Road Trippin'

On this day a year ago, Shaun and I were in the midst of our best summer ever! We had just been married and were spending two months traveling and honeymooning. The perk of spending four grueling years at the Air Force Academy, is that upon graduation, you then have 60 days of leave... free and unattached to do anything you want. Well, Shaun did have one attachment... ME! :) We were married on Day 3, so we technically only had 57 days of honeymoon, but I'm not complaining.


For 8 of the final days of June, we went on a road trip from Colorado Springs through Utah and Nevada to LA for a couple days, then back around via Pheonix, El Paso, and Fort Worth before coming back to Colorful Colorado. We were able to see some of the gorgeous landscapes in the West, but better yet, we spent time with family and friends on each stop!




Here are some snapshots from our trip:

We drove through the Colorado National Monument to start our road trip. It was worth the extra driving time it took. It made us sad to think that we were saying good-bye to such a beautiful state soon.

Simply breathtaking in person!

The park's famous coke ovens rock formation.

You can see just how big and pretty this national park is.

After 10ish hours on the road, we got a speeding ticket only half a mile from our hotel.

Parowan, Utah... you are dead to us.

We didn't spend much time in Vegas, only enough to fill the car with gas and fill our tummies with some In-N-Out! Mmm!

With long-time O'Bryant family friends, Tim and Janet Simonec.
We had such a great time with them in LA!

Hollywood!

Eating lunch at the Farmer's Market, we saw Matthew Gray Gubler from the TV show Criminal Minds, so we asked to take a picture with him.

Shopping on Rodeo Drive
(Don't worry, we walked away empty-handed. Though the 12-carat diamond ring we saw in Cartier's window was tempting...)

Venice, California

The trip to Fort Worth was to see my cousin Jeremy's wedding to his wife, Kaci.
This is him walking my Aunt Robin down the aisle.

Some rural Texan scenery on our way back to Colorado.