{"id":2742,"date":"2021-04-11T00:52:09","date_gmt":"2021-04-10T23:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simonsdiary.co.uk\/wordpress\/?page_id=2742"},"modified":"2021-04-11T00:54:45","modified_gmt":"2021-04-10T23:54:45","slug":"usa-tour-2003-page-10","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/simonsdiary.co.uk\/wordpress\/usa-tour-2003-page-10\/","title":{"rendered":"USA Tour 2003 Page 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 align=\"center\">US Tour 2003<\/h1>\n<h1 align=\"center\">Day 10<\/h1>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"left\">A quiet day. Larry had a few practicalities to deal with, like getting his car fixed and an alarm system installed. I spent ages emailing and talking to people on the phone. My leg was still aching so I couldn&#8217;t walk enough to go sightseeing so instead I did some virtual touring via the net.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"center\">Larry picked up books he&#8217;d posted to himself, most of them were severely damaged, so he said he needed to get some comfort food, so off we went.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simonsdiary.co.uk\/written%20work\/Traveldiaries\/us%20tour%202003\/ustour2003day10\/larry%20and%20the%20mushroom%20cloud%202%20smaller.jpg\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\" \/><br \/>\nStill thinking about his books Larry doesn&#8217;t notice the mushroom cloud in the distance nor a wild cactus chasing us!<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simonsdiary.co.uk\/written%20work\/Traveldiaries\/us%20tour%202003\/ustour2003day10\/mushroom%20cloud%201smaller.jpg\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\" \/><br \/>\nThis is monsoon season. Like we don&#8217;t know what hot is, they don&#8217;t know what a rainy season is.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simonsdiary.co.uk\/written%20work\/Traveldiaries\/us%20tour%202003\/ustour2003day10\/road%20to%20the%20mountains%20smaller.jpg\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\" \/><br \/>\nA gratuitous shot of the desert road. Why has Larry taken me down this road?<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simonsdiary.co.uk\/written%20work\/Traveldiaries\/us%20tour%202003\/ustour2003day10\/virgin%20building%20land%20smaller.jpg\" width=\"750\" height=\"450\" \/><br \/>\nTo show me what the land we&#8217;re living on looked like only a few years ago.<br \/>\nPhoenix like the Phoenix bird is supposed to rise from the fire of the desert.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Day 11 is already posted.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simonsdiary.co.uk\/wordpress\/usa-tour-2003-page-9\/\">Previous<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simonsdiary.co.uk\/wordpress\/usa-tour-2003-page-11\/\">Next<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>. US Tour 2003 Day 10 . . . A quiet day. Larry had a few practicalities to deal with, like getting his car fixed and an alarm system installed. I spent ages emailing and talking to people on the phone. 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