Today we left Vegas and set off on our cross country trip. We finished our last packing and showers, checked out, and hit the road a little after 9am. I was too busy moving out of SF during the planning and am sitting in the back where the radio is too loud to hear the front, so I have no idea where we are heading. Every stop is a fun surprise!
Minutes out of Vegas the scenery is nothing but desert. We cut through the corner of Arizona, where we took some pictures at a scenic overlook. We also stopped at a few of those in Utah, they are really nice. Soon it started being a little green, not much though. We stopped in Beaver, Utah at the DFA Cheese Outlet; it was a little underwhelming. Along the way we saw a storm approaching. We were trying to keep ahead, but it eventually caught up. Besides the torrential down pour, it was pelting down hail. After Nick mentioned the possibility, I was genuinely scared the moon roof might break. It didn’t.
It was early evening by the time we reached our first planned stop: Moab. We lost an extra hour crossing time zones. Afraid of the storm that we eventually got ahead of, we skipped out on camping in favor of a $59 hotel room and dinner at the local brewery. There are a few weird local Utah drinking laws, but not as bad as we expected.
[Edit] Link to Road Trip Photos:
https://picasaweb.google.com/kaitlyn.hanrahan/20100802RoadTrip#
