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Sol: C, you've captured some beautiful scenery! Great photos. About breakfast...I wondered if you were eating at IHOP (International House of Pancakes). I love the breakfast at IHOP
marie: merci pour tous ces bons moments que tu ne fais partatgera bientôt j'espère tu nous manques!
Sol: Beautiful photos!
Adamsdarling: I hope you had a nice Easter.
Connie: Enjoyed all the great photos. Happy Easter!
Sol: Happy holidays, Chantal! Hugs and all my best wished for you and family. Bisous!!!
Els: Hi, Chantal. I hope all is well with you.
Dimpke: Hi Dear,I'm so glad you and hubby are oké, I was so worried about the three of you.Love
Sol: Hey stranger!!!! It's been so long. Hope all is well with you and family. Bisous!
Marie: Hellooooooo, anyone home? Just stopping by to see if you have updated your journal in awhile. :)
Marie: Hi, Sugar! Just stopping to say Hello!
soleil: Hi Chantal! I miss you. Any updates?Hugz
ROGERS Myspace: Las Vegas. so many flashing lights. And Awesome shows
ROGERS : This is one nice site. Keep up the good work and sharing the Great information. Will visit again and recommend to others.
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Brandon Doyle: Just out blog surfing.
Els: Happy New Year, Chantal! Have a great year.
January: Happy New Year Chantal.
Steve: Happy new year
Els: Joyeux Noël, Chantal!
January: Merry Christmas Chantal.
sparkle: Dropping a Christmas cheer and Wishing You All The Best For 2007
indyanna130: I hope you get a chance to update and show more pictures of your vacation. The others were just gorgeous.Merry Christmas
Sol: Coucou!!!! Comment ca va, ma cherie? Long time, hope you are well. Bisous
Sol: Coucou!!!! Comment ca va, ma cherie? Long time, hope you are well. Bisous
Els: I'm glad the counter worked, Chantal. And you are welcome!
Dimpke: Hi dear, hope you're dinner was fine?????I asked Marijke to sent Harry Potter as soon they had done, infortunaly they are still bussy........lol.
Soleil: Hi Chantal! I'm soo glad you are back with a journal. I found your new journal by luck. I was taking a look at the community site reading new and featured journals. I clicked on yours not knowing it was yours. Anyway, welcome back, I've missed you! Hurry back and tell all about your trip! bisous, Sol
Sneddy: Hi Chantal I finally found your new journal. It looks good.
Marie: Hi Sugar! Thanks for tagging me, letting me know your new journal addy. I will add you whe I get home as bravenet doesn't like my computer here at work.
Chantal: Yes it's me! I'm so excited you found me!!!
Soleil: Hello. Is it you??? I hope so.

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Tuesday, August 19th 2008

13:29 (8 days, 20h, 55min ago)

Valley of the Gods / La Vallée des Dieux

You think it's Monument valley? Well... it's not! It's The Valley of the Gods. We discovered it thanks to a french travel book "Le Guide du Routard". In fact this book has a web site with forums allowing people to share informations. Valley of the Gods is not listed anywhere. It's "just" a track, but what a track! The name says all by itself.

Vous pensez qu'il s'agit de Monument Valley ? Eh bien ce n'est pas le cas. Il s'agit de Valley of the Gods. Nous l'avons découverte grâce au site internet du Guide du Routard. Cet endroit n'est répertorié dans aucun guide. C'est simplement une piste carrossable (à condition tout de même d'avoir un véhicule assez haut à cause des très grosses pierres et des trous et des bosses que l'on rencontre par endroits). Mais qelle piste ! Le nom parle de lui-même.

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Sunday, August 17th 2008

18:22 (10 days, 16h, 2min ago)

Dead Horse Point State Park

Dead Horse Point est un parc d'Etat, pres de Moab dans l'Utah. Le fleuve qui coule au fond du canyon est le Colorado. Ca ressemble un peu A   Horseshoe Bend, qui abrite aussi l'un des méandres du Colorado. Horseshoe Bend est en Arizona pres de Page. Nous avons visité les deux, et c'est grandiose.

Dead Horse Point is a State Park, in Utah, near Moab. The river running at the bottom of the canyon is the Colorado. It looks like Horseshoe Bend in Arizona, near Page. It's also a place where the Colorado runs.

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Sunday, August 17th 2008

18:17 (10 days, 16h, 8min ago)

Canyonland

Sunset in Canyonland. Coucher de soleil à Canyonland.

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Sunday, August 17th 2008

18:10 (10 days, 16h, 14min ago)

Arche National Park

Regardez ces merveilles ! La nature est fabuleuse !

Look how beautiful these arches are! Nature is wonderful!

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Sunday, August 17th 2008

17:59 (10 days, 16h, 26min ago)

A nice breakfast / Un superbe petit déjeuner

Tous les matins nous allions dans des restaurants spécialisés dans les petits déjeuners. Mon mari adore les pancakes tandis que je préfère les vrais petits déjeuners américains.

Every morning we had breakfast in special restaurants that cook only breakfasts. Hubby loves pancakes but I prefer real american breakfast!

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It was early the morning and we were a bit sleepy!  C'était tôt le matin et nous étions encore un peu endormis !

Here we are at "The Hungry Coyote". I remember the name because we thought it's a funny one!

Ce restaurant, situé dans une petite ville tout près du parc, s'appelle "The Hungry Coyote" (Le Coyote Affamé). Je me souviens du nom car nous l'avions trouvé amusant.

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Friday, March 28th 2008

0:55 (153 days, 9h, 29min ago)

The squirrel

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Ok, I can't resist to tell you all about this little guy (or perhaps was it a girl??) who tried to bit my finger!

We bought sugar cookies as a dessert for our pic-nic , but we didn't like them. When I saw this lovely squirrel eating some potatoes chips that people "left" under the table (he was so funny: seated and holding the chips between his front "hands" !) that I thought he certainly would enjoy some dessert also! Giving him some little bits of a cookie would be perfect to have him quiet and near us for a picture. I began to leave some pieces of cookies on the ground until he could be close enough to come and eat in my hand. The piece I had on my finger was so small that I felt the teeth of the squirrel on it and had just the time to put my finger away!   Later in the park, I saw a notice, saying not to feed animals (even squirrels) as they can't bear our food. Aww! Silly me! Why didn't I think about it sooner!? Hope he didn't become ill afer eating the cookie.

Suite aux commentaires de Sevina (qui me demande si le petit écureuil m'a vraiment mordue et si c'est le cas, c'est que je devais avoir bon goût !   et de Marie qui s'étonne que cette petite bête se soit laissée approcher d'aussi près, je ne peux résister à l'envie de vous raconter toute l'histoire.

En fait nous avions acheté des cookies au sucre en guise de dessert pour notre pique-nique, mais nous ne les avons pas aimé. Aussi lorsque j'ai vu ce petit écureuil, dévorer des chips que des gens avaient "oublié" sous une table, je me suis dit qu'il apprécierait d'avoir un petit dessert.   J'ai joué au "Petit Poucet" et j'ai mis des petits bouts de cookies sur le sol, allant de lui jusqu'à moi. C'était surtout pour pouvoir le prendre en photo de plus près. Puis il s'est enhardi et est venu grignoter le petit morceau de biscuit que j'avais sur le bout du doigt. Doigt que j'ai retiré in-extrémis lorque j'ai senti des petites dents sur le point de le mordre (ben oui, quoi, le pauvre petit écureuil, il ne pouvait pas savoir qu'il n'y avait plus de cookie dessus !!! ).

Un peu plus tard dans le parc, j'ai vu des panneaux interdisant de nourrir les animaux (y compris les écureuils) car leurs estomacs ne supportent pas la nourriture industrielle. Mais pourquoi n'y ai-je pas pensé plus tôt ? J'espère que les cookies ne l'auront pas rendu malade.

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Saturday, March 22nd 2008

20:34 (158 days, 13h, 50min ago)

Bryce Canyon (last part) (derniere partie)

Here I made a new friend: a funny little squirrel. He looks just like the suirrels from Walt Disney's cartoon. But... Ouch! It's my finger!

Je me suis fait un copain : un mignon petit ecureuil qui ressemble comme deux gouttes d'eau aux ecureuils "Tic et Tac" du dessin animé de Walt Disney. Mais, mais... Aïe ! C'était mon doigt !

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Saturday, March 22nd 2008

20:26 (158 days, 13h, 58min ago)

For the European members / Pour mes ami(e)s d'Europe

I thought you would enjoy these pictures...

J'ai pensé que cela vous ferait plaisir de voir des plaques d'immatriculation américaines...

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Saturday, March 22nd 2008

20:10 (158 days, 14h, 14min ago)

Bryce Canyon (2)

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I thought I should go faster and post less pictures or it will need months before I can post pictures from my other travels, but Bryce is so beautiful that I can't help sharing some more pictures.

Je pensais avancer plus vite en mettant moins de photos de chaque endroit car j'ai plein de photos à vous montrer des autres pays que j'ai visité. Mais Bryce Canyon est tellement beau que je ne peux m'empêcher de vous montrer encore quelques photos.

 

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Great, isn't it?  C'est superbe n'est-ce-pas ?

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Oops, it's windy! Il y a du vent dans les voiles !

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Tuesday, February 12th 2008

15:45 (197 days, 17h, 39min ago)

First night at Bryce Canyon ; première soirée à Bryce Canyon

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As I told you in one of my first posts, this evening we went to see a rodeo, near the hotel we stayed. A very cheap rodeo. It was so uninteresting that we left before the end. We prefered looking at the sunset. It's so beautiful.

Ainsi que je vous l'avais dit dans l'un de mes premiers commentaires sur ce voyage, ce soir là nous avons assisté à un rodéo près de l'hôtel où nous étions. Un rodéo bon marché ! et tellement inintéressant que nous sommes partis avant la fin. Nous avons préféré assister au coucher du soleil. C'est nettement plus passionnant. Et tellement beau !

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Sunset in Bryce Canyon ; coucher du soleil à Bryce Canyon

The colors are stunned: they change every seconde during sunset. They go from red/orange to grey and dark. I never saw such wonderful sunset.

Les couleurs sont étonnantes au moment du coucher du soleil. Elles changent de seconde et seconde et passent du rouge/orangé au gris puis au noir lorsque la nuit est tombée. Je n'ai jamais vu de coucher de soleil aussi magnifique.

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