Today we woke up very groggy, sore, and blistered. Sarah and Phil both had GIANT blisters on their toes from Half Dome the previous day. Dawson woke up early and took a short walk and found this fuzzy caterpillar.
Phil thought it was cool.
So did Totoro.
While packing up the tent we found the daddy of all the spiders in our campsite. It was almost tarantula sized.
On the way out, we took a picture of the Yosemite sign, and then the sign on the way into Sequoia.
And, as promised, here's a picture of Sarah's Pokéman, Pii and Totoro.
That night we stayed in a campsite in Sequoia.
Day 20:
After waking up, cooking some hash browns, and packing up, we headed to the largest tree in the world (not height-wise or girth-wise, but in overall cubic feet-wise) called the General Sherman tree.
Everyone thought it was really cool that we had a gnome with us, and took lots of pictures. Every time we passed someone, we could hear them murmuring something about gnomes, or travelocity.
Phil found a tree with a large growth, so he jumped the fence and kissed it.
After carrying our fifty pound gnome the half-mile back up to the car, we drove out of sequoia and on to Vegas!
After a four hour drive through the desert, we managed to get a flat tire within site of the strip. After quickly changing it, we drove in on the spare tire and checked into our room at the stratosphere. It was an amazing hotel room, especially after camping for a few weeks.
After checking in, showering, and taking a quick dip in the pool, we went to the airport to pick up Lizzie! She had just gotten in from North Carolina and had flown out to Vegas on a whim to meet up with us on our last day.
After getting back to the hotel room, we took off on a walk down the strip. Tim found a terrifying clown to stand in front of at Circus Circus.
The strip was quite an experience. So many cultures, and all of them were drunk.
It was fun having two new members on the trip.
Tim wanted his picture taken with the Eiffel Tower and the moon.
We saw two of the signs that Brant designs the structures for.
We also decided that Tim should join Thunder Down Under.
We all parted company close to the end of the strip. Sarah and I headed back, Tim and Phil walked through every casino on the strip, getting hit on by cougars, and Connor and Lizzie continued to walk the strip. About halfway back, Sarah and I decided that we were sick of walking (the strip is about three and a half miles long) so we took the bus the remaining distance back.
Sarah and I got back around three thirty, Connor and Lizzie got back around four thirty, and Tim and Phil got in around five thirty. They wanted to go to the pool, but it was closed, so they decided to take a bath together.
Day 20:
Waking up in Vegas!
We packed up and headed out of the hotel I looked around, but there was only one place open in town to get the tire changed, and because it was Sunday, the wait was five hours, so we decided to risk it and headed to arches on the spare.
After driving about eight hours, we pulled into Arches national park at about eight PM. Unfortunately, all the campsites were closed, so we headed to Moab and camped in a little RV park. We were able to sit in the pool a few minutes before it closed.
Day 21:
After waking up, eating some of the last scraps, and packing up, we headed into arches national park.
We took some short hikes to the arches and took some cool archy pictures.
It was really really hot, so we headed back to beautiful Colorado.
On the way back, we stopped in Glennwood Springs to swim in their giant pool. After about three hours of hot spring water, we headed back home! We got back at about ten thirty, talked to Sarah's parents for a while and then went to sleep, at home!
We hope you enjoyed our blog!
Until Next time,
The Great Idaho Circlers.
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