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There are a ton of trails in the US that are worth exploring, but there are some that you simply can't miss.

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1. Musical journey from rocker Cleveland to blues Memphis

Approximate distance: 735 miles (1,183 km).

What to see: Start your trip with a visit to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, take in the countryside and Nashville at the Grand Ole Opry, and top it off with a little blues at Graceland in Memphis.

2. Drive through the desert from Phoenix to the Grand Canyon

Grand Canyon. Photo: Depositphotos

Approximate distance: 230 miles (370 km).

What to see: Architecture lovers must visit Taliesen West in Scottsdale. In addition, it is worth visiting the ecological town of Arcosanti, hiking on the red slopes of Sedona and completing a trip through the Grand Canyon.

3. Tour through Kentucky: from Lexington to Louisville and back

Approximate distance: 200 miles (322 km).

What to see: Stop at distilleries in Lexington, Lawrenceburg, Loretto and Clermont for tastings (make sure you have a driver to take your place). And enjoy the sight of plants and white fences as you go.

4. Scenic trip along the California coast: from San Francisco to San Diego

San Francisco. Photo: Depositphotos

Approximate distance: 500 miles (805 km).

What to see: Head south from San Francisco along the coast through quaint Half Moon Bay and you'll see some of the most beautiful coastal sights in the United States. Stop to soak up the beaches of Malibu and end your trip with a stroll to San Diego's Gaslamp District.

5. Road trip through the Midwest from Chicago, Illinois to Door County, Wisconsin

Approximate distance: 280 miles (451 km).

What to see: Stop at the Milwaukee Art Museum on the western shore of Lake Michigan, then take a sports-oriented visit to Lambeau Field and end your trip in Door County, where you can enjoy hiking, boating, or sampling old-fashioned fish soup.

6. Explore the oldest cities in America along Atlantic Ocean, starting from Boston, Massachusetts and ending in Key West, Florida

What to see: Inspect the hot spot Civil War— Boston. Next, visit the Silesian Witches' House in Salem, Massachusetts, then head south to the most Old city in America - St. Augustine, Florida, ending the trip in tropical Key West.

7. Heart of Texas Tour: Dallas to Corpus Christi

Approximate distance: 420 miles (676 km).

What to see: Explore microbreweries in Dallas, then check out the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum in Waco, followed by more live music on stage in Austin. Also visit the Alamo in San Antonio and end your trip on the Gulf of Mexico in Corpus Christi.

8. Travel through natural wonders from the Dakotas to the Badlands to Yellowstone

Yellowstone National Park. Photo: Depositphotos

Approximate distance: 1,300 miles (2,092 km).

What to see: Along the way you will have the opportunity to observe fantastic rocks and Mountain peaks, stop near Mount Rushmore, visit Devils Tower, and end the trip in good old Yellowstone.

9. A nostalgic trip through cities in American style: from Chicago to Los Angeles

Los Angeles. Photo: Depositphotos

Approximate distance: 2,400 miles (3,862 km).

What to see: Windy City's skyline will blow your mind, and the Gateway Arch in St. Louis is also worth a look. Then you can visit the Colman Theater in Oklahoma, as well as the Seligman Historic District in Arizona. And finally, explore the Arizona Crater in Arizona on the way to sunny Los Angeles.

10. Drive from Provincetown, Massachusetts to the Oregon Coast

Approximate distance: 3,300 miles (5,311 km).

What to see: Experience what the first settlers in the United States experienced as they roamed from coast to coast. Stop along the way to enjoy panoramic views of the Finger Lakes, views of Chicago, and end your trip with untouched beauty Oregon coast.

11. Fun trip from Los Angeles to Las Vegas

Las Vegas. Photo: Depositphotos

Approximate distance: 320 miles (515 km).

What to see: Start with the ocean views from the Santa Monica Pier, then head east from Los Angeles to Elmer's Bottle Tree Ranch and Calico Ghost Town. If you get hungry on your way to Nevada, don't miss the 50s-style diner called Peggy Sue's Diner at the entrance to Sin City.

The idea of ​​travel appeared after the first trip to America, combined with a cruise on Caribbean Sea from Miami. The country seemed very interesting, unusual and comfortable for a stay and independent travel. And the history of the United States is not so ancient, which allows us to better experience it and draw some parallels.
It was decided to continue on warm summer days in the northeast, capturing the largest and famous cities from the must see category.

In our time of the Internet, Google maps and navigators, preparing such a trip is not difficult and even quite exciting. True, then more than once I caught myself feeling that I had already seen it all and was walking, for example, around Chicago, as I did around Moscow, which, however, did not spoil the impressions I received at all.

The Internet resources http://samsebeskazal.livejournal.com/ and the Vinsky forum http://forum.awd.ru provided enormous assistance in preparing the trip, for which my sincere gratitude to all the authors.

The itinerary consisted of a 4-day stay in New York, then a rental car trip to Niagara Falls, Chicago, Detroit, Washington DC, Philadelphia and after a short rest on the beaches of Atlantic City, return directly to JFK airport.

Google Maps quite accurately calculates the travel time between points. There were doubts about the possibility of maintaining an average speed of about 100 km/h, but they quickly dissipated. Highways and interstates have no traffic lights, no traffic jams, and even interchanges usually have a 45 mph limit sign. Road repairs only involve a 10-15 mile slowdown, not an hours-long traffic jam.

Only daytime, relaxed trips were planned with an inspection of the destination the next day.

Back in January, the route was calculated, hotels along the route were booked, and plane tickets were purchased. Oddly enough, this time the most profitable proposition presented by Aeroflot.

An Airbus called A. Sakharov was served on Aeroflot's signature flight SU-100.

Each passenger has his own monitor with a multimedia system. During takeoff and landing, forward and downward views are shown; during horizontal flight, you can watch a choice of about 50 movies, play games or view information about the flight. Standard 2 meals a day and wine from a paper bag.

We're approaching

Arrival in New York was marked by a 2-hour queue for passport control, we were basically ready for this. Passengers on connecting flights were shown bypassing the queue. In general, of course, New York is a city of queues, so it is better to plan visits to all sorts of popular tourist sites in the morning. Looking ahead, I’ll say that at 9 am we went to the Empire State Building without a queue at all, but the museum of the aircraft carrier Intrepid in the afternoon took us probably the same 2 hours in queues.

Without further ado, we took a taxi to the hotel. Car service was offered for about the same money, only you had to call it from the airport and look for it somewhere. As it turned out, they drive up to the right of the exit from the airport, a little to the right behind the taxi rank, with a piece of paper pasted on the glass with the name of the person who ordered it.

Taxi drivers in New York use navigators. A native of China handed me this device with a request to give him directions. No problem. I knew the location of our hotel in Brooklyn as the “Our Father.” As a result, we got there for 30 and a penny of dollars according to the meter, bypassing toll roads, this is at a flat rate from the airport of $50.

It was evening, in Moscow it was already deep night, so we didn’t go to Manhattan, looked around our Brooklyn neighborhood, had dinner, and bought a MetroCard for a week from the machine at the Subway station for $29. This pass allows you to make unlimited trips on the metro, bus and cable car to Roosevelt Island for a week.

The next day in the morning we start at the Empire State Building. We are riding on the subway to Manhattan, along with New Yorkers, having breakfast on the go with iced coffee.

Arrived just in time. There are no people yet. We looked at the postcard views.

Neighborhood observation deck at Top of the Rock

The sea gates are visible in the distance New York Verrazano Neuros Bridge

Hudson

Lower Manhattan

Flatiron building

East River, Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges

Empire State Building May 1, 1931 - the official opening of the building, which for more than 40 years became the most tall building in New York and around the globe. This is the first building in the world to have more than 100 floors. It has a total of 102 floors. The basement part, where the lobby is located, has a height of 5 floors. The skyscraper tower itself rises to the 86th floor and has a classic wedding cake shape with rectangular ledges. The upper floors "compress" after certain distances and have a smaller area than the lower ones. This design allows for much less shading of streets and neighboring buildings. The Art Deco style superstructure begins on the 86th floor. observation deck, located on the 102nd floor. At the top of the skyscraper there is a spire, originally intended for mooring airships. However, after a couple of practical attempts to moor to the spire, this idea had to be abandoned due to powerful upward air currents. Today, telecommunications equipment, which is actively used today, is installed on the spire of the skyscraper.

Next we explore the middle part of Manhattan ( Midtown Manhattan ) with Central Park.

US national debt scoreboard, including per-family calculations.

The famous stairs at Times Square. under the steps are the box office for Broadway musicals.

Times Square
Times Square has the nicknames “the crossroads of the world”, “The Great White Way”, and has achieved the status of being an iconic landmark of the world and a symbol of New York and the entire United States.

Broadway is partly entirely pedestrian.

Grand Central Terminal

Chrysler building

This is landscaping

Rockefeller Center skyscraper

The house was built close to the old one, blocking half the windows.

One of the famous hotels - Waldof Astoria

Travel across America

Back in the middle of last summer, we (me and my friend Ivan) came up with an idea... Why not see America... And really, why not take a look. Preparations began in September last year. We bought air tickets, got an international license (although I used to travel everywhere with Russian ones). But just in case...
Then work on the route, study of local laws and customs... And I, as a person “to put it mildly” passionate about fishing, clearly understood that I definitely had to fish. And in many places...
That was the plan. We fly to New York and spend 3 days there. We move to Washington by bus, and we have 2 days to spend in Washington. Next, fly to New Orleans, rent a car…. And with all sorts of “deviations” from the route, after about 6.5 thousand km (via San Francisco) we arrive in Los Angeles. We have 12 days for the automotive part. This is approximately 500-600 km every day...)

And I clearly understood that not a single complete fishing day I will not have. Most likely, I will only be able to fish early in the morning, and only from the shore. For example, from dawn until about 9-9-30, while my friend will sleep in the hotel.
Looking ahead a little, I will say that this is exactly what happened. For me it was a real marathon. Very often there were 4-5 hours left for sleep... From such a rest, upon return you will need to rest separately)

Now I offer a short photo report from this trip.

I started making my first attempts at fishing in the state of Texas (we stayed in the city of Odessa)). But, since there are only oil rigs around here, and most of the land is privately owned, which is fenced off. I tried to drive up to three bodies of water, all in vain.

And, of course, what would a trip be without visiting the Grand Canyon? This spectacle is mesmerizing. Maximum depth reaches 1800 m. Width up to 25 km... You can admire such beauty and scope for a very, very long time.

Local squirrels are fearless squirrels. They love people very much, apparently because many people feed them. It feels like you can even pet this wild animal.

This is where the Grand Canyon begins—below me is the Colorado River.

A little upstream, near the town of Page, there is a huge reservoir. This is where I tried to catch bass for the first time. I fished among the piers, then moved to stone spits that protruded strongly into the reservoir. The places are cool, and all my sports practice says that these are the most interesting points, but without bites... By the way, I mainly looked for places by satellite map. So very convenient. We always practice this at the World Bass Championships. Here I decided to use this proven scheme.

Another iconic place This is Monument Valley...

And one of the most famous attractions is Antelope Canyon. Located at a decent distance from the roads. Therefore, they moved through the desert using specific transport.

And finally, I managed to catch a bass) It happened at Mead Reservoir, near Las Vegas. And I will remember these four hours of fishing for the rest of my life. During this short time, I managed to understand that there was bass, but it was very passive. I went out for light texas and even veki with a load, but didn’t take it. And everything changed as soon as I switched to unloaded tires. She often helps us out in sports, and she helped us here too. The bass began to attack it, and attack it quite boldly. I literally dragged the largest one, about 1.3 kg, from a mountain gorge with steep cliffs. Flur 7 libres, stick up to 7 g (Graphiteleader Vigore Compato) and a drop of about 10 m. I had to lift it with a spinning rod. Everything survived, but I will never forget this either.

The hottest place on the planet is Death Valley. If I remember exactly, the air temperature recorded here was + 58 degrees. There are practically no cars)))

Next time I was able to catch about small town Bishop. A picturesque small river flows here. I tried my best to talk to a local fisherman and found out that the catch was mostly trout. But in quiet place I also managed to catch a small bass. And, of course, the most memorable sight is the salmon bite. There is simply no other name for this trout. There was definitely at least 2 kg in it, but after 2 minutes of playing it came off. You can see a very small hook on the turntable. This is not the kind of fish I was counting on. And the bite occurred right under the bridge piles. Interestingly, I was able to successfully catch trout only in the most difficult places: before a roll, strictly under overhanging bushes... Where it was easy to approach the water, where it was trampled... there were no bites. The classic scheme is that the higher the pressure, the more difficult fishing you should choose.

I met one of the sunrises on the pier in San Francisco. The rising sun, “runners”, cyclists, the Golden Gate Bridge gradually appearing... So serene and quiet. 6 a.m. The first and only bite occurred around 8 am. As my friends told me in social networks, it turns out to be some kind of blue greenling. I tried different baits, but the bite happened as soon as I started periodically touching the bottom...) it reminded me a lot of fishing with cranks. There are information boards everywhere.

In the afternoon we rode bicycles around San Francisco.

And on the way to Los Angeles, right at sunset, we witnessed such an unforgettable spectacle. These are clouds over the Pacific Ocean. We stood for 20 minutes and admired it.

Some more photos of beautiful nature.

And, of course, Hollywood and Los Angeles... Where would we be without him)

America. It’s worth going here at least once for the spirit of freedom, urban atypicality and, of course, the grandeur of the unique nature!

My trip to the States lasted 6 months, I just brought my body to this continent and decided to see what would come of it. I had a great desire to visit a lot of national parks, but I didn’t have the slightest idea how to do it with my ridiculous budget. There was only a mess in my head about prohibitions, rules, other people's freedom and the far-fetched high cost of everything around.

I still come across people who carefully preserve the belief that airplanes are an extreme luxury, and a flight to the USA costs a thousand bucks. Are you guys serious?! Yes, in Russia I increasingly see train tickets that are more expensive than airplanes. The development of technology and airline competition are ready to give you tickets almost for nothing, take for example the growing number of low-cost airlines.

The cheapest flights to America from everyone’s favorite Europe. The average price is $130 (there are offers from $50), to find these tickets you need, firstly, to plan your trip in advance so that you can buy tickets in advance, and secondly, scan sites for tickets for some time until Interesting options will appear (note the Vandrouki website, there are a lot of good offers and check the options).

*Sometimes there are tickets from Moscow for 15,000 rubles there/back, incl. Aeroflot (added from comments). Check availability of tickets too).

Sometimes there are good prices from Moscow, but most often it’s still with a transfer in Europe, and to avoid various misunderstandings with the transit zone (and I hear similar stories more and more often), it’s better to get a Schengen visa just in case. This process is elementary.

I described how to get a visa to Europe for ordinary, mortal, non-working, auto-toppers:

• (Finnish, Schengen expenses are $65 plus from 30 rubles per day),
• and (Spanish, easy to receive, but you need a certificate from the bank about the availability of funds).

A round-trip flight to the USA from Europe costs around $400. We flew from Madrid to Las Vegas for $180 with a transfer in Oslo.

Housing. Where to sleep cheaply in the USA

It is very, very logical that there will be no prices for hotels and hostels, we exclude this. Although I will say, just in case, that we once got a room in LA for a hundred bucks and cockroaches were running all over our toast! So you will simply go broke on normal numbers.

We take a tent with us and remember about your profile on the hospitality website. During your stay in the city, we find someone to stay with, in national parks We sleep in a tent.

You can buy a fitness membership for $10 (a large network that is available in many cities) and go there for a shower, I think it’s convenient. Sometimes there is no registration (according to couchsurfing, there are no people ready to receive us, or they have sudden things to do), then we sleep in a tent in the city.

In the USA, a lot of homeless people live on the streets, and not all of them are drug addicts, alcoholics or psychos, many are quite normal and look very good, but sleep on the street in a tent. Yes, a backpack with foam and a tent is the kit of a typical American homeless person. In Las Vegas, we got a very good feel for the salt of their lives, and in Los Angeles, even social support workers for the homeless gave us cards for food and travel when they found us in a tent in the morning.

Free showers can be found at gas stations for trucks, truckers are given free shower coupons as a bonus for refueling a truck, you just need to tell them about your trip and ask.

Getting Around the States

Bicycles!

The first brilliant idea that came into our bright heads was to buy bicycles and slowly, with the breeze and the spirit of freedom, try to understand what is happening in this country.

At our service there is a Walmart store, we bought bicycles and everything necessary to repair them here. Within three months, the store is ready to return money for goods without the need to explain the reason for the return. Very convenient free rental, I recommend it.

Prices for bikes are 70-200 dollars. As soon as we stopped liking one of the bikes, we calmly gave it up and bought another, better one.

Minus this idea in the scorching desert sun. If your trip is from March to September and you plan to cross the American West, be sure to check the weather. When I got overheated in the sun, all I could do was lie under a bush, make mooing noises and sleep, which slowed down the journey slightly.

Pros There's a lot of this idea. The main ones are, of course, mobility, independence and secrecy. It is very easy to bypass payment points at the entrances to National Parks; you can also easily spend the night anywhere, hiding behind a bush or rock, without paying for camping.

Another plus is the undeniable image of travelers, here the attitude towards you is different, many ask about the need for help, give food, water, but this is only when we travel outside the city. Within the city limits, we are no different from the homeless, at least in Las Vegas, where we were based at first, homeless tramps often look better than us, and their backpacks with bicycles are of expensive brands..

In cities, as a rule, there are special paths for cyclists; if there are none, you still feel confident, the drivers are quite adequate (the exact opposite of Vietnam, for example). Outside the city we drove on the autobahns, I don’t know if it was legal, but the police didn’t stop us.

When we were rewinding our trunks in complete darkness, in the American wilderness, people drove up to us and asked if we needed help. When our camera exploded, we always found someone who would give us his spare one, that is, they found us themselves. Once, those we met did not have a spare camera and they took us to a store in the nearest city in their pickup truck.

At night we set up a tent somewhere near the highway, or in a secluded place in the park. If you are traveling to summer season— you need to be careful for the presence of snakes, scorpions and tarantulas, go into the grass only with a stick and it’s better before dark. We personally met with a rattlesnake, which we almost stepped on, it rattled loudly, my indifference about living creatures dissipated in an instant, be careful in general. We also saw tarantulas in their natural habitat more than once.

By bicycle we visited 2 national parks (Lake Mead with the Hoover Dam and Valley of Fire) and 1 state park (Red Rock), time - 30 days, distance - about 700 kilometers (for a very long time we got used to the heat, lay in the shade , we waited for the sunburn to go away, the temperature remained stable at 40 Celsius, and at night it often did not drop below 25.

Our bike trip ended as spontaneously as it began, I came across a post on the Internet about looking for people to travel together around the USA in a rented car, and I thought that this was my dream. Having counted the remaining money, I realized that it was enough for this venture, if I ate just a little bit, basically, right next to each other, but there was no stopping me. We returned the bikes to the store and took the next bus from Las Vegas to Los Angeles, where the Russian team was arriving in the near future.

Traveling with a rented car

For one month, our home was a Dodge Caravan, which we rented for $70 a day, it was unforgettable. We had one six-month-old child, various stories with the police, a lot of snow and beauty.

If you are planning a trip lasting a month, then it will be cheaper to buy a car than to rent. Especially if you are a master felt-tip pen and like to dig into these pieces of iron.

Price from 1000 bucks (60 thousand rubles), You can see the options here, for example: sfbay.craigslist.org

The ideal state for buying a car is California, where no one cares about your rights or citizenship.

It’s better to rent through different aggregators like Kayak.ru. The whole point of renting a car is in its insurance, since you are a foreigner it will cost you a fortune. Perfect option -
rent a car for a large group like us.

There is an option for another adventure: on the website autodriveaway.com - the owner of the car needs to drive the car from one city to another, sometimes across the whole country, and he is looking for a way to save on the services of drivers. This perfect way see the country cheaply and tastefully! The number of days is, of course, limited, and you can’t deviate too much from the route, but you can always visit some interesting things along the way. You only pay for gas, but very often this is paid off with a generous tip upon arrival at your destination.

Gasoline is not very expensive, in some places it is even very cheap ($2-4 per gallon (3.78 liters), which is like 32 rubles per liter. It is better to pay for gasoline in cash; there is always a commission for the card and the price differs from that indicated on the board.

30 days were spent on the road.

Distance traveled: 7250 miles (11920 kilometers, further than from Moscow to Vladivostok). 9 northwestern states covered.

Money spent:

$983 for gas
$246 for food, that is, 100 rubles per day per person!
$150 park admission (price per pass and state park entrances)

27 nights spent in a tent, 3 nights in friends' apartments.
Of all the nights spent in the tent, four did not violate the law and rules.

We dealt with the police 4 times.

We drove into a car in a parking lot once.

Visited 9 National Parks:

Joshua Three National Park
Yosemite
Rushmore National monument
Devils Tower
Yellowstone
Mount Rainier
North Cascades
Olympic
Crater Lake

6 State Parks:

Calaveras
Custer
Palouse Falls
Cape Perpetua
Oregon Dunes
Silver Falls

4 cities:

San Francisco
Salt Lake City
Seattle
Portland

And we passed most east coast of America along the first route along the Pacific Ocean!

As for the police and rights, in the states there is a slightly different control system, here you will never meet anything like traffic police officers, no one will wait for you behind the bushes to check whether you have a license, whether you are drunk or on something.

If you don’t violate, they don’t stop you, and vice versa, if you violate, then the highway patrol identifies you, turns on the flashing lights and pulls up behind you; if you see bright lights chasing you, this means that you need to pull to the side of the road and wait in the car, putting hands on the steering wheel. I know several people who drive perfectly, without violating, but without a license, and for several years there have been no problems with the police.

Peculiarity budget travel by car- these are evening adventures in finding places to stay for the night. If on a bicycle you can turn off the road anywhere and crash camping in nowhere, feeling calm and wonderful there, then by car you need to find a suitable parking place. Here, according to the principle “Everything that is not prohibited is permitted,” we scanned the rest area parking lots for the presence of signs prohibiting night parking. If this is not available, then we stayed, mother Lesya slept in the tent with her child, and the remaining team members left to look for places for two tents. As a rule, there are no hidden places in such parking lots, so we simply parked at the edge of the forest, and this is no longer legal, so we woke up at dawn and pretended that nothing had happened.

Also on the map of the States there are quite a lot of green areas marked “National forest”; in the territory of these forests it is legal to park a car, set up a tent camp and light fires, the main thing is to do this away from the road.

We found an official campsite in national parks, parked the car there, pitched the tent after sunset when the rangers had already left, and packed it up at dawn, thus saving a fortune.

Airplanes within the USA

They fly in all directions across America, the minimum ticket price is $50, although there are some mystical low-cost airlines, but not everywhere and not always. And why deprive yourself of the pleasure of seeing the American countryside from the window of a bus or car. Although, when we realized that we didn’t have time to hitchhike to New York, and the 6 months allotted to us on the visa would soon end, we took a plane from Chicago to New York.

Buses in the USA

Most a budget option travel around the states, not counting hitchhiking, is by bus. Two major services, megabus.com and www.greyhound.com, have organized an auction of unprecedented generosity and are selling tickets from $1 if purchased in advance. The routes do not cover all of America, but you can go many places and with amenities (free Internet, sockets, toilet). So, we traveled from Las Vegas to Los Angeles and from San Francisco to Los Angeles for $5. But the most wonderful adventure was a bus from Texas to Chicago, a 22-hour ride for $15.

Americans themselves prefer to fly by plane, so on our bus from Texas there were only black kids reading rap and doing inappropriate things, but it’s fun).

We hitchhiked approximately 6,000 kilometers across six states. During these 54 days the following money was spent:

• for food $270 (143 rubles per day per person),
• $34 for public transport in cities,
• $10 for laundry
• $18 for gas cylinders,
• $47 for clothes
• $58 for permits in the parks (mostly they didn’t pay, but sometimes they had to),
• $40 for all sorts of little things.

Hitchhiking is generally legal, but some states still make it illegal, although the police themselves do not know about it. But to feel confident, you can find information about the legality and complexity of hitchhiking in a specific state here: hitchwiki.org/en/United_States_of_America

In order to stop the first car, we went to the outskirts of the city, walked to the entrance to the freeway and waved our hand, making it clear that we needed a ride.

They stopped more willingly than not, drove us far, fed us, worried about us, and told us about the beauty nearby.

I really like American hitchhiking for its diversity of cultures, because here everyone from Africans to Colombians consider themselves local, an amazing mix of nationalities that grew up in American culture. Trucks rarely stopped, mostly wide vehicles with huge wheels; people here really like space in everything.

Police she came to our souls only once, when we had not left before dark, and were gloomy silhouettes in the darkness of the night, and this is already suspicious. They explained to us that standing at the entrances to the highway is neither safe nor legal, even if it is the best place for our business. We were sent to a deserted gas station and wished good luck.

In daylight, under the same circumstances, police cars simply drive by because they see that we seem to be adequate.

Appearance. In America it is very important to look neat; your appearance is 90% of your success. This is probably why lonely hip-looking guys with big beards don’t have much luck here. But if you put a girl next to you, there’s more trust.

Sometimes the most narrow-minded police officers can tell you that hitchhiking is impossible and illegal; in this case, I would take a bus to another exit from the city and stop the car there.

The most unfavorable places for hitchhiking - close big cities, or, even worse, in urban areas. The deserted expanses of “nowhere” are the most favorable places for hitchhiking, where you look quite clearly like people who want to go somewhere. Although once we got stuck quite badly in northern Utah, where there are not so many cars, and on our drive there was only one every fifteen minutes. We stood there for two hours - that's rare.

We hitchhiked through 6 states, winding between national parks. In those parks where it was not detected free buses, we also hitchhiked, we learned that each park has its own laws on this matter, and even if hitchhiking is legal in the state, it may be prohibited in the park. So, in the Carlsbad Caverns park, several rangers stopped us and told us that we were doing something illegal, they told us to walk and not try to stop the car anymore, but after walking 15 kilometers, we still caught the car before leaving.

Hypermarket parking lots. If you are stuck in the city, and the police are mercilessly driving you away from the entrance to the highway, or it is very far away, then the most logical thing is to find a large hypermarket, such as Walmart, and stop the cars at the exit of the parking lot, asking them to take you to the entrance to the highway, they tried , relaxed and not difficult for them.

Refills. As for gas stations within the city, it seemed to me that this was not the best idea. Truckers do not understand where they are going, and when asked whether they are going north, they automatically name the opposite side of the world with fear in their eyes.

But with this type of travel, I cannot guarantee that you will have the same experience, just know that hitchhiking exists, and I personally had an incredible experience from two months of such an adventure!

Food

For food we spent no more than $5 for two per day (150 rubles each), with different types movement, this figure varied slightly. For a large group with a rented car, where you can store huge packages of rice, pasta, beans - we spent 100 rubles a day per person, although we ate our hearts out!

The secret to saving and variety is a gas cylinder, a burner and large packages. When traveling by car, there was always oatmeal with bananas for breakfast, salad and pasta for lunch, variety and sweets for dinner. Of course, we looked a little strange, spread out on the sidewalk or parking lot with all our plates. Once she saw us with all the staff in the library parking lot, the librarian called the sheriff, saying that we were cooking amphetamine here early in the morning! But in general, apart from the awareness of its absurdity, there were no problems.

Fast food. In general, America is a country of fast food; in any parking lot there is a McDonald’s, a Fatburger, and a Kingburger; there is plenty of this goodness. Yes, you can actually find burgers for a dollar and free unlimited soda (just find a glass in the area and refill ad infinitum). Be sure to install the McDonald's US app, it gave me free ice cream and food every day without having to buy anything, Americans love coupons.

The shops. It’s good to save money with stores where all goods are for the dollar “99 cents Only”, “Dollar Tree”, here they have absolutely everything we ate every day. The Walmart or SafeWay chain always has a counter with sales of sweets, and their prices are generally reasonable.

The longer you stay in America, the more budget-friendly you start to live. This country is beautiful for its price contrasts. You can buy two kilos of bananas for $1, and in the store opposite for $7, and so on everywhere. To buy groceries for your home, you need to go to at least 4 stores and then it will be as budget-friendly as possible. But this is only if you stay somewhere for a long time.

If you just need to shop and not worry, then let it be Walmart. Also here the prices are indicated without tax, that is, you will go to the checkout and see different prices from those on the price tags, this is always a surprise. Except that there is no tax on first-use products (bread, milk, eggs...), and the tax amount is different in each state.

The key to your savings is a burner and a pot, you will also “love” this romance of cooking pasta for dinner... Gas cylinders are sold in the same Walmart for $8 large, $4 small and $2 “dichlorvos”. If you have multi-fuel, then this is the most cheap option, but it often clogs even with high-grade gasoline.

Free food. In big cities they often distribute food to the homeless and needy; you can ask local homeless people where these places are. In the city of Fresno, we somehow accidentally came across a park where all the tramps had a loaf of bread and a pie. Moving towards the concentration of people, we came across a car filled with cupcakes, cheese baguettes, pies and loaves. They are not expired at all, they are simply given to anyone who wants them.

It's no secret that in modern world, where supply exceeds demand, a lot of good food is thrown into the trash every day. Well, for example, every morning in this store they bake a certain amount of baked goods, and everything that is not sold goes to the trash by nine o’clock in the evening, beautifully packaged, because there will be fresh buns in the morning. Well, you know what I mean….

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Entrance, Annual Pass. If you plan to travel to a national park, then when entering the first one, be sure to buy an Annual Pass for all parks. It costs $80, is valid for a year and pays for itself very quickly. One pass is needed per car; if you suddenly enter the park without a car, you still only need one pass. When entering you need to show your passport, they check your photo with you and signatures. If your trip ends before December, then the pass can be sold; the signatures are easily erased. You can also buy someone’s pass through the Amazon website, or from your own hands.

Overnight stays. In national parks, you are required to spend the night in specially designated paid campgrounds. This is a place with cleared ground for tents, a metal fire pit, a clean toilet and possibly a shower.

Lifehack. As a rule, a box containing envelopes is attached to the information stand. You must take one, fill out the information, put the specified amount in it and put it in another box, after tearing off the label with a number like on an envelope, by which you can be checked. We arrived around eight in the evening, when the rangers were already leaving, took this envelope, collected the specified amount in it, but never put it in another box. If the check didn’t come, and it didn’t, we took the money back and threw away the envelope at the checkout. And if she had come, we would have explained in clumsy English that we were stupid tourists.

My favorite state is Utah, it has an amazing red-yellow color, it is cut by canyons and is rich in beautiful natural arches, in this state nature moves with the wind, weathers, crumbles, transforms...

In the USA, I knew and felt all kinds of deserts, prickly, rocky, with snakes, dunes, white lizards, with and without giant cacti, and even the one where the sky merges with the horizon and everything is lost. idea of ​​reality.

In the USA, I saw how close volcanoes, craters, lakes, deserts, dense forests, ocean shores are, wild nature mountains, highly developed civilization, geysers, wild deer, different crops, snowdrifts and hot springs..

Certificate form 73 is valid for 6 months. Therefore, when visiting the gym, even healthy people should be examined by doctors every six months. This must also be done before each training camp and competition. How to obtain a certificate form At first glance, there should be no problems with obtaining a certificate of no contraindications for playing sports.

It can be obtained at the nearest clinic or private medical center. From a document such as a certificate of form 73, you can find out about a person’s state of health and determine whether he is suitable for sports and whether he can take part in sports competitions. This document contains the necessary confirmation that the body meets the standards that allow it to withstand the physical stress proposed at competitions.

Certificate 73 for sports is a medical certificate that is designed to prevent a person from harming his body through physical exercise. This is a necessary security measure, but sometimes it is just a formality.

A form is also required for a person who wants to play sports as an amateur. He may not have any health problems. Then it’s better to think about buying certificate 73 in Moscow. Home⁄Sports⁄Swimming⁄Certificate (Form No. 73 Approved by the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation No.). Certificate (Form No. 73 Approved by the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation No.).

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Uploaded: ⁄Downloads: Useful. At Spravka-Vuz you can buy a medical certificate for playing sports quickly and inexpensively. Delivery on the day of order. The appropriate form is issued at the medical and physical education clinic. It is most relevant for professional athletes and those who participate in sports clubs to maintain good physical shape and adhere to a healthy and active lifestyle. A certificate for sports activities is a document confirming that a person has no restrictions for physical activity and recording permission to attend classes.

It is required for fitness classes and visits. Medical certificate /y - an official document required to visit sports sections and gyms, and participate in competitions. It confirms that a person has no contraindications to physical activity and can engage in tennis, athletics, rhythmic gymnastics, boxing or any other sport.

Sports certificates are issued to both children and adults. Why do you need a medical certificate? Certificate on form 73 in Moscow with prompt processing and delivery.

Any certificate for sports activities will be issued on the day of application. Certificate 73 reflects the general health of the bearer from the point of view of the ability of a particular person to engage in a particular sport (for athletes - readiness to participate in sports competitions).

Form 73 for sports must contain the name of the type of sports activity.