Day 193
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- Created on Thursday, 17 March 2016 02:36
03/15/2016 El Paso - Abilene (USA)
It was an uneventful day with again more than 430 miles on the Interstate 10 and 20 from El Paso to Abilene.
Over hundreds of miles through Texas you see oil pumps 'Pumping Jacks' and refineries everywhere.
But not only oil pumps are here, even electricity is generated in large wind farms.
The freight trains here are gigantic, almost 3000 ft. long...
Our Deloreans are allowed to recover till tomorrow morning:
There is a follow-up to day 185, a 10-minute film of our tour through Monument Valley:
Day 192
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- Created on Wednesday, 16 March 2016 03:23
03/14/2016 Phoenix - El Paso (USA)
Today we drove 444 miles from Phoenix to El Paso on the Interstate 10 through Arizona, New Mexico and Texas
On the way they wanted to sell us a lot of nice things along the highways.
One sign was interesting to us „ The Thing“. The font reminded us to the John Carpenter movie from 1982 and made us curious.
Because we had to refuel anyway, we stopped at the rest area and bought an admission ticket for one dollar . 'The Thing' turned out as an old Indian mummy amidst and a collection of old rummage...
Shortly before the day's destination El Paso, we drove through Las Cruces, there was a huge inlclosure at the side of the Interstate with thousands and thousands of cattle, and it stank mightily. That means: close windows and air condition on recirculating air ...
Apparently Delorean Time Machines are common in New Mexico (Area 51 ???), because at the service areas on the highways you can buy anywhere 1.21 gigawatts, and for $ 15 it´s even quite inexpensive ...
Flux Capacitor is fluxing!
Day 191
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- Created on Monday, 14 March 2016 04:19
03/13/2016 Phoenix/Arizona (USA)
Day 190
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03/12/2016 Phoenix/Arizona (USA)
Three German Deloreans at the St. Patrick's Day Parade & Faire in Phoenix, Arizona!
The idea to attend was finally formed shortly after the arrival in Vancouver, when Wolfgang googled the date for 2016 and contacted the Arizona Delorean Club.
Actually Phoenix was on our travel plan at a very different date, but after some hours with Excel-sheets Klaus calculated a new route that is practicable.
At 8 o'clock this morning we met the guys of the Arizona Delorean Club at a parking lot close to the event area and drove to the positioning for the parade together.
Green was the dominant color here, somehow the whole thing reminds us of the German carnival parades, but without sweets that are thrown.
Shortly after ten the parade started, one short hour and a drive around the block later everything was finished already. The German World Tour Team was welcomed by the track speaker and rewarded with lots of audience's applause. It was fun in any case!
Because at the area of the St. Patrick's Day Faire (the following Irish festival) only four Deloreans were allowed, we parked our Deloreans at the hotel and drove back in a taxi.
We spent the afternoon with Guinness, tasty food and many conversations with our new friends from Arizona.
Day 189
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03/11/2016 Las Vegas - Phoenix (USA)
After three days we said goodbye to the glittering world and the city of gamblers and we drove around 310 miles towards south to Phoenix. 30 miles after Las Vegas we made a side trip to the Hoover Dam, which dams the Colorado River to Lake Mead.
The further we got to Arizona, the more cacti were growing on the side of the freeway.
On these long endless highways we are glad that our DeLorean are equipped with an aftermarket cruise control. That makes our trip much more relaxed and easier.
Around Half past 4pm we arrived at our hotel, at 7pm we met with Wolfgang's friends Laura and Hugh Halladay, and Sean, Mark and Ryan (Delorean owner from Phoenix) for dinner.
Tomorrow we are attending as a guest of the Arizona Delorean Club at the St. Patricks Day Parade.
(St. Patrick = patron of the Irish, Delorean = built in Belfast, Northern Ireland).
