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Food & religion.

:-(

Free, but I didn't try it. :-P

Great sky.

Marshmallow, friends and camp fire...! This was at the very nice Lolo Mai camp site. I met with these two dutch-speaking Belgians, on a trip similar to mine except they rented a camper van.

American Stitch (reference to a character featuring in my movie "Keekoo & the Marmot" on Youtube).

The Red Rocks of Sedona. I find them very hard to capture on such a tiny camera, so you really should come and see them for yourself!

It's difficult to get used to such a grandiose scenery.

Today is a bit miserable. The sun is gone behind grey skies and it gets really cold as a result. It's probably going to be 0 or 1 degree (centigrade) tonight. No sun and low temperature is not great when you're outdoors and far from home. It's supposed to get much better tomorrow.

While hiking yesterday, I met with some more nice people. Monica is from New York but has spent the last few years in Alaska. Amongst other things she told me a nice metaphor: Americans are like a peach and Europeans like a coconut. Americans are very open and easy-going to start with, but if you try to go deeper, you hit the pit. Europeans are much harder on the outside, like a coconut, but very sweet once you've got past the barrier.

That reminds me, I was talking with an Ukrainian the other day and he was saying that no one smiles in Russia. Like if you're in a shop and the shop-keeper smiles, people will think something is wrong with the goods or the prices. So I wonder what kind of fruit Russians would be... :-P (No offence, btw)

Also chatted with a young couple from New Jersey that just got married last week in Rhodes Island.

I also briefly chatted with a couple of retired people from Los Angeles. It was brief, but the stillness in their eyes made a strong impression on me. They seemed very much in the present moment, and very happy.

Today I have to admit I feel quite lonely. I'm thinking the next time I do a trip like that (and there will be a next time, for sure!), I'll definitely do it with someone else.