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Catching Up

On May 9, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In arizona, travel, utah, vacation

The first two days of our vacation, I was on track to keep up with the blog posts. I was actually planning on posting them in real time! I was so proud of myself for getting both Saturday and Sunday’s blog posts up by Monday morning.

And then, just as I was getting ready to […]

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Hoover Dam & A Sliver of Vegas

On May 7, 2011 · 3 Comments · In arizona, las vegas, travel, vacation

After all of the driving we’ve done this week, I have to say that most of it was really not that bad. Until today. The ride from the Grand Canyon to Las Vegas (about 4.5 to 5 hours) sucked. OK, I take it back… most of it was OK, too. But the last hour or […]

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The GRAND Finale

On May 6, 2011 · 4 Comments · In arizona, travel, vacation

This morning, we woke up knowing We don’t have to drive today. We don’t have to pack and unpack. It was refreshing.

However, I will fully admit that I didn’t wake up in the best mood. I’m tired, y’all. Needless to say, I wasn’t moving very quickly this morning, and once again, Nora was ready […]

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The Grand Canyon

On May 5, 2011 · 5 Comments · In arizona, travel, vacation

Free breakfast began at 6 a.m. at our hotel this morning. We were there at 6:20, sharing the dining room with a huge bus full of Japanese tourists. And to think we thought we would be some of the only ones there that early! I guess they were all getting an early start as well.

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Bryce

On May 4, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In arizona, travel, utah, vacation

Another day, another early morning. Although I’m not usually a morning person, I am finding it pretty easy to get out of bed out here, given the time change. It’s actually quite nice to get so much accomplished so early in the day–I wish this is how things came naturally to me at home!

Once […]

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