Leaving on a Jet Plane

After a stressful week, we finally left Santa Cruz via Greybound -- bound for Las Vegas. We visited my Uncle Nick and Grandma June, hung out at the Colorado river, and watched one of the best firework displays! We chilled in Nick's pool, barbecued, played cards with my Grandma, and played pool on Nick's table too!! Then we left for Texas where we floated on my grandpa's lake most of the time, drank beer with a few of the locals, and melted under the big, hot, Texas sun (everyting's bigger in Texas (except for the beer quality!!) no offense Texenios!). Kim adds: It's was a surpisingly welcoming and loving place desite the neighbor's tattered confederate flags on the road leading to grandpa's (but at least it's history). We visted more family members in Dalls on the way to the airport and we were off!!! .... but not before US Airways made me travel 3 miles! from where we checked our bags to print an intenerary for our trip >:o . Talk about a pain in the ass! We barley caught our plane, but it all worked out in the end!! At least we landed -- and that's what I paid for I guess! But all shitty airlines aside, we've made it to Rio!!!! Time to party!!