Road Trip

Day 1 Saturday 7/31/10

We left around 5:30 from Houston. Justin drove first while I navigated. Not hard to do since we were in Houston. Our parent's gave us trip ticks from AAA but we never looked at them. I just used me phone the whole way, much easier to read and finding gas stations. After 6.5hrs(midnight) Justin and I switched. We weren't even out of Texas yet and we only stopped once for gas.

Day 2 Sunday 8/1/10

Driving I-10 wasn't to bad of a drive. I had to stop twice for gas, we stopped when it was half a tank, Justin didn't want it to go below half. We got closer to El Paso and all I saw were bright lights, thought it was the border and a big fence but nope it was the city. It was almost daylight from all those lights. Justin slept the whole time I drove. About an hour after we passed El Paso it was Justin's turn to drive and I went to sleep for almost 2hrs I think and Justin was still a bit sleepy so we switched again and he slept some more. When we got to Tucson we stopped at a gas station and parked and slept for 2hrs and then woke up, ate, filled up with gas and I drove some more. From Tucson we were about 6hrs from San Diego. We finally reached Arizona and we stopped at a rest stop and switched. I pulled out my computer and we watched, well I watched and he listened, the movie Charlie's Angels 2. That is when we came upon the mountains of rocks and boulders. We stopped at a gas station and had subway and saw a lamborghini who's driver was dorky enough to wear the lamboghine t-shirt. Justin was still driving at this point. We reached San Diego around 4:30 California time. So the trip took about 25-26hrs without the time change. Not to bad. We then got a hotel room on base at the MCRD and then went to see the movie Despicable Me. Funny movie, I liked it. We got back to the hotel and both go on our computers. By 1am we were both asleep.

Day 3 Monday 8/2/10 *Mom's birthday*

We slept in till 2pm. I kept waking up every so often though, phone would ring, noises outside, and just couldn't get comfortable in that bed. Justin slept in the recliner but ended up moving to the floor. After we both had showered and were awake we went to go eat at In and Out burgers. Good burgers, then we went to the beach for 5 minutes then went to the mall downtown where we had dessert and then went to see Inception. Very good movie but I must saw that is the 2nd movie Leonardo has been in where his wife dies(coincidentally they are both shot, well one dies twice, first suicide then shot) and he has kids and there is a twist in the movie of some sort. Great movies he's in just thought that was interesting. We went back to the hotel and I let Justin have the bed and I took the recliner since he was getting up at 3am to drive back to Pendleton to report in and go to a doctor's appointment. After he left I took the bed back.

Day 4 Tuesday 8/3/10

I got up around 9:30 and left the hotel by 10. Went to the Market place and chilled there for a little while enjoying the weather. Then walked around in the Exchange and then called a taxi to come get me. The problem with the taxi was that they couldn't come inside the base to get me so I had to walk to a gate and call them and let them know which gate I was at. Man hauling that luggage around and walking in flip flops can make you break into a sweat. Glad I wasn't in Houston with the humidity, I would have died!!! The walk wasn't to bad I just wasn't sure where I was going, I had to look at google maps on my phone so I could figure out which gate to go to...love my phone. I got to gate 5 and had to only wait about 15-20min for the cab. Nice guy and the ride only cost about $10. The base is next to the airport the only thing that separates them is a fence. But couldn't walk there, it was to wide around and I might get run over by a plane..lol. So here I am sitting at the airport very early waiting on my flight. It was a fun trip and I am glad I got to spend time with my brother. Pics are posted on my facebook.