A&S- East Coast Wanderers: July Part 4- Sam's Vacation

Just last week Sam and I took off for a little getaway! Since I just went home to Michigan, I let Sam completely take control of this trip. We had a great time! Wednesday night the plan was to leave after work and drive to Vegas. As I called him to tell him I was on my way home, he tells me he's highjacked the plans! He decided he wanted to play a game of ultimate frisbee with his best friend Rich and that we would be leaving later, but only driver to Cedar City, which is about 3 hours or so away. Like I said, this was Sam's trip so I went along with whatever! We didn't get into Cedar City until about 1am! The next day we went to see a movie at the historic Cedar City theater on Main Street. We saw the Croods, we didn't love it. Next we grabbed some amazing local BBQ that they had smoking outside of the restaurant! It was called Sonny Boys and we highly recommend it! http://sonnyboysbbq.com/ Before leaving for St. George, we checked out a huge earth-mover that was outside of a museum for the town.

Four Kegs

We then headed to St. George for 9 holes of golf during 'twilight' hours. Ugh, but let me tell you, St. George stays HOT until the sun goes down. So even this twilight golf was almost unbearable. Sam teased me that I might have been kicked off the greens because after one hole I went back to the car and changed into yoga pants and a tshirt just to try to stay a little more cool! But Sam played really well (I just sit in the golf cart or help him collect his balls). We were finally Vegas bound. For a late night snack we hit up a joint featured on Diners, Drive ins and Dives called Four Kegs. Sam ordered one of their famous Strombolis :) we had a great waitress and we're really impress with the little hole in the wall place!

Next stop was the Gold and Silver Pawn Shop of course! If you haven't seen Pawn Stars on the History Channel then you're missing out! Its one of our favorite shows. We went after their shop was closed, but there was an extremely friendly security guard outside who chatted us up a bit. We knew we would come back the next day before taking off. So the picture of us in the shop is out of order, its from the next day. But isn't it great?! We went back to the shop the next day right before closing, so practically no one was in there. We had time and space to look around at all of the really cool memorabilia that has been featured on the show. Sam and I were trying to take a picture of ourselves and the gaurd next to the door offered to take the picture for us, again, a really nice employee. And can you spot the awesome photo bomb? Well, we knew he did that right after it was taken, but I think it makes the picture even better! My favorite part of going inside of the shop was seeing the chairs where a lot of the conversations between Rick, Old Man and Corey take place. Before going, we read a lot of negative reviews of visiting the pawn shop, but to be honest I loved it. One of the highlights of the trip for me!

The other big highlight of our trip was going to a live taping of Wheel of Fortune!! We had VIP tickets since we booked our hotel at the Venetian through a Wheel of Fortune promotion. We started about 10 rows back, and got a better seat during each taping (there were three total). Our last seats were two rows back right in the center! They were SO close and such a good view! It was fun to watch how fast paced the show was in real life. Pat and Vanna were charming and friendly, engaging with the audience during breaks. All three of the shows we watched be taped had high winners, it was great! Our three shows will air during Valentine's week, watch for us in the audience! I'm wearing my bright teal lace shirt!

So whether you believe it or not, Sam and I left Las Vegas Friday night around 9:30PM and drove through the night home. We didn't get home until 4:30AM!! But we both thought the drive home went quicker than the three hours that it took to get to Cedar City the few days prior. Finally, the following was plotted on our drive home, Sam being the main force behind it....