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Well the trip ended officially Fri. morning at 4:35AM. A lot of stuff happened over the last two or three days.

Las Vegas: Great city but, if you stay there bring lots of cash. The Bellagio was really nice. I looked around the place and thought, now THIS is what a casino should look like. Very swank, I did not stay here as it is SOOO out of my price range but, yeah the place is very cool. The water fountain show outside it is neat but, it's like Stonehenge you see it and then after you see it your like, ok where to next. Bally's was a nice place to gamble in as well, mostly I played the slots which FYI apparently the newer 10s didn't work in them. I wanted to see Penn & Teller at the Rio casino but sadly 75 bucks at that point was a lot of cash, if I wanted to get back to KY, partly with what I had left. The weather was nice but, the freaking wind chill, brr. If you go to Las Vegas ever, walk up and down the strip it's something to experience.

Hoover Dam: ... ok I took pictures as I drove over it. I just didn't see the point in stopping here and taking a tour. I think at this point I just wanted to have a somewhat smooth drive that didn't seem as rough as that hour or so I spent in the Rockies (LOL, little did I know what was coming up next.). I just didn't stop here, I just took some pictures while I drove over it.

Grand Canyon (yes it's a city look it up yo): So despite the fact that I was running into snow and ice, I stubbornly traveled still all the way to the Grand Canyon to find that the view I got was mostly just white, lol, oh and I was very cold once or twice while trying to take pictures. Next time I won't be so stubborn about going to see something when there is ice/snow coming down so bad that even driving at 20 mph your car is slipping and slidding.

When I traveled from the Grand Canyon to San Antonio I TRAVELED. This wasn't no 500 mile trek, oh no no, we're talking close to 1,000 miles folks, which is quite a bit different. When I say I didn't really eat much of anything or sleep for almost two days, I mean it. By the time I was getting close to San Antonio the darkness of Tuesday was giving way to the sunrise of Wednesday. I just about got into an accident while in some city, the sun was so blinding at the stop light (sleep deprivation probably didn't help). The rest of the drive to San Antonio I kept having momentary seconds of drifting off.

San Antonio: The moment I got into San Antonio I was awake, big cities will do that, mainly cause of all the other cars around I guess. I spent about a half hour trying to find my friend Kim's place, Mapquest.com is faliable even one time out of three I guess. I thought some of Frankfort's shopping center roads were screwed up, pft, San Antonio's, least in that one section I was in, was confusing. Kim's a cool gal, she was leaving the next day so we just hung out, she took me out to lunch, which considering the lack of food, I was grateful. I would have paid but A.) Knowing her she would have fought me over it and B.) At that point I was hungry and there was no WAY I was gonna turn down a free meal. I got a chance to meet Kim's mom/bro/and sister too, so that was kinda cool. I left there at about 9pm and proceeded to look for the elusive hotel room. I found one which was moderately cheap I guess, it wasn't no 70 or 80 bucks like a lot of the others though, I can tell you that, crap I'd rather sleep in my sleeping bag then pay that. I missed the continenal breakfast that morning by about a half hour, which I was kicking myself for. After leaving the hotel and freaking out over the directions for a little bit, I passed through Austin, Dallas, Nashville, etc. The only times I stopped were 4 or so times for gas, other then that I was determined to get back to Frankfort, and I did, it was around 4:30am but, I DID get back.