Honeymoon in Vegas, Part One. The Arrival.
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So here are Pictures of My and Max Honeymoon!
9 months after the fact! WOOO!
I figured I should post these before our first year aniversary anyways....
Going to post these in parts since I have a ton of pictures.
Warning! Image heavy!
So we begin our Journey on the road. We took off the day after the wedding. Since we were driving we really took our time getting out. We slept in a bit, had breakfast with Max's dad, brother, and nephew, said goodbye to my family (Who gifted us with $1000 spending money for the honey moon.:)), then dropped off the wedding gifts at our place and said goodbye to the Kitty and made sure Karine and Adam were all settled in for their house sitting gig they were doing for us. Thanks again Karine:)
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Some pretty scenery on our drive. Joshua Trees and mountains. Not the best pictures but then I'm not the best photograper either.
This is when we started to hit the cheepo "Close Enough!" Casinos. If memory serves, this one offered us not ONLY a rickety roller coster but also $1 beer and hog dogs, Strippers, Luchadors, AND is pet friendly....we could have brought Scout on our honeymoon.
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The cheese! it feeds my SOUL!!! Seriously. We made many jokes. I do believe though my favorite comment on the drive was the following:
Me: Huh...That city is called Apple Valley?
Max: Yup.
Me: I see no trees...and its hot. How do you grow apples out here?
Max: You don't.
me: Then why did they name the place Apple Valley?
Max: Because you can't name a city 'Hot as Fuck".
Me: Yeah..."Welcome to Hot as Fuck!" doesn't have a nice ring to it.
My other favorite exchange on the road:
Me: Huh...Sloan.
Max: Sloan?
Me: Sloan *points at the sign*
Max: *In smokers voice* SLOAN!
Me: SLOOOOOAAANN!
Max: *in smokers voice* Robert Goulet used to stay here.
Me:....seriously?
Max:...no not really.
So Many Questions...Why the castle theme? Who the hell is Whiskey Pete?! Why does he own a castle in the Desert?! POR QUUEEEE!?!
We started to get signs that Vegas was near. This sign disturbed me greatly..
NO CARROT FANTASY! NO NO NO! ....yes I know they are two different shows but its hard to tell on that bilboard. What would be a Carrot Top Fantasy show? The audiance is allowed to go on stage and beat him with sitcks?
On the Approach to our hotel! Yes we stayed at the Excalibur. Yes it was cheese. Remeber, cheese feeds my soul.We can also play lets count the dead bugs on Max's truck windows in these pictures.
I'm actually pretty proud of this picture here. We were staying in the tower on the left. The corner window about four down from the top? That was our room. VERY nice view. By the time we got to the hotel we were both beat and I had a headache that could kill a small animal. We ended up getting cornered by a time share sales man. We managed to get away after telling him that if I didn't get up to our room I'd probably throw up on his desk. He let us go.
Whirlpool Bath FTW! Why yes, that IS Lush bath gel you see sitting there.This thing was a god send after all the walking we did.
This was the view from our window. It looked really fantastic at night.
I do believe we were the only people in Vegas to go to sleep at 8pm that night. We were both dead beat from the drive and the wedding. We ordered some room service...I really don't remember what I ate but I I consumed it like a rabbid badger then we passed out. Then we ended up waking up atound 5 am the next morning no matter how much we didn't want to.
Part Two possibly coming up today depending my work load. If its a slow day? Aw yeah, part two today.
.Some pretty scenery on our drive. Joshua Trees and mountains. Not the best pictures but then I'm not the best photograper either.
This is when we started to hit the cheepo "Close Enough!" Casinos. If memory serves, this one offered us not ONLY a rickety roller coster but also $1 beer and hog dogs, Strippers, Luchadors, AND is pet friendly....we could have brought Scout on our honeymoon.
.The cheese! it feeds my SOUL!!! Seriously. We made many jokes. I do believe though my favorite comment on the drive was the following:
Me: Huh...That city is called Apple Valley?
Max: Yup.
Me: I see no trees...and its hot. How do you grow apples out here?
Max: You don't.
me: Then why did they name the place Apple Valley?
Max: Because you can't name a city 'Hot as Fuck".
Me: Yeah..."Welcome to Hot as Fuck!" doesn't have a nice ring to it.
My other favorite exchange on the road:
Me: Huh...Sloan.
Max: Sloan?
Me: Sloan *points at the sign*
Max: *In smokers voice* SLOAN!
Me: SLOOOOOAAANN!
Max: *in smokers voice* Robert Goulet used to stay here.
Me:....seriously?
Max:...no not really.
So Many Questions...Why the castle theme? Who the hell is Whiskey Pete?! Why does he own a castle in the Desert?! POR QUUEEEE!?!
We started to get signs that Vegas was near. This sign disturbed me greatly..
NO CARROT FANTASY! NO NO NO! ....yes I know they are two different shows but its hard to tell on that bilboard. What would be a Carrot Top Fantasy show? The audiance is allowed to go on stage and beat him with sitcks?
On the Approach to our hotel! Yes we stayed at the Excalibur. Yes it was cheese. Remeber, cheese feeds my soul.We can also play lets count the dead bugs on Max's truck windows in these pictures.
I'm actually pretty proud of this picture here. We were staying in the tower on the left. The corner window about four down from the top? That was our room. VERY nice view. By the time we got to the hotel we were both beat and I had a headache that could kill a small animal. We ended up getting cornered by a time share sales man. We managed to get away after telling him that if I didn't get up to our room I'd probably throw up on his desk. He let us go.
Whirlpool Bath FTW! Why yes, that IS Lush bath gel you see sitting there.This thing was a god send after all the walking we did.
This was the view from our window. It looked really fantastic at night.
I do believe we were the only people in Vegas to go to sleep at 8pm that night. We were both dead beat from the drive and the wedding. We ordered some room service...I really don't remember what I ate but I I consumed it like a rabbid badger then we passed out. Then we ended up waking up atound 5 am the next morning no matter how much we didn't want to.
Part Two possibly coming up today depending my work load. If its a slow day? Aw yeah, part two today.
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Date: 2009-07-07 06:04 pm (UTC)i want that tub...
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Date: 2009-07-07 06:41 pm (UTC)If you are a coaster junkie, this is one to not miss. Srsly.
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Date: 2009-07-07 06:43 pm (UTC)That bathtub is sweet, and some nice pictures there. Looking forward to more!
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Date: 2009-07-07 08:10 pm (UTC)*L* The bath tub was AWESOME. It was great to sit in after a long day of walking.
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Date: 2009-07-07 07:04 pm (UTC)heh :\
We got gas at Terrible's or whatever... was interesting...
I called that area "Welcome to Nevada... here's some casinos!" lol
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Date: 2009-07-07 08:09 pm (UTC)*L* Max and I called that area "Good "nough!" Nevada.
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Date: 2009-07-08 06:37 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-07-08 05:20 am (UTC)