i set my alarm for 6 am. which i wasnt looking forward to, we didnt go to be till after 2! luckily i didnt need the alarm. my sweet johnny sent me a text message saying he was going to bed. it was 315 am in vegas. what he was doing i have no idea, but he just wanted to say goodnight... i got up and went to wake up danielle, and that wasnt happening. so i went back to sleep for a bit. after getting all our stuff together and in the truck we set off to find the closest gas station. danielle wanted coffee, but there was nothing to be found. i called highway information to see what they knew, and who'd of thought that they would have actually been helpful! thanks to maria for putting us up last night... you are wonderful!
these pictures were taken in wilmington, ohio. there was so much snow! all of danielles stuff had been moved out of her house the night before, so there was nothing for us to sleep on at the house. so we stayed at danielles good friend marias. she had a super cute cozy apartment. we stayed up way too late watching the blue comedy tour! but dang are those guys funny!
this is bobby. i totally picked him up at the gas station :) go me right?! haha! i noticed his work shirt. it was just like mikeys. so i asked him where the harley shop was, and he asked about where we were going and all that stuff. i mentioned mike ran the service department back home, and he asked if we wanted to "swap shirts" so i went and picked one out, he gave it to us, and i promised to send him one back as soon as we got home. he was such a cool guy!
so the plan was to take the 71 south through cincinnati all the way through kentucky then to nashville where we would catch the 40... it kinda happened like that... kinda :)
kentucky was sooo uneventful. and kinda ugly :/ it was mucky and brown, and the sky was super gloomy. there wasnt much to see, and we got kindof bored. thats why you get a picture of danielles grubby feet. there were some way cool icicles hanging off the rocks, and to spice things up we totally rocked out to songs i will never admit i ever listened to! we got a bunch of truckers to honk at us, you know all the dumb stuff you do when trying to hold on to your sanity!
this was our map.. vana is directing you to our location...
it really got pretty into tennessee. still nothing to see, but the nothing got prettier.
the sunset coming into nashville was the prettiest i have seen in a long time. it was fabulously hot pink! i was in love and took a ton of pictures. this is the only one that even kindof shows you how vibrant it was.
we finally got checked into the hotel, and walked across the street to get some dinner and just enjoy not being in the dang truck. unfortunately it escaped my mind that sunday evening, anywhere other than vegas, is still holy. THERE WAS NOTHING OPEN! dang it! we wandered till we found an irish pub, who not only was open, but were happy to see us! after some delicious potatoe soup and some fantastic fish and chips, we were fed, happy and on our way to bed. god bless the loud rowdy irish folks who know the only thing thats still holy is food :)
so we went window shopping, did i mention nothing was open?! VIVA LAS VEGAS, we have no idea how spoiled we truly are!
