US tour recap, what a beautiful country we live in!

Hey all, had some technical problems with my blog lately, but now alas I am back in the habit.

So the cross country tour took me from New York, through New Jersey and Pennsylvania and Ohio to Michigan. We stayed for a week or so in Michigan, saw my family and some friends, went to Mackinac, Canoeing, barbeques, etc. as is the norm in the warm Michigan summers.
We also saw a Detroit Tiger's game, the team I have been loyal to my entire life. It was a blessing to see them actually on top of the league, and to see the new Comerica Park with more than 500 people in it!


Then we switched cars and headed out west with my brother. As was told below, we went through Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, and settled again in Colorado for an overnight near Boulder (now famous for the whole Jean-Benet Ramsey, as well as the University of Colorado and beautiful landscape).

The following night we took the best part of our trip (unanimous), camping in Rocky Mountain National Park!


In addition to camping we went hiking, saw an incredible waterfall, secluded lake, and some nice mountains. After killing ourselves with miles and miles of uphill hiking, we retired to our campsight for a nice bonfire, smores, and friendly talk with our cubscout neighbors from Texas.

After that we headed out west for an incredible 14 hour drive from the park, through an old Salon/Mining town called Central City, through the mountains, along the colorado river, had lunch in Vail, and across the endless stretch of mountaineous desert (with no service stations) of Utah, and settled for two nights in Las Vegas.

In Vegas, well I guess it is supposed to stay in Vegas and I am not supposed to talk about it. We basically just chilled and saw the sights, a show, and had some good food! Man, been there three times and I still can't get enough of the Bellagio fountain show. I also heard this time around that Vegas is the number 1 tourist destination in the world, can anyone prove/disprove this?

Finally we hit the road for our final road trip, a small 8 hour trip to San Diego, back to beautiful, normal summer weather. Hana spent 1 day there and flew out back to Dubai. My brother moved there to start his masters. And I flew off to visit a friend and job hunt in San Francisco/Silicon Valley.

And that my friend is one hell of a trip. Two weeks, 2500 miles, two cars, two great friends/family members, and stops whenever we felt like seeing something. I'd do it again in a heartbeat...maybe I should consider being a trucker :).