Driving thru California

San Francisco

Nevada & Death Valley, California

124 Degrees

Insanity

Vegas

Day 5

Friday July 3rd, 2009

* Drove through Utah

* Ate @ Cowboy's Smokehouse in a little town close to Bryce Canyon

* Arrived @ Bryce Canyon and had our breath taken away....every human being should see this place....there is something about red rock that is just so enchanting

* Drove to Nevada and arrived in Las Vegas to check in at The Mirage 

*Ate at a ridiculous buffet called "Cravings" which we found hilarious and depressing....for all of those people that claimed buffets in Vegas were cheap...you lied. my poor husband sat for a good 10 minutes smiling all deranged, staring off and nonstop blinking from the shock

* Walked up and down the strip then went to bed

side note: if my previous tone indicated im not a fan of Las Vegas, it was so very correct. that place just felt so shallow and awful....not to mention it is NOT appropriate to bring your children. Bah!

Day 4

Thursday July 2nd, 2009

* Woke up only to have a chance sighting of a boy on a unicycle. Nate saw him coming and saw the crash a second later and the boy running away with the unicycle in hand. I was inside the tent and Austin just outside it...."there's a boy on a unicycle...(crashhhing sound). I dont know who it was funnier for, nate and austin who saw the whole thing, or me in the tent just knowing and then hearing the horrific crash a second later

*Hiked to Alberta Falls which was a gigantic waterfall with tons of large rocks to climb on

*Drove through Rocky Mountain National Park. the highest point we reached was 12,000 ft above sea level which made us sort of dizzy and short of breath....but it was beautiful. we were so high austin got to play in the snow at the top

* Drove southwest heading to Utah on I-70 and saw Glenwood Canyon which was completely  amazing. It looked like the interstate was going through south america for a minute

*Stopped in Fruita, CO for pizza and dinosaur hunting....apparently the town has a dinosaur theme as they were everywhere

*Arrived in Salina, UT and got a Super 8 hotel room which turned out to be the best hotel room yet...it had a hot tub. Go super 8, go. i assumed they were all disgusting really.