Struggle for a Continent: The French and Indian Wars: 1689-1763 是一本儿童读物,但是对我这样的文盲特别合适。因为是写给小学生读的,所以故事性,趣味性都很强。对于了解美国独立之前,法国和英国之间对新大陆的争夺和控制,做了高度又非常有趣的概括。
冰凌讲德州历史,勾起了对这本书的记忆。在英国变成主导北美新大陆之前,法国人沿着圣劳伦斯河深入北美大陆,通过五大湖区,密西西比河流域,控制了水路部分很大的贸易往来 ... 更多
"Heart of the whole and essence of the scene is the river, the flowing river with its thin fringe of green, the vital element in what would be otherwise a glamorous but moon-dead landscape. The living river and the living river alone gives coherence and significance and therefore beauty to the canyon world."
- Edward Abbey
Zion, 此次西行漫记最后一个国家公园。从Bryce往公园开的时候,一路大雨。前面看的大多是峡谷,看到山,还有绿色,风景很不一样。路上很多因为雨形成的细线似的瀑布,后来才知道这样的瀑布,可遇不可求。山路弯弯不是太好开,看到可以停车的地方,往往已经开过了,只好继续往前开 ... 更多
“The colours are such as no pigments can portray. They are deep, rich, and variegated and so luminous are they that the light seems to flow out of the rock than to be reflected from it."
--- Clarence E. Dutton
这次行程,因为想看拱门公园,行程改了又改。后来知道因为去的人太多,拱门还得提前网上预订进公园的时间。胃口被吊得老高,直到去之前两天,才在网上约到了下午两点进园的时间。一点过到了公园门口,开着车排队,等了一个多小时才得以入院。这样的沙漠烈日之下,不是一个太让人愉快的经历 ... 更多