{"id":3783,"date":"2015-12-16T05:29:27","date_gmt":"2015-12-16T12:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/?p=3783"},"modified":"2015-12-16T15:27:10","modified_gmt":"2015-12-16T22:27:10","slug":"journey-surprises-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/?p=3783","title":{"rendered":"Journey Surprises Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s the video:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_27510\"  width=\"700\" height=\"394\"  data-origwidth=\"700\" data-origheight=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0SqVMojc0JA?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The US is a very religiously diverse country, so maybe we\u00a0should have been expecting cowboys to have their own <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/?p=548\">church<\/a>, but this was still a big surprise to us both:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446687172840.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3506\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446687172840-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"wpid-wp-1446687172840.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446687172840-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446687172840-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446687172840-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446687172840-230x230.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446687172840.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> European style basilicas in the middle of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/?p=545\">Great Plains<\/a> were also extremely surprising, as was the high quality of air conditioner in this building:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446687342955.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3508\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446687342955-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"wpid-wp-1446687342955.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446687342955-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446687342955-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446687342955-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446687342955-230x230.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446687342955.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Being given a photograph in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/?p=660\" target=\"_blank\">Tonganoxie<\/a> of the place where General Lee was held captive was highly surprising and extremely improbable:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446687499846.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3510\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446687499846-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"wpid-wp-1446687499846.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446687499846-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446687499846-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446687499846.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Learning that tobacco could be openly displayed and almost celebrated as past culture was odd to me. I know it&#8217;s not as bad, as say, slavery, but it is hardly considered good in the modern world, so things like the American Tobacco campus in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/?p=1145\" target=\"_blank\">Durham, North Carolina <\/a>were surprising and a bit bizarre really:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3515\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446689079353-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"wpid-wp-1446689079353.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446689079353-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446689079353-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446689079353.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On a slightly negative note, we were surprised to find out that Netflix gives edited versions of Doctor Who. Your average episode has a few minutes cut. American Whovians, begin complaining to Netflix&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/help.netflix.com\/help\" target=\"_blank\">now<\/a>.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446689250718.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3520\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446689250718-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"wpid-wp-1446689250718.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446689250718-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446689250718-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446689250718.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> How much beautiful, accessible coast their was in Florida surprised us, mainly due to how locked down much of the good coast seemed in other states, so good for you Florida! Keep those gorgeous beaches accessible to the public:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446692911420.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3522\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446692911420-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"wpid-wp-1446692911420.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446692911420-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446692911420-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446692911420.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3533\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446693502953-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"wpid-wp-1446693502953.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446693502953-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446693502953-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446693502953.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We were surprised that the Florida Keys basically has no good beach. We had never really thought about it, but we suspect that good beaches are more likely as part of continents rather than part of tiny islands:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446693113076.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446693184793.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3529\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446693184793-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"wpid-wp-1446693184793.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446693184793-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446693184793-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446693184793.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> We were both surprised and impressed by just how much of the US has road in it. The 7 mile road in the Keys is impressive, as are the many roads through mountain ranges:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3531\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446693425072.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3531\" class=\"wp-image-3531 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446693425072-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"wpid-wp-1446693425072.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446693425072-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446693425072-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446693425072.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3531\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Seven Mile Highway in the Keys<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3569\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2015-09-30-11.06.24.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3569\" class=\"wp-image-3569 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2015-09-30-11.06.24-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"2015-09-30 11.06.24\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2015-09-30-11.06.24-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2015-09-30-11.06.24-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3569\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Northern Arizona near the Utah and Nevada Borders<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Louisiana was a surprising place. I was surprise how much Frenchness had survived. I was also surprised sugar cane grows in the US mainland:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446693691168.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3537\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446693691168-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"wpid-wp-1446693691168.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446693691168-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446693691168-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446693691168.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> I was also surprised that there was a university anywhere on earth, much less in this country, with its own alligators:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446693824691.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3539\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446693824691-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"wpid-wp-1446693824691.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446693824691-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446693824691-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446693824691.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s the video: The US is a very religiously diverse country, so maybe we\u00a0should have been expecting cowboys to have their own church, but this was still a big surprise to us both: European style basilicas in the middle of&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[297,227,46,137,158,299,53,199,197,135,168,68,55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-analysis","category-arizona","category-colorado","category-durham","category-florida","category-houma","category-kansas","category-lafayette","category-louisiana","category-north-carolina","category-the-florida-keys","category-tonganoxie","category-victoria"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3783"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3783"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3795,"href":"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3783\/revisions\/3795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hijenx.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}