Finally!... Day 1

Day 1 Finally!


I know Mom already posted for Day 1, but I had this written out first... and it's from my perspective. AND... different pictures! Although I still took them all. (Except for the ones with fingers in them of course.) :)


For those of you who don’t know my family…

The Hamilton clan.



Steve and Salome



Destiny and Christopher



Amy



And Grandma - Salome's mom.


For me, it really felt like all I did was sleep and eat and eat and sleep. ☺ Probably because that’s all I did.

We left early yesterday morning and headed straight for Mesquite, Nevada. Some of us were more tired than others. (Cough - Jeff - cough.)



And Jeffery.


And the Premer Clan!



Momma Charlene.



And me, Lizz.

On the way we stopped in Boron to visit the Saxon Aerospace Museum. Outside was a real, no longer in use, U.S. Air Force plane that we took pictures on and by. The museum was tiny but fun. They had actual aircraft set up and displays of pictures of pilots and plane parts.



On one wall was a computer for a flying simulation that Jeffery, Amy, Steve and I used. They all had to land in the lake bed, but not me ☺ I landed on the strip. Hehe. It was a fun experience though.



Furthering our journey, we stopped at Peggy Sue’s 50s Diner for some milkshakes and pie. They have a back area that is pretty cool, with giant statues of dinosaurs and a gorilla with a little pond with huge poi fish and some ducks!



One of the ducks had an awesome Mohawk! Apparently, we’re not supposed to touch the turtles, but they were swarming to us! They were red-eared sliders and I used to have one, so I felt comfortable with them. Ah, turtles.



Across the street from the restaurant were some kind of tanks. Jeffery seemed to know what they are; I’m still unsure. But they look pretty cool.


For the next few hours, I slept! Woot! Felt good, too. I won’t lie. I woke up to Mom on the walkie talkie with Steve in the other car being confused as to whether or not we’re in Vegas. We were in Slone, but I guess it’s changed a lot.



Mom used to come here when she and her mom traveled, so we decided to take the “Fremont Experience” too. We at at Magnolia’s in the Four Queens. After Magnolia’s and a trip up and down the strip, we headed for the hotel in Mesquite where we crashed! Into our beds, of course. (I'm glad I re-read this before I posted it; that could have been confusing!) I know we were all tired, so it was nice to have a bed to sleep on, instead of the cramped backseat.


More later today. Maybe I'll actually get up-to-date. :)
Lizz