after we left kentucky, we had a killer driving day. we drove through Indiana, Illinois and Iowa in one day. it took us about 13 hours to do. we ended up passing through a time zone which was kind of discombobulating on top of the long drive! we got a motel room that night and ate at this gross diner and fell exhausted into bed.
Illinois - The Land of Lincoln
this reminded me of the car crash scene in Beetlejuice!
we stopped at this museum while passing through Illinois
this is NOT lincoln's hat
whoo hoo lincoln!
old timey piano
the best part of the museum - dress up in the children's section!!! (we were the only ones in the museum BTW)
sitting inside a teepee!
Iowa - Fields of Opportunities
sunset over Iowa
windmills we saw the next morning leaving waterloo, iowa
after saying good bye to will's dad in west virginia, we finally started our road trip into new territory! we camped in charleston, west virginia for one night but i forgot to take pictures (it was a very pretty - on top of this mountain, completed surrounded by trees but way too many noisy bugs!).
the next day, we drove through kentucky and stopped at the Natural Bridge State Park in Slade!
they have a gondola at the state park that you can ride to the top of this cliff to see the "Natural Bridge"
going up
and up...
and up...
someone sent their cooler ahead of them!
AND UP!!!
almost there!
made it to the top
thank god for self-timer cameras
the view below
the Natural Bridge - made out of limestone
another view of the bridge
the scarier part was going DOWN!
straight shot down!
the view was amazing
if you are ever in kentucky, i highly recommend going to the Natural Bridge!
our campsite is below, to the left of the road
lake near our campsite
sun going down in kentucky
will and i embarked on our journey to california on september 8th, 2009. we left hartford, connecticut and drove first to D.C. to visit will's mom. we stayed there until september 12th then headed to wardensville, west virginia to see will's dad before we traveled westward!
in front of the White House
just happened to get there at the same time as Obama!
we went up the washington monument
view from above
we visited the mexican cultural institute with will's mom
our car all packed up and ready to go - it's soo full, its ready to burst!
taking a walk with the dogs at will's dad's cabin in w.va
view of the garden from the front porch
hiking to swim at a reservoir
two minutes before this pic was taken - we saw two copperheads on the shore!!!
me & will & will's dad
i don't think we were technically allowed to swim here...
so pretty!
...stayed tuned for more pictures from our road trip - i have soooo much more!
I made it to California okay! We got here last Tuesday but we have been so busy, I haven't been able to update! I will put up pictures of our adventures when I have more time.
I hope you all are doing well!!!!!!! XOXOXO
my boyfriend and i are embarking on our journey westward tomorrow! we are moving to oakland, california and we should be there by the end of the month. i have just spent the last four days saying goodbye to practically every person that is dear to me. it has been very sad and i am emotionally exhausted and overwhelmed. i knew it was going to be hard to leave but i didn't know it would be this hard.
i never thought i would miss this place so much. it's really not about the place you are - it's about the people that are with you. i'm going to miss so many people and i appreciate everyone so much for being in my life. i feel so blessed to count so many amazing people that are close to me. i love you all so much, i can't even type because i can't see through my tears.
i never thought this day would come ;-( i am excited for my journey but pieces of my heart are being left behind.
i won't really have regular access to a computer while i am on the road but i'll try to update when i can! until next time loveys!!!
OMFG!!!!!!! apparently i entered some contest online through KC101 and won tickets to see Britney at Madison Square Garden in NYC TOMORROW NIGHT!!!! they called me today while i was at work!!!
i am so freakin psyched!!!! my sister brianne is coming down from boston to go to the show with me - she has never seen britney before!!! prepared to be amazed, brianne!!! my boss is letting me leave early tomorrow so we have plenty of time to catch the train into the city and i am coming in late on thursday - yessss!
i am seriously so astounded and awed!!! this is like the tenth time i've won tickets to something from an online contest on the radio in the past two years - i seriously lost count of how many times i have won things, its getting a bit ridiculous!
what a FABULOUS way to end my time here on the east coast! going out with a bang with britney!!!!
you best believe that i am wearing my outfit again for this concert! this is britney's last concert that she is playing in NYC with the Circus tour! maybe i will make her website again??? one can only hope!! look out for me NYC!!!
on august 8th, will and i drove to mansfield, ma to the Comcast Center (also known as Great Woods) to see the Blazed & Confused Tour with the one...the only...SNOOP DOGG!!!!!! it has been a lifelong dream of mine to catch my favorite rapper in concert. i planned this event months in advance but unfortch some things came up so my friends julie, mikala and katie couldn't make it up there. i was a bit bummed about that because this was my last concert on the east coast so i wanted to make it really special and have lots of my friends around. even though they didn't make it, we still managed to have fun. luckily we were able to find takers for two of the three tickets we had left so my sister brianne and her wife yami came, and then they brought along two of their friends.
will & yami
who wears a michael bolton t-shirt to a snoop concert??
this bag of cookies was a neccesity - def needed our munchies, haha!
inside the concert - love this pic!
the huge crowd
me (& random dude) obviously pumped for snoop!
snoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooop!
drop it likes its hot!!! it was awesome - he sang all of his classics!
and da brat showed up!!!
literally blown away by snoop
will and i traveled down to manhattan during july to celebrate my BFF lynnieloo's birthday. we had such a great night!!!
first we started off going to a mexican restaurant and then we went back to lynnie's apt to cut the birthday cake!
this is the underwear i got from the britney spears store for lynnie's present - i bought a pair for myself and for mikala too (early bday present for mikala, her bday is in september).
lynnie enjoying her cake - she so cute!
the boys singing some crazy german song
nicole (lynnie's sister) and me singing single ladies - thats me trying to do my beyonce move
lynnie & nicole
love this pic!!!
work it
don't stop believin!!!
it's britney bitch!!! center of attention even when they're up against the wall!
our next stop was a spanish alternative dance party that we found in the bottom of a bar.
group shot!
we had never heard of spanish alternative music before but it sounded like disco music but with spanish lyrics!
the boys!
me & my girlies
haha
all of us!!!
mimosas and bloody marys!
the gang at breakfast!
snuggling with lynnie's doggy frankenstein
snuggling w/ franks and mikala