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I've had an interesting fourth of July week. Let's see, Debbie and I dropped the kids off at her mom's house and headed out on a road trip. We went through Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. Along the way, we stopped at the Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo, TX. It's a bunch of 60s model Cadillacs buried nose-down in the dirt. Kind of interesting. The next high point was in Arizona (although crossing from Texas into New Mexico was a very interesting change in the landscape). We saw the meteor crater and the Grand Canyon. Those were some awesome sights. I would definitely recommend anyone passing through the area to hit those two spots. Then finally, we crossed the Hoover Dam and ended up at our destination - Las Vegas, Nevada.
What was our purpose? What else do you do in Vegas..? WE GOT MARRIED!
I can say that we both enjoyed the ceremony. It was simple, yet grand. We didn't have any friends or family with us, so the photographer witnessed for us. We walked up to the altar, listened to the minister for a few minutes, said our "I Do's" and kissed. That's how we wanted it. And the location..? The top of the observation tower at the Stratosphere hotel! (If you haven't seen it, look it up. It's awesome!) They have a chapel near the top. It's a few floors down from the observation decks. It was closed off to the public, so we didn't have to worry about distractions. Although we were both so wrapped up in love for each other that it probably wouldn't have mattered if there were people walking around us. We would have tuned everything else out. This was our moment.
After that, the photographer brought us up to the outdoor observation deck and took pictures of us with a backdrop of Las Vegas behind us. Then we went down to the indoor deck and got a few pictures there. When it was over, we had free roam of the tower so we took a few pictures of our own and headed down.
So while we were in Vegas we had to check out the strip. We started walking around 4pm and we made it almost all the way down one side of the strip. We finally caught a bus back to our hotel around 11. Vegas is definitely an interesting city. Much different than what I'm used to. But we had fun. It was such a stress-free wedding. That was our goal when we decided to get married in Vegas.
So that about wraps it up besides the drive home. Not a whole lot to report on that except that we went by way of Utah, Colorado, and Kansas. I'd have to say Utah and Colorado were the most beautiful states we went through on our drive, with Arizona and New Mexico following closely behind.
Warning for anyone about to drive through Kansas: DON'T DO IT! Not only is it the most boring state to drive through, but the drivers SUCK ASS! On a four lane interstate, you will see two vehicles in the right lane and just when you're going to pass them, the one behind will come out into the left lane looking like they're going to pass the vehicle in front of them. Then they will stay at the exact same speed as the one they seemingly wanted to pass leaving you no room to get through! Or if they don't stay the same speed, they'll take at least 5 miles to get ahead of the other car and get over for you to pass them. This happened to us more times than we could count. I can safely say that we ran into more bad drivers in Kansas than we did in every other state combined!
So yeah, long story short.. We're married, Utah is beautiful and Kansas sucks.
See ya!
What was our purpose? What else do you do in Vegas..? WE GOT MARRIED!
I can say that we both enjoyed the ceremony. It was simple, yet grand. We didn't have any friends or family with us, so the photographer witnessed for us. We walked up to the altar, listened to the minister for a few minutes, said our "I Do's" and kissed. That's how we wanted it. And the location..? The top of the observation tower at the Stratosphere hotel! (If you haven't seen it, look it up. It's awesome!) They have a chapel near the top. It's a few floors down from the observation decks. It was closed off to the public, so we didn't have to worry about distractions. Although we were both so wrapped up in love for each other that it probably wouldn't have mattered if there were people walking around us. We would have tuned everything else out. This was our moment.
After that, the photographer brought us up to the outdoor observation deck and took pictures of us with a backdrop of Las Vegas behind us. Then we went down to the indoor deck and got a few pictures there. When it was over, we had free roam of the tower so we took a few pictures of our own and headed down.
So while we were in Vegas we had to check out the strip. We started walking around 4pm and we made it almost all the way down one side of the strip. We finally caught a bus back to our hotel around 11. Vegas is definitely an interesting city. Much different than what I'm used to. But we had fun. It was such a stress-free wedding. That was our goal when we decided to get married in Vegas.
So that about wraps it up besides the drive home. Not a whole lot to report on that except that we went by way of Utah, Colorado, and Kansas. I'd have to say Utah and Colorado were the most beautiful states we went through on our drive, with Arizona and New Mexico following closely behind.
Warning for anyone about to drive through Kansas: DON'T DO IT! Not only is it the most boring state to drive through, but the drivers SUCK ASS! On a four lane interstate, you will see two vehicles in the right lane and just when you're going to pass them, the one behind will come out into the left lane looking like they're going to pass the vehicle in front of them. Then they will stay at the exact same speed as the one they seemingly wanted to pass leaving you no room to get through! Or if they don't stay the same speed, they'll take at least 5 miles to get ahead of the other car and get over for you to pass them. This happened to us more times than we could count. I can safely say that we ran into more bad drivers in Kansas than we did in every other state combined!
So yeah, long story short.. We're married, Utah is beautiful and Kansas sucks.
See ya!