Vegas

Vegas.  What a vapid place. Completely superficial in every way, all the way down to the soil.  That soil can’t sustain anything except a cactus and yet it is supporting an entire city of a million or more.  But that’s the way we roll in America. We want a giant city where people can lose themselves and greed and sin so lets put it on the least sustainable place in the country. It makes sense when you stop and think about it. But besides all that I really had a nice time. 

Tom is out playing poker all summer (alll summer looong...) so I wanted to go visit him. It is so much fun being in love. I wish I could bottle this emotion and take a shot anytime I wanted a good healthy high. I won’t go on and on about how wonderful he is, although I easily could. We mostly just had a great time.  He showed me the sights and some of his favorite spots.  We had a nice balance of tourist attractions and chill evenings and outings with the guys. 

Despite not loving it I did go out a second time as well.  This time was meant specifically to drive home with him. We intended on camping, but neither of us were feeling well so instead we had a good ol’ fashion road trip.  First stop was Green River, Utah. Not much to it. It’s sole purpose, I’m pretty sure, is a truck stop.  We stayed at the Motel 6 and drank some really terrible water.  Utah is beautiful though.  We made use of their scenic overlook rest stops.  I’d like to explore more of Utah.  Next day is on to Colorado. We did the scenic drive through Colorado National Monument and then a spur-of-the-moment wine tasting in Palisade. Our stop for the night was in Glenwood Springs. What a nice town. We almost lived there so it was fun to daydream about the “what ifs”.  We got lost a lot of times and couldn’t figure out how to get to the hot springs. We made it 20 minutes before they closed and at $12 a ticket, 20 minutes is not worth it. We tried to play putt-putt golf, but they were closing in 10 minutes.  So instead we bought 50 cent ice cream cones from Burger King and giggled our way back to the hotel room.  Our last day we took the scenic route home from Glenwood through Aspen and over Independence Pass. It was so pretty! 

I had such a fun time with him. This trip had a lot of potential to suck since we both were feeling sick, but it turned out to be the highlight of my summer.  How wonderful love is.