http://blog.dfx.org Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:52:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We started Monday with a trip to SportTour in Cincinnati to pick up some luggage for my bike, and then spent the rest of the day traveling. We entered Pensylvania in the early afternoon...  I was amazed at the drivers here...  At every ramp onto the interstate, we found people stopped, ... http://blog.dfx.org/2008/08/19/vacation-day-10-cincinnati-oh-to-new-stanton-pa We only had one goal for Day 9, and that was to make it to Columbus, OH by 5 pm.  a couple days earlier, I bought a GPS (TomTom Go 930 for those interested) at Best Buy, and was putting it through it's paces...  It was working great until we ... http://blog.dfx.org/2008/08/17/vacation-day-9-st-louis-mo-to-cincinnati-oh 3733 Day 8 left us in St. Louis, so of course we had to go see the St. Louis Arch...  I was amazed at how large it was, and I didn't know it was made of metal...  Not to mention that there is a huge complex below it, including a museum, ... http://blog.dfx.org/2008/08/16/vacation-day-8-tulsa-ok-to-st-louis-mo Another travel day, with nothing much to report...  We did stop for lunch at McDonald's in Amarillo, TX, and then for some Dairy Queen... And we were not impressed... Both places were extremely dirty and messy...  The bathrooms were disgusting, and the workers were pretty useless...  Not impressed at all. I ... http://blog.dfx.org/2008/08/15/vacation-day-7-albuquerque-nm-to-tulsa-ok 3730 Day 6 ended up being mostly a travel day, with a brief stop in Holbrook, Arizona to visit the museum, and then a drive through the Petrified Forest nearby.  The trip through the "forest" took about an hour, and wasn't nearly as "exciting" as we had hoped...  We did get ... http://blog.dfx.org/2008/08/14/vacation-day-6-flagstaff-az-to-albuquerque-nm So I promised an announcement today... and here it is! As I mentioned in the previous post, we visited the Grand Canyon yesterday... What I didn't mention, was that I took this opportunity to ask Chantale to marry me... And she said yes!  So now it is official!  Here's a shot of ... http://blog.dfx.org/2008/08/14/vacation-day-5-special-announcement 3721 We started our fifth day with a trip to the Silverton, which is quite a bit farther south than the strip.  The Silverton is famous for it's HUGE 117,000 gallon aquarium and the Bass Pro shop attached to it.  We stayed for a while and watched the fish, gambled a ... http://blog.dfx.org/2008/08/14/vacation-day-5-las-vegas-nv-to-flagstaff-az Tuesday, August 12th marks the first day of our trip that we actually stayed in one place for the entire day... 3718 We got up early, and drove to the Hoover Dam...  About a 45 minute drive from Las Vegas, and well worth the trip!  For $7 parking and $12 each for ... http://blog.dfx.org/2008/08/14/vacation-day-4-hoover-dam-and-las-vegas 3709 We're finally here! We paid for a room for two nights at the Stratosphere right on the strip, and got a great deal, $132 total for two nights!  The Stratosphere is a VERY nice Hotel/Casino, and is located at the North end of the strip, with easy access to a variety ... http://blog.dfx.org/2008/08/12/vacation-day-3-cedar-city-utah-to-las-vegas-nv 3706 Our second day of traveling has been fairly uneventful...  We tried to make up time lost the day before so we'd be closer to Vegas... First thing, we stopped at Wal-Mart in Helena and loaded up with some food...  That place has everything!  And it's sure handy having a 12V Cooler ... http://blog.dfx.org/2008/08/11/vacation-day-2-helena-mt-to-cedar-city-utah