Architectural Road Trip
Randy came to me last week and told me he wants to take an Architectural Road Trip to cover a bunch of stuff at one time that he'd like to see but that doesn't necessarily warrant its own road trip.
This has nothing to do with China, by the way.
So here's what we're doing this weekend. We're driving up Route 66 through Winslow, Peach Springs, and Seligman and we're spending the night in Kingman.
Then tomorrow we're going to finally go walk out on that big glass bridge thing they built above the Grand Canyon a few years ago that we haven't seen yet because it costs like eighty dollars a person which is ridiculous. I was surprised to find out this was on the list since Randy generally takes his boycotts pretty seriously, but apparently the awesome factor broke him down. It is, after all, a giant glass bridge above the Grand Canyon and we are, after all, only human.
Provided neither one of us plummets to a steep, shardy death, we're then driving the rest of the way to Las Vegas. Primarily to see the new Hoover Dam Bypass, obviously, because whenever I think "Vegas" I always immediately then think "bridge".
Once in Vegas we're going to take a gander at the new and completed City Center they were working on last time we were there, and then we have reservations to go to the Minus 5 Ice Lounge, a bar made entirely out of ice. Ice tables, ice walls, ice chairs, even the drinking glasses are made of ice. We saw it on the Travel Channel last weekend. I can't even write any more about it because I'll start jumping up and down again.
I've packed a huge surprise picnic lunch complete with Brie and bread and prosciutto and tiny bottles of olive oil and aged balsamic, and I'm not at all embarrassed to tell you that I'll be busting out some of the good lingerie over the next couple of days because this is going to be the coolest, most weirdly romantic road trip ever.
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I love the idea of the tiered lingerie system. Like "your birthday is so mundane - every year?? - so you're only getting this Mrs. Claus maribu thing from Kmart. But Vegas? Well shit howdy! I'm packing that Wonder Woman outfit from Fredericks!" ;)
Also, this sounds like an awesome vacation. Ice houses and bridges and historical monuments FTW!
Mia, if I could "like" your comment I would like it twice.
Vegas lingerie = nothing from the Hanes outlet.
When you go over the bridge, be sure to wave at my friend who works for Lake Mead Cruises. She has one of your sock zombies in her office!
You're going to Vegas!? I wish I still lived there. Do people at Minus 5 ever get their tongues stuck to the bar?
Gretchen, I totally will!
And lo, I wish you did, too. I will personally report back re: the ice bar/tongue situation.
That glass bridge thing: HELL no. The ice bar: oh yeeeaaah. Have fun!
When did people start capitalizing Brie? Is this a new thing, or have I not been paying attention?