Day 6-Destination: Las Vegas, Nevada (760 miles, 12 hours)
It was actually painful to wake up this morning. The twelve-hour drive through The Rockies and desert made us realize that we have been in the car for 36+ hours and driven over 2,500 miles. Again, it was physically painful to wake up this morning. The alarm went off and we eventually made it on the road at 7:30 Mountain Time and headed out for Vegas.
The Rockies were gorgeous, and just unbelievably pretty to drive through, over, and around them. Somewhere near Vail, Colorado Meagan and I passed the Continental Divide. What's that? Good question! We didn't know either. Apparently it's at that point in The Rockies where certain rivers flow out to the Pacific Ocean, and not the Atlantic (as the rivers on the eastern side of the Continental Divide).
Utah was probably my favorite state to drive through. For the majority of the state, there was some crazy pretty view, rocky structure, or scenery you couldn't belive you were looking at in person. We tried, but the pictures and videos don't do it justice. Anyone remember the rocky courses in MarioKart? That's what Utah looked like..we were ok with that being the case.
After a quick drive-through of Arizona, we got into Nevada and were a two short hours away from Vegas. It's here that I'm going to sign off, and let the better writer take over. Meagan will (she doesn't know this yet) write all about Vegas tomorrow. Here's a little glimpse of the night to come: We're staying at the Venetian! Holler.
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