roadtrippin

 so. i survived finals! yayy, me. the moment following, i headed to my apartment and started packing. i took a car load to the nana's and we enjoyed a celebration/goodbye dinner at our favorite restaurant, pf changs, and got the traditional lettuce wraps, asparagus, and eggplant. it was the best!

i then did the rest of my packing and cleaning of the apartment thursday night up until about 2 am. i woke up about 6:30 and finished the rest of my cleaning, checked out with my apartment, checked out w/ HELP and then i was on the road to california for a long, solo, roadtrip!

last night in fleur-de-lis, two ohh three--like the emptiness & cleaning supplies?

around one 'o clock, i took off and did my best not to fall asleep after the long week of finals and packing.

my fav part of the drive--canyon through az

kiersti's family was kind enough to let me crash at their place for the night, even though they were away on a trip in california! so, i got this lovely setup to clean up, eat, and rest in vegas for the night :]

i made myself at home in kiersti's room (note the buddha statue) && i was able to finish a paper and write some letters before i passed out at 10 o'clock...but before passing out,

kiersti told me that this treasure was hiding in the garage freezer, so i took her advice and had some for dessert :]

when i woke up, the first thing i thought about was that i was in the same city as a coffee bean location. so, naturally...i make a quick stop before getting on the road again

however, it should be noted that this was not a quick stop--this is the cb in the pallazo on the vegas strip.  it took me over an hour trying to find exactly where it was, find parking (in which i finally parked illegally in employee parking), navigate through the casino, and finally finding my haven. only to wait in line for another 10 minutes.

$6.43 later, i had my iced english breakfast tea latte...it was all worth it

many of you may be familiar with my history with this deserted place, the "town" of baker.

a couple years ago when i made the journey from home to utah...my transmission decided to die and i became stranded a few miles out of baker. only to be towed back and stuck in the taco bell/gas station for a total of 13 hours waiting for superdad to come to the rescue. at least they had the giant thermometer to get me posted on the weather, right?

clearly, i made it to california...where else would you see these gas prices?
in provo i filled up at $3.50/ gallon, the price steadily climbed with each passing city.

this was my attempt to capture "the bumpy road" growing up, this was always a point of reference on our drive. i always thought it was the funnest part, because sometimes you would lose your stomach on the dips like when you're on a roller coaster! my sister, steph, however, didn't care too much for it...she always got sick. and usually threw up. nonetheless, pearblossom rd brings back many childhood memories.

 676 miles later, i reached my exit

home sweet home!

here's the route of the whole trip! didn't look at this until after i arrived home. i wanted to challenge myself to see if i could make it home w/ no directions or map. turns out, i can--lucky i've become very familiar with the LA freeways

happy easter, everyone! easter post soon to come :]