Road tripping, day 1

So we got out of Breck and started our road trip. We had a few chores to take care of befoer leaving, like turing in our keys and paying the internet bill but we finally left late morning on Tuesday the 24th. We got onto I-70 in a snow storm and headed west. Vail pass was covered in snow but very quickly after that it turned to rain. Beaver Creek was completely green and the golf course was out. By the time we got any further it was only raining. We kept cruising through Colorado, passing through some really cool canyons and slowly leaving the rain behind. As we crossed into Utah, everything was turning nice a dry and the temperature was picking up nicely for a couple of guys who had been stuck in the snow all winter. We passed through some good rock formations as we drove by the national parks in Utah but soon enough everything was becoming flat, straight and empty, something we would be getting used to. We were running low on gas and weren't sure if we'd hit the next services so we decided to head off the freeway to the nearest town. We had to go 12 miles before we hit the first gas station, and there was nothing there. A small nothing town in the middle of nowhere, it just made you think what the fuck were these people doing here and how could they every stand it? Anyway, we would come across places a lot worse than that through out the trip because we had decided to go by highway 50, which is the loneliest road in America, instead of I-80.

We mananged to get through Utah and into Nevada. First thing we saw? (apart from flat, straight and empty) Yup, a shitty little motel with some slots. People could get their fix as soon as the crossed the border, but they must have driven a long way to get there becuase there wasn't anything around. It was the same every place we got to. A little motel, gas station, post office and a casino and that was a town in Nevada. We kept on trucking and night fell. I was behind the wheel and a massive rabbit decided to dive for the headlights and I hit the beast at about 60. It caught us by surprise but there were plenty more rabbits going for the car after that. Luckily we were ready and didn't hit anymore but they were coming for us. We finally made it out of the desert and started coming up on the Sierras and then Lake Tahoe.

After almost 16 hours on the road we made it to South Lake Tahoe but we weren't getting any rest yet. Arthurs friends we were staying with worked evenings and nights and the day was just starting for them. We got in a 12:30 am and went straight out to the bar. A few drinks and a few hours later we had to stop by a casino and show Arthur what was on tap. And when you're in a casino and drunk someone is inevitably going to gamble. Well to be fair Arthur was pretty set on it from the get go so we hit the roulette table for a bit of early morning gaming. After a bit of fun we headed home and went to bed watching the sun come up. If this was the way the whole trip was going to go it was going to be trouble.

Road tripping