So today was supposed to be a trip through Joshua Tree National Park, but the Park is closed with no route through. As an alternative we decided to go shopping at the Las Vegas Premium Outlet Mall. Before shopping we stopped at the famous "Welcome to Las Vegas" sign as we said goodbye to Vegas.
I'm not usually a fan of shopping but this place was pretty damn good. There were so many stores, most of the items were decent value, and most of the items were discounted further than the tag prices. I ended up buying quite a bit (for my standards) and Jess picked up a few bits whilst carrying my bags for me :)
We were at the shops for quite a while and set off for our final hotel at about 14.30. We drove through the Mojave Desert back towards LA. The weather had shifted and today was the first bad day we had on the entire trip. A little taste of what's to come back home.
It's a strange feeling to be at the end of our trip and thinking about home and the dreaded "W" word. We're both looking forward to picking up Nay Nay from the cat jail though. Tomorrow we leave the hotel and head for the airport for our flight home and the end of our adventure. This was a pretty big undertaking for a 2 week trip planned from scratch and completed by just the two of us. Before finalising our itinerary we had researched similar trips and advice given by others, most people seemed to suggest that we would be taking too much on within our time frame. I think we proved them wrong. There was a lot of driving, we will finish at about the 2,500 mark, but as I'm conditioned to lots of driving everything was quite comfortably achievable and we got to see so many awesome places. Short of events outside of our control restricting our access to the National Parks, everything else has gone as well as it could have. We've had a great time out here and we'll leave with memories that will last a lifetime and the hope of returning someday. Hopefully soon :)
I don't want to give the car back!!!!!!!!!
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I cant believe its all nearly over what am I going to do now when I get to work :-) ? I've really enjoyed ready about your trip and following you through it, glad you've both had a fantastic time and I wouldn't want to give the car back either! I bet Nay Nay cant wait to see you both and I bet although the thought of coming home is sad you cant wait to see her either, safe trip home xx
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