The End

Tim and I are back home in Long Beach. Our trip has come to a close. Thanks again for reading! This will be the last post in this blog. If you enjoyed this blog, feel free to check out my short story blog at: http://www.reverseapathy.com

So long!

Almost Home

So we had some fun in Vegas last night. Did a little gambling, walked the strip. I think Tim and I are both ready to be home though. We just crossed the California border and it feels good to be back. Only four more hours and then this trip will be coming to a close. I want to thank everyone who took us in, showered and fed us on this trip. You were all wonderful. Thank you Cindy and George, Kate, Laura, Tim's Grandma and Grandpa, Julia, Brooke and Johnny. Thank you to Ashley for showing us the New York nightlife. Thank you to Erin for meeting us for lunch and taking us to the zoo. Tim and I are incredibly grateful for all the hospitality we received.

This trip was amazing and I'm very glad Tim convinced me to go, not that it took much convincing. It looks like its back to our old lives but I think we've both taking something away from this trip. It wasn't life changing but definitely eye opening. At the very least it got me writing again. I'm feeling a bit more inspired so that's good. I want to also thank all of you for reading this blog. I'm glad you all take such an interest in our lives. Thank you to our parents for being overprotective. It's nice to know you care.

As a quick recap, here's the map of our route once again. We crossed the country and back in 18 days!

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We drove about 7500 miles total.

Las Vegas

We walked around the main strip in Vegas. Tim showed me all the Baller hotels and casinos. We came back and Tim and I played some Roulette. I put $20 on black, doubled my money and quit. That's the way to do it. We're staying at the Monte Carlo. Its a pretty swanky hotel. It looks like we're headed home tomorrow! It'll be nice to be back.

By the way, Vegas has imitations of all the landmarks we saw on our trip. We didn't even have to travel!

Utah

Utah was beautiful. It was still a lot of nothing, but it was much prettier nothing than Kansas. Endless plateaus and amazing red dirt. We were facing the sun the whole drive which was difficult but payed off. As soon as the sun set, we were treated to one of the most spectacular sunsets I had ever seen. The entire sky was a vibrant orange. We hit a view point rest stop with perfect timing and got out to take some pictures. It was just wonderful. As we kept driving west the sunset lingered because we were following its tail. Again, just spectacular.

Yes Men

George Lucas: So that was the screening of Indiana Jones 4. Any opinions? I want as much criticism as possible.

Employee: Ahem. So was it really realistic for them to be swinging from the trees with CG monkeys? And aliens? Really? And I'm not physicist but I'm pretty sure a refrigerator won't protect you from a nuclear bomb.

George Lucas: HOW DARE YOU?! I CREATED STAR WARS! YOU'RE FIRED!

Employee: I thought you wanted feedback.

George Lucas: I'M GEORGE LUCAS!

Employee (being escorted off premises by storm troopers): Episode One Sucked, by the way! Jar Jar Binks? Nuff Said!

The Rocky's

We waited a little while to leave today. We were going to get up early and go but with all the snow we figured we'd wait for the sun to melt some. Driving through the mountains is beautiful. There are just blankets of white covering the landscape and the trees are covered.

The dirty snow kept kicking up onto our windshield which isn't a problem unless your windshield wiper fluid runs out...It was becoming difficult to see and we needed some water on the window. Since we didn't have any water, gatorade was the next best thing. I rolled down my window and leaned out in front of the car and attempted pour gatorade on the window. I didn't account for the wind factor and pulled myself back in the car mostly covered in gatorade. The second time I tried I was able to get some on the windows. It lasted us long enough to get to an exit where we bought some more water for the wipers. The man in the liquor store was sad that we bought crate of water bottles and no alcohol.

CHOOSE YOUR DESTINY, SIR

A one night's stay in our luxurious hotel. OR, ten percent off any item in our gift shop. CHOOSE WISELY, SIR for you may live to regret it.