Update 8/10

So, I finally have real internet and wanted to share a few things:

Las Vegas was fun but ridiculously windy. We walked around all the hotels and gambled and lost $20 at the Paris Hotel. Bummer!

The next day, we drove to the Grand Canyon and got there around sunset. Awesome pics and views! We found a campground just outside of the park and froze!!! Apparently the high desert gets cold at night...


Zion National Park was after a morning at the Grand Canyon and we loved it. There's a super long tunnel through the mountains and some amazing natural arches and bridges. That night we made it to just before Bryce Canyon National Park and camped in the cold again.



Bryce Canyon was beautiful! (Check out the pics)

We got the annual National Park pass with our receipts from the previous two parks. We're excited about that pass because we can go to many more and probably some day trips in New England when we want to.

After Bryce, we drove about 500 miles to Denver. It was a very long day but we happened to stop at a Mexican restaurant for lunch and it was so tasty! Why did we have to find the best Mexican food ever in the middle of Utah?!


We drove through the Denver mountains, through all the ski resorts, and ended up in a hail storm that was quite scary. We were only ten miles away so we kept going and made it to Ben and Lesley's house. Leftovers for dinner and finally some showers! A good night's rest and an internet day at the house. Tonight, Ben and Lesley are going to show us a bit of Denver and tomorrow we're going to see what the storms are like to see if we're going to take off for Chicago tomorrow or Wednesday.