Little travelling tidbit for ya… apparently the FAA doesn’t allow people to check in to their flight more than 4 hours before it departs.  So Spence-O and I had to wait for 1.5 hours in the lobby before we could actually enter the airport.

Last night we stayed in Laughlin, NV.  We affectionately nicknamed it Vegas Jr.  It’s got casinos and a mini-strip of its own.  We ended up finding a $2 bet blackjack table at one of the casinos there.  I doubled my money (Off an initial $20).  Spence-O wasn’t as fortunate.  One thing about casinos that is great (and not at the same time) is the complimentary drinks they provide.  I had way too much to drink last night.  I actually didn’t get back to the hotel until about 9 AM, so I had a nice hour nap before we had to check-out.  I have no idea what happened to me between the hours of 3 AM and 9 AM.  When I woke up from my nap I found $20 (extra) in chips from the casino I was at.  Score!

So now we’re waiting another 3 hours for our flight back to the east coast… A 5 hour flight to the coast, lose an hour due to daylight savings time, then a nice 5 hr car ride back to blacksburg.  It was a good trip but I’m glad it’s over… I’m exhausted…

Spence-O and I have left San Diego.  Took us about 3 hours to get 60 miles (courtesy of some nice Friday rush hour traffic.  Today we went to two beaches (Imperial Beach, and coronado Beach) but we were only there for a few minutes each.  It was too cold out to actually do anything (temperature was probably around the 60s, but you have to factor in the ocean breeze).

After the Beaches we went to the World Famous San Diego Zoo.  It was pretty neat.  I was a little disappointed.  That was mostly because of the animal cages though.  They aren’t really camera friendly.  If it was a glass cage there would be smudges or glare, and if it was a wire cage then the camera would focus mainly on the wires, not the animals.  I hate that.

Over the course of the trip we’ve taken 1072 pictures.  Also on the trip I’ve learned that I don’t really like my camera at all.  I really need a digital SLR or at least something closer to that style.  I really enjoy technical photography… manually focusing the camera, messing with exposure times and f-stops, etc.

This summer I will probably buy a new laptop (Apple Macbook Pro) and a new digital camera.  Call them graduation presents to myself since my parents are most likely not going to get me anything.  Anyways… back to the epicness…

Traffic in SoCal is dreadful.  It alone is enough of a reason not to live out here.  San Francisco was the best California city that we went to.  Had the most to do… was very cultural.  If someone lived there though they’d have to be in great shape (LOTS of hills).  Mythbusters is also filmed there… I didn’t find that out til we were in LA, and it wasn’t really remotely close to anywhere we went in the city, but I wish we had stopped by there.

Back to the road…

P.S. We passed a sign getting on US 40 that said Wilmington, NC was 2567 miles away.