I babysit for works.

The Bay Bridge, San Francisco

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Although not as recognisable as the red Golden Gate bridge this is by far the larger of the two.

This was taken on an evening trip to the city - only a 40 mile journey.

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So we are at Stanford shopping centre, where we were attending an open air jazz concert (not sure why we don't have any photos of that....). I don't think that i have seen anything so comical in my life!! Is it the sunglasses? The helmet?? How serious he looks??? Or the thing that he is riding (is it called a segueway?)????

I would have given anything to see him chase after someone in that....

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This church is on Stanford campus...there was a service going on - luckily we had come from church, so we were dressed for it - and were allowed to go in.

Stanford University, Palo Alto

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And we arrived! Fast forward a day and we are on Stanford campus - to which is actually in Palo Alto (where Kimber is from). I really liked the architecture of the place - all of the same style - the yellow buildings with orange roof tiles.

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This was an interesting little town in Nevada where we stopped to rest on the way. Its strange...the size of it is about the size of a village, but it doesn't feel right to call it that...when I think of villages I think of old churches, thatched cottages, winding roads etc. In my opinion they are a very English thing. Its been really fun being able to see similarities and differences between England and America on this trip. I love how emphasis is placed on convenience here in America!

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In my defense the sun is really bright reflecting off of the salt....and kimber has her fringe to shield her from the sun

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So if you have good eyes and can read the writing, even if you click on the photo, the record was first set by a Briton and is currently held by an American.

The Great Salt Plains

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From Provo we drove down to California. We left at around 7 in the morning and arrived at about 7 or 8 in the evening

Travelling back from Vegas

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This is either Southern Utah, or Northern Arizona - close to the Grand Canyon. Fellow tourists happened to stop off, so they helped us out with taking the photo.

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I can't remember which hotel this is by...

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Peter's reception

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The main reason for the visit...

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Another part of the Paris casino complex.

The Strip

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This is taken looking down the strip.

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The Bellagio is to our left and Caesars is right behind us. My hair started doing all kinds of crazy things after I dipped my head in the fountain.

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It was so hot that we dunked our heads in the fountain behind us. The average temperature was well over 40 degrees C.

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Caesars Palace

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These Casinos really are impressive, the imitations are really convincing as is the size of them - the strip is like an area with lots of mini cities/civilizations on it.

The Bellagio

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This is inside the Bellagio - the reception. Hanging from the ceiling is coloured glass.

Paris

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The Paris casino is behind us. We're in front of the Ballagio fountain, where the characters stand on Ocean's 11 at the end of the film.

Las Vegas

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Of course...what else could it be but fabulous...

St. George, Utah

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The first two weeks in America I stayed at Kimber's brother's flat - who is in New York for the summer. A friend from my mission was getting married in Vegas, so not wanting to miss the opportunity we drove down and spent the weekend there.

We stopped off at St. George on the way to fill up on gas. I'd really liked the red rock, which is typical of the area. There was already a huge difference in temperature between here in Provo.