Monday, August 6, 2012
Thursday Evening....
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Labels: oceanside pier, rancho peñasquitos, san diego, vacation
Monday, July 30, 2012
Vacation 2012 Morning after second night.
Well we got up around 8 or so and took advantage of the continental breakfast. It was satisfactory. We showered, packed, left, stopping for gas. We embarked from Grand Junction around 9:30am. The drive was pretty uneventful which was nice. We rolled into Monroe around 1pm. The rest of the family had left for Vegas so we had my parents house to ourselves for an hour or so. So we spent that time resting, eating ice cream and waiting. Mom arrived around 2:15 and Dad showed up around 3:30 or so. We quickly gathered our things for the 3rd leg of the trip. We left around 4:30 pm I think, stopped in St. George for a quick bite and top off. Then arrived in Vegas around 9 (thanks to the gained hour). The hotel overbooked or something so we got moved over to another hotel. It would have been nice to have a little more time to enjoy the pool but oh well. We are getting ready to complete the final leg of our epic quest, Carlsbad, CA. I got two emails from work this morning. They should know better. OFF THE GRID.
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Labels: hilton grand vacation, las vegas, vacation
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Vacation 2012 1st Night
It's our first night of our summer vacation to San Diego. We are in Grand Junction, staying at the Econo Lodge budget hotel. I guess for sixty bucks you can't expect much, but it smells like armpits. Other than that, its okay I guess. We left Denver around 8:30pm. The drive was uneventful, with little traffic on the road; always welcome. I think there's something up with the speedometer, though. I locked the cruise 5mph above and still passed cars like they were standing still. I can fully endorse 5 hour energy shots. Kept me wide awake and alert and none of the shakiness and strung out feeling you get with nodoze. Plus it works and tastes pleasant. Ben asked "Are we there yet?" about 20 min into the trip. Alex lasted about an hour. The next couple of days will be an exercise in patience, I think. Tomorrow we will meet up with my parents in Monroe and travel to Las Vegas to spend the night. Lots of driving, but an excellent opportunity to test 5 hour shots more thoroughly.
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Labels: colorado, econo lodge, grand junction, vacation
