Chapter 1026 Circling the Earth
Yang Jing and his wife stayed in New York for two days, and then drove south accompanied by a group of bodyguards and secretary.
In the United States, Yang Jing and his wife have come to the United States many times. The princess has even come to the United States more often than Yang Jing. However, neither of them has taken a self-driving tour across North America in this country, so this time the couple decided to take a few days to take a self-driving tour across North America.
Because of the weather, Yang Jing did not take Princess to the manor on Grand Island. The manor was bought by Yang Jing from the DuPont family. The eight treasure-hiding places of the Japanese devils in the Philippines were also discovered by Yang Jing in the basement of the manor.
But it’s not interesting to go there at this time. When it’s cold, it’s definitely uncomfortable to play outside, even if it’s very close to Niagara Falls.
So as soon as the couple formed a plan, they set off from New York, headed south along the East Coast, Philadelphia, Watsonton, and then ran to Norfolk to look at the U.S. Navy's home port. They not only saw the Kid-class missile destroyer, but also saw two aircraft carriers under maintenance.
Continue south from Norfolk to Savannah, a port city in Georgia. This city is known as "the number one romantic city in the fall in the United States". It is just right for you to come here at this time.
In this city, the couple saw the first lighthouse on the west coast of the Atlantic Ocean - the Tybee Island Lighthouse. Of course, they did not forget to come to the center of Savannah Street Square, which was the filming place where Forrest Gump, played by two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks, sat on a bench and told the past people who were destined to tell their tortuous and colorful life experiences.
Continue to head south from Savannah, the group came to the Cape Canaveral Launch Center, the world-renowned space center. Through relationships, the group entered this space center and admired the launch pads at close range, especially the legendary space launch complex.
At the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Carnar, 39a can be called a "cultural relic level" launch pad. The 39a and 39b launch pads belong to the 39th launch complex of the Kennedy Space Center. This is also the only two of the many launch pads at Cape Canaveral Air Force Base in the United States that belong to the Nasa. The 39a and 39b launch pads have been carrying out the Nasa launch mission since the Apollo era. In particular, 39a, which occupies an unshakable legendary position in the history of human spaceflight.
The first mission of the 39a launch pad was on November 9, 1967, when a Saturn V rocket launched on the Apollo 4 spacecraft. The spacecraft was not manned, which was also the first mission of the Saturn V rocket. In the Apollo era, all other manned lunar missions except Apollo 10 were launched from the 39a launch pad. On July 16, 1969, three Apollo 11 astronauts who performed their first lunar landing mission took off from the 39a launch pad. Four days later, Armstrong and Aldrin successfully landed on the moon.
After the arrival of the space shuttle era, the 39a launch pad was renovated to adapt to new missions. On April 12, 1981, the Columbia space shuttle took off from here with two astronauts, carrying out the world's first space shuttle space mission. Six months later, Columbia took off from the 39a launch pad, becoming the world's first manned spacecraft to be reused. From 1981 to January 1986, the first 24 missions of the US space shuttle took off from the 39a launch pad, including the space debut of the four space shuttles, Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, and Atlantis. On July 9, 2011, the Atlantis space shuttle also took off from here to complete the last space shuttle launch mission.
After witnessing the Apollo and the Space Shuttle era, the 39a launch pad ushered in a new mission. Elon Musk's Spacex's Falcon 9 and Heavy Falcon Rocket will launch on the 39a launch pad. Moreover, Spacex will launch one or two "Red Dragon" spacecraft to Mars every two years starting this year, that is, in 2020. The spacecraft will be sent to space by the Heavy Falcon Rocket on the 39a launch pad.
The legendary 39a will usher in the "Martian Age" in the history of human spaceflight!
After coming out of Kajiao, the couple did not continue to travel south. Miami may have an unstoppable attraction to most people, but for this couple, Miami is just that.
Then, the young couple drove north first, after seeing the main venue of the Atlanta Olympics, they turned west, Memphis, Little Rock, Oklahoma City, Albuquerque, and then arrived at the Colorado Grand Canyon National Forest Park.
If you come to the United States and don’t go to the Colorado Grand Canyon, it’s like you don’t go to the Great Wall when you go to China.
If you don’t see this lower canyon with your own eyes, it’s really hard for you to imagine why there are such spectacular scenery on earth!
After two days of playing in the Grand Canyon, the group continued westward, first betting in Las Vegas for half a night, and then preparing to cross the Rocky Mountains the next day. Of course, while crossing the Rocky Mountains, they did not forget to go to the Giant Sequoia National Forest Park where they passed to see the ancient redwood trees.
Before this park was established, a large number of redwood trees in North America were cut down, but it was miraculously spared. The reason is that the trees here will automatically break into many pieces when they fall down, which makes the wood lack the economic value it deserves. Over time, people will stop coming here to cut down trees, and the mangrove forest can be preserved.
On June 30, 1864, in order to protect the original appearance of this huge redwood forest, US President Lincoln classified the giant pine forest in the Rocky Mountains as a protected area and set it as the first state park in the United States.
Just like the Grand Canyon in Colorado, here, if you don’t see the giant North American pine trees with your own eyes, it’s really hard to imagine why there are such big trees in this world!
North American giant sequoia is the thickest of all trees on this planet. Giant sequoia is not only the largest sequoia, but also the largest and surviving creature on the earth. This huge tree can grow to more than 110 meters high and its breast diameter can reach an astonishing ten meters!
Standing under the giant sequoia and looking up at this awe-inspiring tree, it is like a little mouse looking up at an elephant...
With such a huge size, it is definitely the most unrivaled creature on this planet!
In addition, this giant sequoia has a lifespan of more than 2,000 years, so the giant sequoia in North America is also called the "World Master"!
There are more than 500 North American giant pine trees in the entire Giant Shrimp National Forest Park. The roots of these huge trees are enough for more than a dozen people to embrace each other. Some giant pine trees are too old and have hollows at the roots, but even the hollows at the roots can make a car easily pass!
And there are many giant sequins here that are lodged by lightning strikes or wildfires. People stand in front of the roots of such giant sequins, as if they are standing in front of a three-story villa, which shows how huge the rhizomes of such giant sequins are.
When visiting the Giant Sequoia Park, Yang Jing and Ge Ge encountered an interesting thing. Because the environmental protection here is excellent, you can often see some wild animals here. While Yang Jing and Ge Ge Ge were playing with each other, they encountered a North American brown bear with two cubs.
Both Yang Jing and Princess love bears very much. The fundamental reason is the polar bear "Dabai" they encountered when they went to the Arctic to hunt treasures.
Now Dabai has been missing after being taken to Siberia by Yang Jing, but this also makes the couple love the bears very much.
With the skill of "feeding back", this mother bear with a little cub was indeed unable to escape Yang Jing's "clip".
Everyone knows that the mother bear with a cub is extremely dangerous and irritable, but just as the group of people stared at me, the mother bear actually acted no different from a good daughter who was attached to her father. Even if Yang Jing and Princess teased the two little bear cubs, the mother bear did not react fiercely.
After playing with the mother and son, three bears for a long time, Yang Jing and Princess left them reluctantly. However, seeing the mother bears following behind with two little bears, Yang Jing and Princess were even considering whether to go back to Siberia to find Dabai...
After crossing the Rockies, the group arrived in Los Angeles. Old Mike's Boeing bbj3 was already waiting at the airport.
Because I went to South America some time ago, the couple decided not to go to South America this time, but instead took a direct flight to New Zealand.
The North Island and South Island of New Zealand are still very beautiful, especially Queenstown, which makes the two have fun. Yang Jing has his own mansion in Queenstown, so the couple lived here for three days in one breath.
Then when November arrived, the group came to the Great Barrier Reef. Australia has entered early summer this time, so it is absolutely fine to dive in the Great Barrier Reef.
After two days of playing in the Great Barrier Reef, Princess said she wanted to see the Ayers Rock, so the couple prepared to set off for the southwest corner of the Northern Territory.
However, the Ayers Rock is close to 1,800 kilometers from Townsville, and most of them are uninhabited along the way. In addition, the couple had just driven across the North American continent by themselves, so they didn't want to suffer anymore, but took a plane to fly directly to Alice Springs, a major city in the southern part of the Northern Territory. This city closest to the Ayers Rock has an airport runway that allows Boeing BBJ3 to take off and land.
However, when Yang Jing and his group landed successfully at Alice Springs Airport, they had to drive about 400 kilometers to reach the Ayers Rock.
Ayers Rock is 348 meters high and 3,000 meters long. It has a circumference of about 9.4 kilometers. It is high and wide in the east and narrow in the west. It is the largest overall rock in the world. That's right, this rock that looks no different from a small hill is actually a whole piece of rock, not a mountain!
Therefore, Ayers Rock is also called "the navel of the earth"!
After returning from Ayers Rock sightseeing, the group flew to Kalgouri in Western Australia, where they admired the pit that was once the largest gold mine in the world, and then flew back to China from Pas.
This honeymoon trip around the earth took a total of fifty days.
Chapter completed!