So it's been a few days...

We've been on the go for the past 6 days, staying in a different place each night. Friday night Arches National Park. Saturday night Bryce Canyon National Park. Sunday night Zion National Park. Monday night Las Vegas (uh oh). Tuesday night Sequoia National Park. We reached San Francisco Wednesday evening and will be here through Sunday. It's nice to finally have a "home base" for a few days.


Bryce Canyon was awesome. Deep canyons filled with "hoodoos" stretched as far as the eye could see. Hoodoos are the spires seen in our pictures of Bryce Canyon. Mike and I have discussed which park in Utah was our favorite and decided it was too tough of a decision to say that one park was worse than another. I will say that if we were able to spend one additional day/night in one of the parks, I would have chosen Zion. Zion was filled with incredibly steep cliffs/peaks. This park was unique in that the park wasn't filled with mountains like we had been used to seeing. Instead, it was filled with cliffs and peaks that rose almost vertically. There wasn't gradual elevation changes like what's seen with normal mountains. It was, 0 feet... look straight up and... 2000 feet. Monday night we stayed in Vegas and had our first legitimate shower in over 72 hours. Calm down, calm down... we were able to wash up to a certain extent. We didn't live like cavemen for 4 days, psssh.

Vegas was great. We did what any two, typical college grad students would do: stayed up late and gambled... a little bit. After all was said and done, we had a fairly inexpensive and fun night. Both of us came out about even and had a great time winning, and losing, money. We stayed at the Golden Nugget which is located in the downtown area, not off the Strip. We spent the first couple hours of our night strolling down Las Vegas Blvd, watching the Bellagio Fountain, and cruising through several big name casinos. The remainder of our night was spent in the downtown district, hopping between roulette and black jack tables.

Tuesday we drove to Visalia, CA. A small city on the outskirts of Sequoia National Park. Fortunately, we had a small, Celebration Station-like place right next to our hotel. Mike and I spent about an hour at the batting cages, mashing baseballs over center field's 10 foot wall. Yeap, that's right... Mike McGuire and Alex Bonds were in the house. We also visited the local Regal Cinemas and saw "Up." A bit sad, but a great flick to say none the less.

Wednesday we spent all day in Sequoia National Park, walking amongst trees several thousand years old. These trees were amazing. Every few feet we were spotting another jaw-dropper, claiming it was bigger than the last tree we'd seen. We climbed Moro Rock and enjoyed the picturesque view from the top. See pics to appreesh.


We made it to San Fran last night and posted up in a cheap-o motel. Today, we checked into a Marriott Courtyard in the Fisherman's Wharf area. Check back for pictures of the San Fran community.

Stay tuned.