day 1: vegas, baby!

[this post will be brief.. we do not have wireless internet our current hotel... my apologies!]

let the journey begin! it has been a bittersweet start to a new adventure in our lives... we have made a home and 'family of friends' in california, but we are also heading towards our family and friends in north carolina. we have been quite busy the past week with getting our things and apartment in order as well as trying to get to see everyone and everything in the bay area that we so very much love and will miss (more on that later when i have access to wireless and my camera). thank you to all of our west coast loves for an unforgettable send-off and for all of your friendship and support throughout the past 5-6 years and beyond!

today, we left our apartment in palo alto and headed east... er... southeast-ish to start our journey across the country... first stop... VEGAS, BABY!

thats's right... we drove 9 and a half-ish hours (with 3 brief stops) to las vegas! i (megan) have never been, paul has been when he has chaperoned the caldwell wilderness trip x 2... but let's face it, livi wanted to see the bellagio water show... so we headed to sin city with our wolfpack of 3 (didn't you hear?, livi is joining us on this ride! and don't worry... the wolfpack reference is from 'the hangover' and in no way demonstrates a devastating change of allegiance of this tarheel gal.).

paul drove the first 1.5 hours and then i wanted to show my stuff as the driver for the rest of the journey... woot woot! (in all reality, paul is an excellent navigator and i get car sick easily... this means i drive).

with all that said... we have arrived! livi seems to be loving her first hotel stay and paul and i are about to check out the strip! below are random photos from the day (my blogger app does not let me sort them appropriately for some reason... or add captions, which i believe are much needed... type A personality nightmare...)

can't wait to see what tomorrow brings!

safe travels from nevada!
the mobleys