After we gassed up in Amarillo and almost got blown away.... pretty sure a tornado was coming or something because I have never experienced wind like that.... we headed out on the longest leg of our trip. We were going all the way to Vegas, a 13 hour drive. Vegas is a little further west than home, but we wanted to stop in St. George and Cedar City to see friends and family before going to Fountain Green. Since Vegas has cheap places to stay and it's always fun there, we just decided to stop there for the night then head into Utah. We drove from Texas through New Mexico and Arizona. Holy moly, that was the most boring/not very pretty drive. I know there are parts of those states that have really nice things to see, but our route did not have ANY! We were so glad to get to Vegas. Seriously, New Mexico would probably be the last state I would ever want to live in!
While driving in Texas we got pulled over. Apparently it's illegal to just drive in the left lane of the freeway unless you are passing someone. Is that a law in Utah too? I don't know, but there was probably only 2 or 3 other cars within a mile of us, so I didn't see why it was a big deal. I guess having out of state license plates makes you more of a target for getting pulled over too. No ticket luckily.... the cop could tell that we genuinely didn't know we were doing anything wrong.
This long drive was great for us to read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Part 1 of the last movie was coming out in a few days and we were going to go see it in Cedar City with my sister and my cousins, so we wanted to read the book again before seeing the movie. We borrowed the book from our friend Cortney in Virginia, with the promise that I would ship it back to her once we got home. The previous days of travel, we probably got halfway through the book, but in this last day, since there was not much to look at, we finished the whole second half. We finished the last chapter right as we pulled into Vegas. It worked out pretty nicely. Our throats were a little sore from reading out loud for 4 days though.
We got to our hotel at around 7:30 and all we did was watch TV until 8, then go to sleep.... I know, we were such party animals in Vegas. lol. But it was a long day and we were super tired. The next day we just walked up and down the strip and the only thing we really wanted to do was see the Bellagio fountains. That's my favorite part of Vegas. We got to the fountains around 12:30 thinking that there was a show every 15 minutes like usual. We waited forever and nothing happened! We kept thinking, "Okay they're going to start at 1", "okay, they're going to start at 1:30..." Finally at 2:00 there was an announcement that the first performance would be at 2:30. We waited at those fountains for 2 hours! But it was worth it (almost) because the first performance is a double show. They do the fountain show for the National Anthem, plus the regular show, so we got to see 2 songs. It felt good to just chill and relax though after long driving days.
We left Vegas in the afternoon and arrived in St. George to stay with my sister for the night. It was so good to see a family member. The next day we went to Cedar City and stayed the night there. I got to see old roommates and friends from SUU, and we saw the Harry Potter movie with my cousins. We were almost home, and couldn't wait to get to Fountain Green the next day!
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