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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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Tardy

On May 7, 2011 · 3 Comments · In travel, vacation

We screwed up.

We screwed up so, so badly.

Our flight was at 7:10 a.m. yesterday morning. We got up at 4:30 a.m.

In hindsight, it was so clearly not enough time, but our hotel was relatively close to the airport (less than 10 minutes), so we thought we were good.

I started to get […]

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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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