Chapter 196: The American Strip of Greetings
Helena Gaucy hasn't been to either, so it has to be Okocha they lead the way, the bus is happier, the three drivers, you can take turns to drive, Gaucy is miserable, although the father and brother-in-law on the car can drive, but there is no driver's license, after all, it is a trouble, although this road is in addition to the grassland and woods is the running animals, are more than ten minutes, not even a car to see, but not afraid of 10,000, just in case, if you really meet the traffic police in charge, it will be difficult to do.
Although Gao Xi didn't care about the money, it was mainly a waste of time.
"Hey, look at the police car, what did that police officer say to us?" About fifteen minutes later, Gao Xi and the others finally encountered an oncoming car, but it was a police car, not another civilian vehicle.
"Are we violating the traffic rules?" Gao Xi's mother asked nervously.
"Don't be afraid, it's just a hello." As he spoke, Gossi also opened the window and waved at the police on the other side.
The cop was a typical white cop, and he seemed quite enthusiastic, but to be honest, Gossi didn't like that, and it wouldn't be a good thing to be greeted by a policeman on the road in China.
"What just happened?" The car drove away, and Zhao Mingcai couldn't help but ask.
"It's all lonely." Gao Xi smiled bitterly and said: "You don't often drive on the roads of the United States, so you may not know very well, there may be a lot of cars in the United States, but there are few people in the place, so there are fewer cars you can see on this road." It takes more than ten minutes to drive to meet a car, which feels really lonely, so if someone greets you when you meet the car on the road in the future, don't be afraid, just respond to them bravely. ”
"Oh, I see, but don't be greeted by the police on the road, it's unlucky and scary." Gao Xi's mother muttered.
"This is the first time I've been greeted by a police car. I also pinched a cold sweat just now, after all, the American police are equipped with guns, and the shooting of civilians has happened repeatedly, it is terrible to think about. That's why I just slowed down so much so that people wouldn't say we wanted to run away. Gao Xi nodded.
"I've heard that the American traffic police will be equipped with guns, is this true?" Zhao Ming asked.
"Well, after all, the United States is a country where guns are legal, and you don't let traffic police carry guns. They're miserable. "Gao Xi can understand this, there is nothing strange.
However, the American traffic police are not as merciful as the Chinese traffic police in dealing with violations, either shoot or directly puncture your tires with those road studs, and if you are fast enough, then your meeting with God will be correspondingly advanced.
"Actually, I like this kind of road condition, there are too many cars on the road in our country." Although Zhao Ming himself does not have a car, there are always electric cars, even if it is a newly built road, there are many cars. You have to be careful, and you don't dare to go too fast, unlike the United States, where you can reach the speed limit and be able to last for a long time, without affecting travel at all.
Under normal circumstances, it is easy to get stuck in traffic on the roads in the United States, but in China, even county roads close to the countryside can make you a ghost.
"I like it too. Of course, the premise is not when you are driving alone. Gao Xi smiled and said: "When driving alone, there should not be too few cars on the road, otherwise you will really die of loneliness, and even stare at a scenery for a long time." That's going to be dozing.
Gao Xi didn't look at the time, there was very loud music on the road, and everyone else in the car was resting or chatting, because the shockproof performance of the car was better, and the motion sickness that Gao Yuanyuan was worried about did not happen, of course. This may also be due to taking motion sickness medicine.
As the tour bus slowed down, Gao Xi noticed the sign on the highway that read "Helena" in English.
Speaking of the name Helena, there is another interesting story. Shortly after the discovery of gold here, at the end of October 1864, when seven men met to discuss the street plan and name the new settlement, they proposed a number of names, of which "Helena" was approved by two people, so the name "Helena" was finally adopted.
But one of the two men took another place in Minnesota, also called "Helena," as the name of his current residence, and pronounced "Helena," while the other came from the South and was pronounced "Helena," based on the Arkansas word "Helena."
After that, "Helena" and "Helena" did not give in to each other, and everyone took their own love, and it was not until 1882 that "Helena" finally dominated and continues to this day. However, there are other historical legends that say that "Helena" got its name from the island of "St. Helena", the place of Napoleon's exile, and that "Helena" means "miner's lover".
After arriving at Helena, everyone did not immediately rush to the cowboy performance venue, but found a hotel nearby and had a beautiful meal first.
Hotel housing here is much cheaper than New York, but the environment is not bad at all, I guess this is the advantage of a small city, the scenery is beautiful, and the price is cheap, whether it is in the United States or in China, it seems to be the same.
After eating and drinking, everyone set off to the rodeo performance venue, where the place is very spacious, and the parking lot is also very large, as if the land does not need money, because Gao Xi does not know the road, so after parking the car, he let his family set off with the tour group, although the self-driving tour may be more free, but if you are not familiar with the situation, it will only cause a lot of unexpected trouble.
It's also a shame that they set off relatively early, and it wasn't too late to arrive here, otherwise it is estimated that even in such a large parking lot, they would not be able to find a place to park. And the public transportation facilities in the United States are not better than those in China, except for airplanes, and if you want to get to the rodeo venue from far away, even if you have to take a taxi, you may have to wait a long time, after all, the population here is too small, there are not too many taxis, and people who come here often flock to the venue for a certain period of time, and it is even more difficult to find an idle taxi.
Even if the hotel they are looking for is relatively close to here, it is also two kilometers away, and it is really impossible to be comfortable without driving.
The car in the parking lot is also more interesting, similar to the Hummer H8 in Gaoxi, there are really a lot of extended luxury cars, there are Lincoln's, Cadillac's, Toyota's, Buick's, etc., there is also a kind of large trailer behind a modified tourist car, which is also quite good, but it takes up too much space, it is estimated that if you really want to leave later, you have to wait until other cars give way, otherwise you will definitely not be able to get out.
The United States seems to allow such modified cars, if you change to China, this car is absolutely not allowed to park in the parking space, this car can occupy more than a dozen parking spaces for others.
It is the extended version of the Hummer in Gaoxi, which also occupies a little more than two parking spaces, which is why the extended version of the car is not selling well in China, there is really no place to park, you must know that in China, it is very difficult for a slightly larger MPV to stand up, and large trucks are generally not allowed to enter the city.
The bends of many highways in China are too straight, and such a long car is quite tiring anyway.
The large trailers here are much larger than the big trucks in China, and they are estimated to be two or three.
Okocha had a lot more time parking than Gaucy, so it took more time. Gao Xi waited here for a long time before they parked the car.
"I've kept you waiting, Lord Xichang, let's go, let's all come with us, don't run around, there are a lot of people here, be careful of getting lost." After Jin Sen came over, he first apologized to Gao Xi, and then greeted the tour group.
In fact, his worry is completely unnecessary, to be honest, in terms of population density here, it is not as good as the usual Chinese railway station, these people are all "heroic high rollers" killed from the airport of the railway station, how can they care about such a few people here.
"It's a pity, if I had known that there would be such a competition, I would have prepared for the cowboys from my ranch to participate, even if I didn't win the prize, it wouldn't hurt to participate." He said that it was okay not to win the award, but Gao Xi actually hoped to win the award in his heart, he didn't care that the meat on the ranch could not be sold, because once the high-end restaurant opened, this meat would have a place to go, and the main thing was to advertise the high-end restaurant, after all, he had never done those things, and he didn't know many acquaintances in the United States, so he went to New York last time to meet those people, and he didn't have much contact these days, Old Tom was familiar with him, and he also helped him a lot, but he was not the nanny you Gao Xi hired, It's impossible to help you with everything, that's not appropriate or normal.
Since you can't always ask others to help, you have to raise the popularity of Gaoxi Resort yourself.
"Don't worry, you've only been in the United States for the first year, and it's the first time you've taken over the ranch, so you may not be familiar with many things, so let's get used to it and get used to it, and it's not too late to participate in the competition next year." I'm very optimistic about your partnership with Arthur, if you two are willing to go out, then this is almost absolutely yours, and no one else can take advantage of it. Okocha laughed.
"Yes, Lord Xichang, what are you anxious about, let's make others happy and happy first, in case you come out, others can only watch the excitement." Jin Sen also laughed.
"It's very interesting that you said before, it's called accompanying the prince to study, once you, the prince, come to power, then others can only be scholars who accompany the prince to study." Andrew, this guy is like a child, he always likes to learn Gao Xi to speak, Gao Xi said some of the afterwords translated from English, colloquialisms, ancient famous sayings and poems, and even Internet terms, he took a notebook to write down, I don't know whether to say that he is hard enough, or that he is not doing his job, it is really a little speechless. (To be continued.) )