Spokane, Washington --> Gainesville, Florida: Day 3

Day 3!

Departing conditions:

• Time: 9:45am (Pacific) Sunday, April 24, 2011 (Easter)
• City: Manhattan, California
• Temp: 60
• Gas: $47.05
• Gallons: 10.945

It was great staying with my uncle at his house. He lives right on the beach in California and just a flew blocks away is where Tiger Woods has a house!

View from his roof in Manhattan Beach, California

Me and my great Uncle Earl

Stop #1:

• Time: 10:45am (Pacific) Sunday, April 24, 2011
• City: Hollywood, California
• Temp: 70

Welcome to Hollywood!!!!!  With only 4 hours allotted to our trip to Hollywood, CA, we definitely wanted to make it count! We arrived on Hollywood Boulevard and checked out the Walk of Fame.

Margaret and I with Carlie Sheen! WINNIIINNGGG!!!!

Halfway through our Star Walk, we stopped at Grauman's Theater to check out the hand and foot prints in the sidewalk.

Then we hit up Madame Toussades. We even ran into some famous people!!!

Margaret and Forest

Captain Margaret!

We hit it off great! Me and Jack

Sue Sylvester is a badass!

Tiger needed some help sinking that putt.

Well, we met some great people, took a bunch of photos and grabbed some souvenir's. We even caught a glimpse of the Hollywood sign!

No, it is not a picture of this random guy, but look to the right of the car and you'll see the Hollywood Sign!

We left Hollywood, California at 1:15pm and headed on over to Las Vegas!!!!!

Stop #2:

• Time: 1:57pm (Pacific) Sunday, April 24, 2011
• City: Duarte, California
• Temp: 70
• Eating place: We were starving and out of the hustle and bustle of Hollywood, so we stopped for some grub! We ended up eating at Qdoba and treated our self to a relaxing dessert at Tutti Fruitti (frozen yogurt). Even though we were on a tight schedule, we sat outside and enjoyed our first day of sunshine and heat since we left Florida two months prior.
• Miles driven: 1,405.2 miles

Stop #3

• Time: 5:10pm (Pacific) Sunday, April 24, 2011
• City: Yermo, Nevada
• Temp: 67
• Rest stop --> we REALLY had to pee! Wearing a dress at this rest stop was....a challenge. It was extremely windy! So windy that I had to take off my dangle earrings because I felt like they were going to be ripped from my ears! The wind had to be at least 50 mph, and it was constant. So I held my dress down with all my might, let my hair fly all over the place and ran to the bathroom. There was no way we were going to give up this rest area, especially since it was the last one for a VERY long time. I'm pretty sure my face got windburn...if that is such a thing.
• Miles driven: 1,585.5 miles

Even though we were so close to Las Vegas, we had to stop and get some gas!

Stop #4

• Time: 6:05pm (Pacific) Sunday, April 24, 2011
• City: Las Vegas, Nevada
• Temp: 74
• Gas: $37.38
• Gallons: 9.587
• Miles driven: 1, 643.7 miles

Stop #5

• Time: 6:34pm (Pacific) Sunday, April 24, 2011
• City: LAS VEGAS BABY!!!!!!

We drove down the strip and parking the old girl at the Paris! It is one of my favorite casinos on the strip. Then we made our way over to the Bellagio Casino. Apparently we were just in time for their famous Fountain Show! Unfortunately for us, it was cancelled due to too much wind :( We did get some great photos while waiting though!

The Flamingo...the beginning of it all.

Waiting for the fountain show that never happened.

The Paris.

The Bellagio at night...gorgeous!

Woo!!! Paris!!!

Gambling was a must while in Vegas. I played Roulette. Lost $30. I should have bet it all on black! Margaret played a round of Roulette and then hit up the slot machine. Margaret lost $15. Not too bad for a few hours in Las Vegas.

Since we had to be in Flagstaff, AZ that night, we had to leave earlier than we would have liked. But we had to do what we had to do! We left Las Vegas at 9:13pm.

Stop #6

• Time: 9:32pm (Pacific) Sunday, April 24, 2011
• City: Las Vegas, Nevada
• Temp: 73
• Eating place: McDonald's --> because we gambled...and lost :(

Sleep!

• Time: 1:16am (Pacific) Monday, April 25, 2011
• City: Flagstaff, Arizona
• Temp: 39
• Resting place: Quality Inn --> they advertise, "No Train Noise". Not sure why, but we didn't hear any trains! Finally, we were getting some sleep so we could explore the Grand Canyon in the morning!!!

ELEVATION: 7,335 ft --> no wonder our ears were popping like rice crispies!