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Yesterday, we started our trip to Baguio.
We left early in the morning and we spent a long time in the car. Dada was driving and we passed many fields and small towns along the way. There were many cars, trucks, buses, and tricycles. Sometimes, our travel was very slow because Dada had to watch out for all the traffic.
We went through two big cities. First, we went through Tarlac City in Tarlac Province. It is a very busy city with many stores and markets. Dada stopped at Starbuck’s Coffee Shop to get his favorite coffee. I just had a fruit juice. The next city was Urdaneta City in Pangasinan Province. Dada stopped there so we could eat at Jollibee restaurant. I had burger steak and rice plus some very large french fries. That is my favorite meal at Jollibee. Oh, I, also, had some of Mama’s fried chicken!
When we arrived in the town of Rosario, Dada decided that it was safe to travel up Kennon Road. Kennon Road is a road that cuts through the mountains. Dada said it can be very dangerous in the rainy season because of rocks falling on the road. Dada has traveled this road many times so he knows everything about the road. He decided to take this road because he wanted to show me the Lion Head.
At the bottom of the road is a gateway sign that welcomes everyone to the province. A little further and you have to stop at a toll gate to pay money to use the road. Dada said that this money is used to repair the road. The road goes over many bridges and climbs and climbs up the mountains. We drove a long time and we went through many small towns that are called Camps. Dada said that these places were called camps with a number, like Camp 1 or Camp 4. These were the work camps where the people who built the road used to eat and sleep. Many people worked on the road for many years and the road is named for the American engineer, Army Engineer Major Lyman W. V. Kennon, that directed the building of the road.
We, finally, arrived at the Lions Head stature. Dada said the the Lions Club of Baguio commissioned the Lion Head to be carved out of the natural limestone rock. He said that many people do not know that the idea came from a “second” lion head that was formed by nature out of the local rocks that existed prior to 1972. There is a place to park your car and get out to look. There are a few small stores to buy souvenirs.
After the Lion Head, I was very tired and I took a short nap. Mama said I wouldn’t miss anything because we would just continue up the mountain on Kennon Road until we came to the city. I woke up as we were going up the road to Camp John Hay. Mama said that Camp John Hay was built by the United States military as a place for the military people to rest from the heat in the rest of the country.
We arrived at the gate to Camp John Hay and drove to the John Hay Manor where we will be staying. I am very tired from the trip so I will write more tomorrow.
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