Las Vegas by Justin

Now that we have the internet, we can catch up on all of the fun things that we've been doing. So before our great trip to San Francisco, we took a brief weekend trip to Las Vegas at the end of July. We should figured we had better hurry and get all of these short trips in before Amy started school again - so here are the pictures:

Same picture from our 1st trip to Vegas together but just one year later and married!



We decided to rent a car for fun - this is what they gave us! Ok, not really - we just happened to see this on display so we took a picture :)



We always have to get some Gelato when it's available!

The internet!!

We finally have the internet! We asked a couple upstairs if we could join on their connection and while it isn't super fast, it is the internet! I feel so much more connected now :-)

Classes started again today. I was relieved to see how easy it was to get back in the school mode. But there are more things to juggle now besides just school so it will still take a little while to get into the new groove. I was thinking about it today and I'll be glad when my life doesn't get disoriented and completely changed every few months. Change is good and fun but I like having steady patterns for a while. Oh and I had to buy books today. That will be another thing I'll be glad to not have to do...hopefully ever again!

Yesterday Justin and I got back from San Francisco. It was such a fun trip! We went to Alcatraz, Pier 39, Fisherman's Wharf, Ghiradelli Square, China town, the Golden Gate Bridge... and walked everywhere in between. We learned that solely relying on public transportation can be... interesting and that it is nearly impossible to dress for San Francisco's weather! But we really enjoyed our hotel and it's location. I think my personal favorite was seeing the seals at Pier 39 and all the chocolate from Ghiradelli Square. I know Justin's favorite part was going to Alcatraz. That boat ride was pretty fun, we could see really thick fog off in the distance then before we knew it we were in it and couldn't see anything anymore then all of a sudden we were right in front of Alcatraz. It was pretty eerie because of the fog--made the perfect setting for the prison. We want to watch 'The Rock' and 'Escape from Alcatraz' now that we've been there. I think it would be interesting to find out a little bit more about the prisoners that were there also. Anyone know anything about Robert 'Birdman' Stroud?? We don't but we want to find out.

I love our trips together! They create such fun memories. I am especially excited about all the pictures we took this last trip. I should be better about getting prints made and scrapbooking them...maybe someday when I have more time!

Here are some pics from the trip:The view from our hotel room window
waiting for our tour to Alcatraz
the fog!... going to Alcatraz

Justin's really cool shot at Alcatrazanother very cool shot by Justin--these cyclists were riding down Market to protest oil dependency