Vegas & Joshua Tree

Trip on a budget? That was our goal initially. But in the end it actually ended up turning out into one of my most favorite adventures.

Planning at the start, Vegas seems to be an inexpensive way to fly to the wast coast. But neither Alis or I, wanted to go there for the things it is known for. We don’t like drinking, being out late or gambling. Our goal was finding somewhere affordable that was an escape from Chicago’s chilly temps. Somewhere warm where we could spend time outside. West coast sounded like the perfect place.

Well, first problem we ran into, was that Vegas was not much warmer in the spring than Chicago. Actually, after checking temps, it looked like it was warmer in Chicago.

We still tried to enjoy time at the pool. But temps kept dropping. Then there was a sand storm. A full day where we were unable to take advantage of it. We couldn’t do some of the few touristy things we had planned for Vegas.

On our second to last day, we were able to rent a car and start a quick road trip to Joshua Tree National Park.

This was our first road trip in a while since we tried doing a last minute 6 hour drive to northern Michigan (and back) from Chicago.

So an almost four hour drive wasn’t so bad.