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September 25, 2007
Back on track
Well, September is quickly winding down, but mother nature has forgotten it's autumn time! Don't get me wrong, I enjoy the nice weather, but 80 degrees here in the northeast in late September is a bit too warm for me!
I hear the rain drops tonight though outside against the window and it is MUCH needed rain indeed!
We've been back home nearly a week now, how time flies! Finally getting back on track as far as work and school schedules go. Devon is all caught up on her work and Hannah still has a few things to get done and turned in. Her open house is tomorrow as well as picture day! Dev missed her pics this year, but hopefully she can still get them done if I make an appt with the photographer. Need to call him about that!
The leaves are turning quick, our anniversary is in a couple of weeks, my little brother's 3rd anniversary is today! I want to plan something special for ours this year, it will be our 8th. I'll have to get to thinking on that.
My boss also wants me to think about taking a trip to Washington DC in April too. Andy would stay home with Hannah, but Devon wants to go and she is old enough to enjoy a trip like that. I've got the travel bug I guess!
So, there may be another, shorter, trip to plan here in the next few months!
Posted by tracey at 08:27 PM | Comments (0)
September 22, 2007
We Had
a WONDERFUL time!!!
Our trip out west was grand!!! The best vacation I have ever had! It was fast paced, but a TON of fun. We covered almost 3700 miles AFTER we got to Vegas!
I LOVED Vegas and want to go back again someday, but not too sure about the plane ride. I may have to take some medication and a few stiff drinks for the next time!
Our flight out was eventful, an elderly man expired on the plane. We had just gotten airborne, only about 45 minutes into the flight and getting to cruising altitude when all of a sudden the stewardesses were calling for help, "Is there a doctor or a nurse on board???"
UGH, the most dreaded words of all time as I was holding onto the seat in front of me with my head down trying not to pass out myself! I was of NO help to this poor old man that wasn't breathing anymore!
Thankfully, my co-worker was able to help and there were also two other nurses on board as well, no doctors of course! Never around when you need them!
We had to make an emergency landing in Albany NY to get him and his poor wife off the plane. I'm sure he didn't make it despite the defibrillator attempts and CPR that was performed until emergency personal could take over. I was sure this was to be a BAD OMEN for the rest of our trip, but it wasn't.
We had a blast once we got there. Vegas is SO much fun! I told hubby we need to go back, just the two of us, and spend a long weekend, he said he'd rather spend a week at Yellowstone, UGH! I mean, I liked Yellowstone and all, but not a week of it!
We saw so many places, I especially enjoyed the Grand Canyon, AWESOME view!
South Dakota reminded me a little of Vermont, Keystone and the Black Hills area that is. Rolling mountains and pine trees. LOTS of Buffalo and Mt. Rushmore was great to visit. We also saw the incompleted Crazy Horse Monument, will be VERY cool when it's finally done.
Deadwood SD was neat, old time western town not far from Sturgis. I would have liked to have spent more time there as well. Mom won more cash at the slots there!
Sheridan and Cody Wyoming were historical, Cody especially. I became facinated with Buffalo Bill Cody and Calamity Jane!
From there it was off to Yellowstone, more buffalo and elk, deer, antelope, grizzly's etc etc - the buffalo were everywhere! The geysers and hot springs are neat, some very pretty, some very stinky of sulfur and then of course there was Old Faithful...
Gardiner MT was small, but quaint and then Jackson Hole Wyoming was very nice, romantic like, but not so much so with two kids and a mother along! Oh well, another time...
The Grand Tetons were spectacular and I loved Salt Lake City as well. The mountains around the city are beautiful and we even stopped off at Temple Square, quite a place.
Then it was back to Vegas and we stayed at Circus Circus the last night. The place is HUGE! Absolutely HUGE! We checked in and then couldn't find our room for like 20 minutes! It was across this casino, up these escalators, take these elevators to the 28th floor! Once there though and settled we had another fun evening. You can pretty much eat or gamble your way through that town and we aren't much for gambling so we hit the restaurants! The kids enjoyed their 3 acre adventure dome/amusement park, Mom enjoyed the slots and Andy crashed! (he did do most of the driving.)
Our friends we traveled with know Vegas well so it was fun to have our own personal tour guides to check out the strip, Freemont St. the Bellagio Fountains and MUCH much more!
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