{"id":6010,"date":"2026-07-06T06:54:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T06:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.buyuchen.org\/?p=6010"},"modified":"2026-07-06T06:54:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T06:54:34","slug":"america-the-beautiful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.buyuchen.org\/?p=6010","title":{"rendered":"America, The beautiful"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Before I leave the USA or it destroys itself, I’d like to visit Rockies and as many places as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Day 1<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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heading towards Mt. Hood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dinner at the camp<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Drive for the Day<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 2<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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A bit of a hike before heading towards Utah<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Not the proper Mt. Hood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Decided to stay in Mitchell<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oregon 97750<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 3<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Started early to see John Day Fossil Beds<\/a> National Monument Oregon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The most interesting part of the day perhaps was to visit the Kam Wah Chung State Heritage Site<\/a> – The Chinese before me who came to the USA and left a legacy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Decided to stay in Boise for the day<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 4<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Driving into Idaho. It’s a Sunday, so I took it easy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I learned a new word called Aquifer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Essentially that’s where water in Idaho is from<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Later, I did a little cycling tour around Twin Falls<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My bicycle<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 5<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

On my way! to Utah it’s also the day a deer hit me<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It’s unfortunate I didn’t get a clear mind to appreciate Golden Spike National Monument and I had to skip the Bird Refugee next to it to get my car squared away<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Decided to head to Logan, UT to get a rental and leave my car there<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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still managed a bike ride<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 6<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Continued with my rental<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Decided to camp early<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 7<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Bear Lake<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Flaming Gorge<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Decided to Stay at Vernal, UT for the night. Cute small town with good beers and food<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Expenses<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Week 65<\/td>Currency:<\/td>USD<\/td>1<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Day<\/td>Food&Drink<\/td>Lodging<\/td>Transportation<\/td>Other (tickets\/tours etc)<\/td>Day total<\/td>Country<\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>$39.15<\/td>$30.00<\/td>$56.83<\/td>$0.00<\/td>$125.98<\/td>USA<\/td><\/tr>
2<\/td>$34.02<\/td>$87.55<\/td>$42.44<\/td>$0.00<\/td>$164.01<\/td>USA<\/td><\/tr>
3<\/td>$52.60<\/td>$93.75<\/td>$62.54<\/td>$0.00<\/td>$208.89<\/td>USA<\/td><\/tr>
4<\/td>$56.95<\/td>$200.00<\/td>$0.00<\/td>$7.21<\/td>$264.16<\/td>USA<\/td><\/tr>
5<\/td>$0.00<\/td>$135.00<\/td>$46.14<\/td>$0.00<\/td>$181.14<\/td>USA<\/td><\/tr>
6<\/td>$17.96<\/td>$29.00<\/td>$46.14<\/td>$0.00<\/td>$93.10<\/td>USA<\/td><\/tr>
7<\/td>$43.61<\/td>$90.00<\/td>$100.15<\/td>$8.00<\/td>$241.76<\/td>USA<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>$244.29<\/td>$665.30<\/td>$354.24<\/td>$15.21<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Total<\/td><\/td>Grand Total:<\/td>$1,279.04<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

AI Usage: Claude helped me summerize my credit cards bills as well as rendering the Google Maps<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Before I leave the USA or it destroys itself, I’d like to visit Rockies and as many places as possible. Day 1 heading towards Mt. Hood Dinner at the camp Drive for the Day Day 2 A bit of a hike before heading towards Utah Not the proper Mt. Hood Decided to stay in Mitchell… Continue reading America, The beautiful<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vacation","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.buyuchen.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.buyuchen.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.buyuchen.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.buyuchen.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.buyuchen.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6010"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.buyuchen.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6109,"href":"https:\/\/blog.buyuchen.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6010\/revisions\/6109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.buyuchen.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.buyuchen.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.buyuchen.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}