The best thing about these past 4 days... no school or work.
The best thing about having nice parentals... they let us borrow their brand new car (once again!) for a weekend road trip to Phoenix.
Since Mike is an officer he volunteered/was forced to be a representative of the University of Utah chapter of Golden Key Honor Society at their regional conference down in Phoenix, AZ. So with our requests in for days off from work and excellent friends taking notes for the 2 classes we missed, we were on our way for a long drive!
After an entire tank of gas, a pit stop at a gross gas station bathroom, a can of peanuts, 4 string cheeses, 6 nutri-grain bars, a half gallon size Powerade, more random music than you've heard in your lifetime (Anberlin, Dashboard, 50 cent, Backstreet Boys, Michael Buble and Mariah Carey) we made it to our destination for the night... Vegas!
We got settled into our hotel and headed across the street to a delicious restaurant called Bahama Breeze. It was DELICOUS and decked out like... the Bahamas, obviously. After we stuffed ourselves fat we headed over to the strip for a free show. I mean the water works in front of the Bellagio... but we definitely got more of a "free show" all over the strip! I tried to shield Mike's eyes when at all possible and scowl and the poor people who tried handing out those dirty cards. I'm sure I hate their jobs as much as they do.
Although, we did see something that seemed a bit out of place for Sin City...
After 4 chocolate Snack-Packs, 4 more string cheeses, 2 bottles of water, another tank of gas, more random music, lots of laughs, thousands of cacti and joshua trees, a stop at the Hoover Dam and a chat with a nice biker from Ogden, and six MORE hours of drive the next day, we finally made it to PHOENIX.
We loved Phoenix. We could totally see ourselves living there. We loved the warm weather (although, Mike is afraid of their summers). We loved the red rock everywhere. We loved the excellent shopping venues. We loved the nice people we met. We loved the easy freeway system (big thanks to the GPS too!).
Mike loved the ASU campus.
I loved the Blue Bell ice cream and CiCi's Pizza buffets there (don't judge me).... and I loved the GOOD DRIVERS.
Thank you Phoenix for such a wonderful time. We hope to see you again sometime very soon!
6 comments:
Love it! Pheonix is pretty awesome, both sides of Ken's extended fam live there so we made the drive twice from BYU. SUPER LONG!
PS. That was very little & might I also point out, very healthy snacking for such a freakin long trip!
That is like a lot of string cheese. It would kill me... just sayin...
So glad you both had fun!! Cute Cute Pics!!
sounds like so much fun! now we'll have to head to St. George together for a trip....this summer?!
this is great, BECAUSE when cody and i live in tucson you can visit phoenix (or live there) and we'll drive up to see you!!
yay!!! i'm glad you got a blog!! we REALLY need to get together!
you guys are adorable! i'm so glad you got a blog so i can stalk your life!
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