Road Trip part TWO

Continuing from last post....
Wednesday afternoon, after we left the Grand Canyon, we headed up to Las Vegas for the night!
We were able to catch the "BLUE MAN GROUP" perform, and it was very fun :)
Here we are in our ponchos, since we sat in the "You might get Wet" section...

















And here is Ben with one of the Blue Men! (haha)


We stayed at the Trump Hotel, (thank you priceline!!) and had a super fun time!

We left Thursday morning and headed up through Death Valley, Ca to get to our next destination. It was HOT HOT HOT (I think 120 degrees!) And at one point we were 200 feet below sea level! Crazy! But the view was great! :)







We passed through Hoover Dam on our way into Reno, NV to stay for the night at the Atlantis Hotel. Also very nice! (and cheap thanks to priceline) :) They told us when we checked in that they didn't have any queen rooms left, so they were going to upgrade us to a king hot tub room for free! Sweet! We ate dinner at a very swanky steak house in the hotel that night, and had a fun time hanging out and relaxing.

Friday morning we woke up and drove the rest of the way into Oregon, arriving at Ben's aunt and uncles house in time for dinner! :) They are super sweet and let us stay in their RV for a few days while we hung out with the family. Here we are on their front porch:



Saturday morning we woke up early and headed to Crater Lake, OR with Ben's dad. I must say I think it might be my favorite spot of the whole trip - the view is BREATHTAKING! It looks fake in pictures because it's just that amazing. Here, see for yourself :)





If you ever get the chance to go, DO IT! It's such a neat part of God's creation. :)

We also saw some neat waterfalls in Oregon, and got to go to Ben's dad's church and eat lunch celebrating his graduation! That was the main reason for this trip - to see Ben's dad graduate with his masters from the University of Oregon, which happened on Monday. We are so proud of him! Here's a few pictures from graduation day.





We stayed one more day in Oregon -- then got up EARLY EARLY Wednesday to start the journey back.... but that will have to wait until the next post :)