Get back to San Francisco

After camping five nights in Yosemite, I got back to San Francisco. Staying here two more nights, enjoying a little slow time here, and I'm leaving US to Japan on Thuesday, finally. A little sad, maybe.

ヨセミテで5泊キャンプした後、サンフランシスコへ無事へ戻ってこれた。ここにもう2泊、少しのんびりとした時間を過ごして、とうとう日本へ。少し寂しい、かな。


　

Sierra Nevada

I've driven such a long way for this ten days, through a few states which has totally different world from Japan. And finally, I'm staying in a forest in the Sierra Nevada! Camping here a few more days for great hiking. Mist which comes from the big fall even falls in the forest. This is beautiful.

ここ10日ほど、だいぶ長い距離車を運転しました。いくつかの州を走ったけど、それらは本当に日本とは違い素晴らしい。そして最終的にここシエラネバダの森にたどり着きました。ここでキャンプすることあと数日、そしてハイキング。大きな滝からの水滴は、森の中にすら到達し、とても綺麗。


　

San Francisco, CA

Staying beautiful city for 5days. I'm leaveing here tomorrow morning for the final trip in the North America which I've stayed for over one year.

5日間滞在しました。綺麗な街です。でも明日朝出発、１年以上滞在した北米最後の旅に向けて。


　

Amtrack

take a time, have a nice trip


　

Seattle, WA

Big city! And so many Starbucks... But Starbuck in the US is nice. It's not expensive, compare to Canada or Japan. Tall Cofee in Seattle is around 1.5 doller. But in Japan, it's around 340yen=4.25doller. So, it's more than TWICE expensive than the US!! Hah..



Also, a big surprise is a public library. So modern and huge.



もうね、 (That's)
　 。 。
　/ ／ ﾎﾟｰﾝ！
( Д )

こんな感じ　(Like this！)

You can see more photos on this site.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/news/local/library/photogalleries/spl17.html






　

Portland, Oregon - 2

A beautiful city in a rainy day, it's definitely beautiful in a sunny day. Portland, Oregon.






　

Portland, Oregon

Around noon in a sunny day, people are walking, running, ridding a bicycle, or sleeping on the grasses, on the river side.　The reason why I feel well for this city is that they has what they need, and dosen't have what they don't need. Just enough. A beautiful city, surrounded by river and lots of green, and beautiful girls... haha!

しかし美しい街です。今まで訪れた北米の街の中で一番です。”綺麗”な街といっても、飾られた綺麗ではなく、もちろんしっかりとした都市整備計画はあるにせよ、その土地の風土、そしてそこに住む人の人柄なんかも、とても重要なんだと思う。ちなみにこの街の都市整備計画は、都市成長境界線なるものによって、街が無意味に郊外に広がることを抑えて、そして郊外には自然を残し、自然を必要とする産業が発展するよう、計画されてるとのこと。そして街の中も緑がいっぱいで、サイクリストが多いのも特徴。北米有数のサイクリスト都市で、老若男女、大学生の女の子までもがスタイリッシュに自転車を乗りこなしてる。そんな街、ポートランド、素晴らしい！








　

Get back to Anchorage

This is a almost last moment in Alaska!

Getting back to Anchorage from Valdez. This was scenic as well... Sunny days in here is ten times better than cloudy days. Actually I think it'a a good city. Here has a long daytime in summer, then people have a good time evening, after working, after studying. I've seen some good scene, like many children playing in the park with there parents, many people playing sports with there friends, or riding a motorcycle with friends, and so on.

Staying here couple of days for resting and making the next plan. Finally, it was a nice month, but I'm leaving here tonight. It takes a few hours to the next state!

How was the night sky?

I've had really bad luck about northern lights in this trip! Even here has a dark night time. I've tried to see northern rights couple of nights, but I couldn't see any. Unfortunately northan lighets activity was too weak at this time. But still I could see the stars. Yeah, all right...


　

Richardson highway to Valdez

A scenic highway again! From Fairbanks to Valdez. It's 400 miles of historical road as a time Gold rush, and now, we can see the pipe line. After long drive, but sadly there was rain weather in beautiful harbor town Valdez.












　

Fairbanks

City? or town? Not too big, not too small, and not too cold anymore in end of April. Close to Denali, close to Yukon river. I was wondering there could be beautiful and good place for somebody who really like nature and playing in there.




　

Denali

Staying two days. Fortunately, some of good hiking under the blue sky. Hiking not on a trail. Wherever we could walk, then just get the peak. Field is so huge. I'd like to be here again in summer and winter someday.