Thursday, March 24, 2022

Road Trippin’

When flights get expensive and you don’t plan your spring break trip, the car becomes your escape. We’ve always been a good road trippin’ family and COVID led us to become even more so. We packed our travel snacks and sandwiches and made it on the road by 7:40 am. 

After determining where we could drive and get to somewhere warm, Vegas was the spot. Unfortunately, D-man is not making the trip with us, but the Wrights found a place close to the strip with a pool.

We took advantage of our rental car to save even more money and made the trek in one day. T-man already loved the minivan, but even more so after traveling in a sedan - no movies and no screen for playing the wii. 
A booster the day before and a more boring ride led to a couple of naps. We drove some beautiful terrain, some desolate areas and hit both snow and rain before driving into 70 degree weather. 

We arrived in Vegas around 6:00 (thanks to the time change) and picked up groceries and sandwiches for dinner. It was an early night for us given Marshall and I worked on Monday, but great to know we have warm weather and vacation on the horizon. 


Glenwood Canyon 


Rest stop in Fruita Colorado before crossing into Utah 


A view point along the interstate 




T-man wore his Route 66 t-shirt for our road trip 


Pictures just don’t do it justice - Capital Reef 


Cool cloud over mountains 


Canyon heading into Vegas 


Late afternoon snooze 



Driving down the strip! Stratosphere 




Circus Circus amusement park (Monday entertainment)






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