Day #4-Park City, UT & Salt Lake City, UT

Wow! Today was unbelievable! Ellen & I were lucky enough to rent skis (and snowblades-Ellen's preference ;) and enjoy the glorious mountains of Park City, UT, home to the 2002 Winter Olympics. The views were breathtaking! Our cameras could not capture the moments we felt so insignificant among the snow-topped mountains at every angle. Enjoy the pictures ;) And if you ever get a chance, go ski out west!!! It totally beats Boston Mills/Brandywine and Holiday Valley...TRUST ME!!!
After skiing, we decided to drive to Salt Lake City, which is only 30 minutes away and rent a hotel for the night. It has been wonderful just hanging out with each other not in the car the last couple days. We soaked in the hot tub, of course, with a nice glass of Cabernet (wine of choice for the trip), watched Xavier beat Vanderbilt in b-ball (woot! woot!) and ordered some Greek food to go. Gotta love Greek salads and lamb gyros!!!
Tomorrow, we hope to stop by the Salt Lake Temple, a huge Mormon Temple that attracts thousands of visitors every year from all around the world. The Temple is right down the street from us. It's gorgeous! The Mormon religion is fascinating to the both of us and we hope to learn a lot from this visit. We have already learned so much about this religion while in Utah from bartenders to bus drivers. Then...we're off to Reno to win big money!!!!

Day #3!!!-Colorado, Wyoming & Utah

Today was the coolest drive yet!! Not gonna lie, we were both pretty sleepy and a bit stir-crazy today driving from Denver, CO to Park City Utah. Wouldn't you be cranky too after driving 1,707 miles, 27 hours in 3 days!? ;) I am not complaining at all, just stating the facts. That's a helluva lot of driving and exploring in just three days!!!
In Denver, we stayed with my college buddy, Ray, who housed us and took us out in the town for Mexican (strongest margaritas ever!) and bar hopping. The 2 hr time difference can do some damage in the party scene but we kept it low-keyed, drinking amongst awesome people!
We had to pull over a couple times today to stretch our legs and clear our minds before we went psycho in "the silver bullet." The pictures attached are from our travels in Wyoming, a gorgeous red rock state and Utah. I have this new found obsession with windmills after this trip. From these pictures, I am sure you can tell why :) The Rocky Mountains at night, however, not my favorite place to drive through.
Tonight, at 7 pm Utah time 9 pm Cleveland time, we pulled into the Park City, Utah Marriott, jumped into the hot tub and enjoyed another delicious bottle of Cabernet and sushi at our own private sushi/steak restaurant. Seriously, there is no one in Park City now. We are totally spoiled!!!!
Tonight, I will be dreaming about the red rocks and skiing in Park City tomorrow. Sooooo lucky!!!
Goodnight friends!

Colorado!!!

Words cannot describe how gorgeous the drive into Denver, Colorado is. You just have to see it for yourself!!!

Dino

Yes. There is a T-Rex in the prairie.

We may not have the same taste in music, but...boy bands of the 90s have reunited us!! Singing our hearts out on the open road of the great plains of Nebraska!!

Nebraska

Back on the Road Again!!-Nebraska & Colorado

Well. Here's to Day #2 on the open road toward California!! Our first day was very successful and eventful!!! We left Cleveland, Ohio and 15 hours later made it to Omaha, Nebraska! We met a very nice mechanic while dining in East Moline (outside of Chicago) who said to us, "Man, you guys have guts!" once he found out we were trekking it to San Fran in Ellen's 2003 Chevy Malibu aka. the silver bullet. I like to think we have guts;)
Thanks to my friend, Amy Crutcher, who goes to Creighton University in Omaha, we had an amazing sushi dinner and much needed bottle of Cabernet at Blue Sushi in downtown Omaha. Then, passed out in our two queen beds at 10 pm, 11 pm in Cleveland.
So, today, we are making the journey down I-80 W toward Denver, Colorado!! It's a gorgeous, sunny day to be driving with Ellen, St. Christopher, Mary and 5 LB 8 oz little baby Jesus :)

The Heartland of America

"Omaha! Somewhere in the middle of America!"
-Counting Crows

Illinois!!!

Indiana!!!

Here we go!!!

"it's 5 o'clock in the morning!!" on our way out west!!!

Happy Turkey Day!!!

Happy Thanksgiving to all!!!! I'm feeling so blessed to be going on the road-trip of a lifetime with one of my best friends!!!! May you all gobble 'til you wobble!!!

1 week!

Una semana!!!

Getting Ready!!!

Only 2 weeks EXACTLY until we are making our way to "The Golden State!"