Our LONG road trip was to Sun Valley, Idaho, to go skiing and snowboarding with my family. It was long, like 13 hours long. But first, let’s start from the beginning…
We packed up the rental car:
We grabbed our co-pilots:
And we were off. Fastforward many hours.
We arrive at the Nevada border. Because gambling is obviously legal there, each tiny town on the north and south border is pretty much all casinos. It’s like they want to get your first and last dollar in the state. This was entering Nevada:
A little while later we passed Sin City itself:
Jaybob wanted to see Thunder from Down Under, Chippendale’s or Cher, but I said he could only see Carrot Top. Needless to say, we kept driving.
We passed miles upon miles of this:
A little tiny coyote named Marni at the rest stop:
This was the craziest gas station. On one side was Love’s, a high end gas station with random stuff like leather Nascar jackets and crystaline figures. In the middle was a bunch of slots in the casino. And on the other side was McDonald’s. That’s what I call one stop shopping. What else do ya need??
And finally at 1am we made it to the house where all my family is staying; we were tired, I was so ready for bed (since my normal bedtime is about 9:30), and Jay was missing the Chippendales, but otherwise we were happy to be here and on vacay!
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awww that is a really cute coyote. i kind of want one now as a pet. enjoy the skiing/snowboarding! i’m jealous because i never learned
Have fun on your trip! Can’t wait to see more pics!
CJ
Love’s are the best!!!!!
Please write a review of Sun Valley! I want my next skication to be there!
There’s a Love’s truck stop right outside of Baton Rouge, and when we were little my sister would always tell me that it was for gay truckers.
can your fam adopt me? sun valley is primo…have a good time. avoid the trees. run over some kids. ya know – all the stuff i would do.
awww your dog is so cute! enjoy your vacay! I would love to learn to snowboard one day, but I think my lack of cordination would get in the way.
Woo hoo! Idaho is my home state, and Sun Valley is beautiful! Have fun and make sure you take/share lots of pictures if you get a run in while you’re there!
Have a fun trip with the fam! I’m sure there will be great snow for you!
I feel like “high end gas station” is an oxymoron. Ha!
Love your pup!
Sounds like fun, but damn 13 hours is a LONG road trip! Hope you have a good time!
why do you have a rental car?
Haha! I LOVE your pink sweat suit! Where did u get it?
When I first saw that picture of Marni I thought you posted a picture of her in mid-poop! haha. My first half was out in the Nevada desert, in the middle of the night. No lights, lots of desert.
Sun Valley is where I learned to ski. Just gorg. Have a great trip!
AACK a vicious coyote sighting! But she’s so cute!
Have fun boarding it up in the Potato State!
Welcome to the state in which I currently reside (although you drove through my homestate of Nevada–apologies for the dealthy boring part–oh wait..that is all of it). Have fun in Sun Valley!
we have “love” gas stations in Texas…so your hubby shouldn’t be “shocked” by them..in fact he probably wanted to stop in it
BTW do I spy a juicy sweatsuit you are wearing? you are looking mighty JUICYYYYYY in it. Okay. I’m creepy.