Holding in line at the freeway on the way home from Flagstaff, a homeless man stood with a sign: “Homeless – need help.” The hopeless and fearful look in his eyes made me I grab all the coins I had, pull down the window and wave him over. I apologized since I only had coins, but he took my hand, looked at me with a great smile and said: ”Merry Christmas and a happy new year” And you could tell that he meant it.
The system in America is so different from in Denmark, and the amount of homeless people is enormous – I still haven’t gotten used to it, and my heart hurts every time I see one of these despairing souls. I feel selfish and materialistic, but also very grateful for what I have. I remember when I was a little girl, travelling in Asia. I remember seeing so many homeless people and asking my parents for money again and again. In the end my dad had to tell me: “Nadja, even though we want to, we can’t give all of them money – we can’t save all of them.” So I had to look away.
But even though I can’t save them all, I can still save one’s day. And that is what makes it worth it.
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Back to the road trip. After Yosemite Elise and I continued to Las Vegas for one night. We didn’t do much else than eat some good food and wander around. Eeeeearly next morning we drove to Zion National Park, Utah where we spend the rest of the day hiking in the beautiful mountains and experiencing some incredible views. When the sun went down we chilled in the Jacuzzi (with a mountain view, just saying) and had some lovely dinner in the restaurant. Thursday we went to Grand Canyon – beautiful place but freaking cold! We drove to a point, ran out of the car, took some pictures, ran back to the car and continued to the next point. It was difficult to enjoy because of the weather, but I still find it unbelievable that places like that exist. We spend the night in Flagstaff and drove home today, Friday. Great road trip! It is definitely a different, yet fun, way to travel.
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