Jaded: March 2011

Ok, so the last blog was focused on traveling to areas around where I live/have lived. Now I will share my legit traveling pictures and stories!!

So the first vacation I will share is Vegas, Baby, Vegas. It was in April and we went as a group. Nick and I and our friends Matt and Anahi. We had an absolute blast!
The Pool Area At Our Hotel

My "Tattoo"- Marijuana

Nick's "Tattoo"- Gun

Everclear Concert- It Was Awesome

Matt And Anahi- They Were Obviously Thrilled

Nick and I

Then there was Florida. Florida was my favorite vacation thus far. Nick and I went for one week to Orlando for his birthday. Neither of us had ever been there before, so it was fun to discover all of the new things together for the first time.

This Was Our Hotel/Pool/Room Area

The Kitchen

Living Room

Bathroom

Tub

Bedroom

Dining Room

Pool View From Our Room

We Got To Hold This Alligator

We Swam In This Hot Spring- Which Had Water Mocassins, Alligators, Alligator Gars, Etc...It Was Totally Worth It!

We Went To Cocoa Beach For Dinner

Visited Sea World For The Day

One of the days we were in Florida we went to a place called Siesta Keys Beach. It's South of Tampa, and it was the most amazing beach I've ever been to. The sand is as white as snow, and soft like baby powder. The water wasn't clear blue or anything, but it was warm, and if you swam for a little while in the ocean, you ended up on a sandbar a ways out. It was crazy fun. It was also the first time I've ever swam in the ocean!

On the day that we went swimming at the Blue Springs National Park (The Hot Springs Pictured Above), the Walters were kind enough to be the ones to take us and show us around. They were so great. They took us swimming at the hot spring, then took us to eat at this incredible restaurant right on the lake, where I got to eat alligator. (It was tasty.) And took us on a ride around the lake. It was beautiful! So- a BIG thank you to the Walters.

The Walters

The Walters, Nick and I After Swimming At Blue Springs

This Is The Entry Way To The Lake

Nick and I On The Lake

The Restaurant That We Ate At- You Park Your Boat In The Dock There

My First Taste Of Alligator

The Beautiful Sunset As We Were Going Back That Night

That, I Have To Say, Was A Perfect Day!

Next on the list is a trip to San Diego, California. We went to hang out for a week because my cousins Jonathan and Alanna were having their wedding at Point Loma. It was a beautiful wedding, which of course I will share pictures of, and I am so glad Alanna is in our family now!

Richie and I

Nick and I

Carly, Ashlee and I

Jonathan and I

Our Hotel/Downtown San Diego

The day of the wedding we went to the USS Midway, which is a ship in the San Diego bay that is still a working, running ship which you can tour. It was great.

Then we headed over to Point Loma, which is the Navy Base in San Diego to get ready for the wedding.
Point Loma Navy Base, San Diego, California

Carly and I Getting Ready For The Wedding

Nick and I At The Wedding

The Wedding Set Up

The Bride and Groom

The Wedding Guests Kissing

The day after the wedding, Nick and I decided to head over to Coronado Beach to see what it was like.

Going Over The San Diego/Coronado Bridge

The Coronado Hotel

The Tree At Coronado Featured In The Marilyn Monroe Movie "Some Like It Hot"

Hanging Out On Coronado Beach

Then we had to go home :(

Nick and I went back to Vegas, and he took me to see the Hoover Dam for the first time! It was great. We went down inside as well, but didn't do the full tour. It's a pretty neat story and tour. We also got to go to Phantom Of The Opera at the Venetian. It was seriously amazing!!

This Is Nick And I At Phantom- As You Can Tell...He Was Really Glad To Be Going

My First Trip To Hoover Dam

^^ Inside Hoover Dam ^^

And Of Course, In Vegas, You Have To Get A Little Crazy...

And recently I went to Vegas, and Mikey and I roamed the streets of Vegas all day and all night. We got to Vegas at 1:30am Saturday morning and left at 6:00 am Sunday morning to come home.

On Our Way To Vegas