This was probably not one of those things, but better late than never!! but...
Second, I FOUND MY CAMERA!
Two very great reasons for me to be thankful to God :)
As a result of both of these reasons, I now have the time, as well as MANY pictures to update with. I may split this over several blog posts in the next couple of days :)
However, in order to be a bit more sequenced according to time, I will start off with the update that should have started it all off!
*drumroll please*
The ROAD TRIP to LA! This will be very picture heavy, so enjoy!
So to give a bit of background... on May 30th, two of my roommates from college (Alex Kim and Tim Chung) and I, left on an epic road trip that would take us 2,432 miles over the course of 6 days through mountains, valleys, deserts, cities, and bayous. We visited 8 states, 3 National Parks, and 1 dinosaur museum. We played in Vegas, hiked in Arches, Canyonlands, and Mese Verde National Park, and played countless games of Settlers and Sequence. But now, ladies and gentlemen, a picture history of "LA to LA"
Day 1: Cerritos to Vegas (Angie, Eric, Eunice, Steven met us in Vegas)
We stayed at the Luxor in two rooms with the greatest view of the vents on top of the casino. LOL, ate at the M Hotel's Studio B buffet. (Pretty bomb in my opinion) and then spent the rest of the night playing Blackjack and Holdem at the Excalibur till 5:30 am. loll, Tim and Alex definitely went up a pretty good amount. And Eric and I broke even. Sorry, didn't take a lot of pictures here, though i should have.. lol
Alex, Angie, and I on the way to Vegas
Alex sleeping in the back (This was a common sight)
Welcome to Nevada Sign!
The Crew in Vegas (Angie, Eunice, Steven, Eric, Tim, Alex, Sam)
Day 2: Vegas to Green River, UT
We spent most of the day in Vegas, playing a bit more, looking around and just hanging out. Around 4:30 or 5ish we said our goodbyes and Alex, Tim, and I took off on our 6 hour drive to Green River, UT where we were spending the night.
Driving through canyons in the North Western part of Arizona
Representing the L . A . L at the Utah border :)
Preparing the most epic game of Settlers, won by yours truly
Playing Tetris in the morning
Motel 6 in Green River, UT
Day 3: Green River, UT to Arches National Park to Canyonlands National Park to Cortez, CO
Leaving our Motel 6 at 11 am, we drove out to Arches National Park. This place is definitely a sight to behold. The red rock that covers this place is like nothing you've ever seen before! We took several hours touring the different areas of the park and saw some of the more famous arches. After eating lunch in the town of Moab, we drove out to Canyonlands National Park or as Tim likes to say (Great Canyon National Park). I think either name works to be honest. Here, we had one of our bigger adventures. The district of the park that we went to was called the Needles. This area was fairly small in terms of road access so near the end of the road. We parked and walked off trail into the canyon. We went a pretty good ways into the canyons (at least half a mile) over and under rocks. Because it was getting late, with the sun going down, we were able to take some amazing pictures here.
At the Visitor Center
Tim and Alex modeling after the birds (these are elegible bachelors ladies!!)
There was definitely no hole in the rock....
This is called Newspaper Rock
On the way to Canyonlands National Park
Some of the most beautiful country I've ever seen
It's getting late, so I'll finish off the trip in the next post! Enjoy!
