Grand Canyon Trips

Friday, 8/1 - Well, after many months of planning, the day has finally arrived! I can't believe that we're actually driving across the US! It's something I've always wanted to do. Our drive will take us from Connecticut to California and back …

Well.....what was originally forecast to be 29.5 hours ended up becoming 31.5 hours with a few delays thrown in.....and yes those extra 2 hours felt like 20 hours!!! Qantas really was the way to fly - no complaints from us, and being able use …

Quote of the day: "Patty... I love you, but it's past lunch time." -Joab A good first day, although we barely fed the children (or ourselves). Left the house around 8:30am. It felt weirdly normal. We decided to take the scenic route out of …

6/17/2009 Getting ready for the trip… 568 trips to the camper to load… then checked the weather at Yellowstone and found out that the daytime temps were in the 50’s and the night time temps were in the 30’s,,,, 528 more trips to camper to pack so …

We met up at The Hacienda hotel and pretty much set off on our way to Big Sur. This was the longest driving day which probably worked out well as we spent most of the journey getting to know other people in the group. On the way we stopped …

After a long flight to Denver to Las Vegas, I was very exhausted from switching planes and waking up at 4 in the morning. At the airport, my mother's friend Auntie Yung picked us up and drove us to the Imperial Palace hotel. It was my dad's …

Friday 4/24/09 We left for Washington Reagan about 4am for our 7am trip to Phoenix with Usairways. We arrived in Phoenix about 9:30am local time so we pretty much had a full left to explore. After picking up our rental car (Avis), I used my GPS t …

Road trips seem to come naturally to my friends and I. Niagara Falls, Florida, Boston, Chicago...these were all test runs for the biggest trip of our friendship. July 24, 2009 we are once again going to load up the car and head out for the …

So here I am again getting ready for another road trip with my 2 best friends. A time to forget about our daily lives, relax and have a lot of fun and laughter. This year's destination is Las Vegas. It's going to be a long driving trip since …

We flew out Thursday night. We were worried about Sidney's behavior on the plane. It turns out that she was fantastic. We should have worried about a plane full of drunk twenty something males headed to Las Vegas for the weekend. Specifically …