Friday, July 25, 2008

Dinner at Pinoy Pinay 7/24

We had daing na bangus, lechon kawali, rice/corn with gata and melon drinks. Yummy!

Pics from Vegas 7/24 and 7/23

They won these toys!














Happy Skye
















Ia on the firing range













@ ChowKing with Friends


Ia in one of the scary rides





@ Adventuredome having fun





@ Jollibee






Dinner @ Jollibee 7/23







Hoover Dam 7/23










Thursday, July 24, 2008

i won!

Kids at sponge Bob 4d ride

Update from vegas

Pictures from the last 2 days will be posted later. Wifi sucks in here in the hotel we're staying.

Drive from phoenix to vegas was exceptionally stunning. We avoided the freeways and took smaller highways in order to see and feel the heart and soul of the southwest. We saw miles and miles of rock mountains, deserts, Joshua trees, and pure nature. We had a great time at the massive hoover dam. Pictures will be posted later.

We finally arrived in vegas after almost 300 miles and 6 hours. We had dinner at a popular filipino chain restaurant (jollibee) and some shopping at best buy for a new GPS ;)

We will spend the day at the adventuredom then lunch at chowking!

More later

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Fil-Am Friends






























Some old friends from all over the states gathering in Arizona, Phoenix!

Hi EVERYONE!

Just relaxing at the hotel and headed for another dip in the pool. Hi EVERYONE!

Monday, July 21, 2008

Shopping around phoenix

Currently around 108 right now. It's dry so it's ok. Phoenix is nice and much like north Dallas in many ways. Palm trees and vegetation are so uniquely phoenix.

Pre-reunion party tonight with some Fil-am friends.

Kids with me in one of the malls here.

Pictures Day 1 and 2

Busy at iHop in El Paso















@ hotel pool today














@ Cracker Barrel in Abilene, TX

Fw: At last phoenix!

Had the most challenging drive in my lifetime so far! We left DFW around 11am yesterday July 20. After just 200 miles, we stopped by abilene to have lunch at cracker barrel for good old American cuisine. Then another fuel pump in odessa Texas. On the way to phoenix, we had a very scenic drive across Texas. Saw hundreds of huge windmills and amazing rock hills and mountains. Then dinner at ihop in el paso. El paso is so nice at night! We never had a chance to get around because I had to take the hardest stretch of my drive. 6 more hours thru the night in dust storms and swarm of insects. It was so difficult to drive for 18hours! The last 100 miles was the most difficult.

After 18 hours, 3 hefty meals, $160 gas, and my butt so sore, we finally arrived in our hotel around 3am mountain time. The hotel night manager was kind enough to reward us a suite for the price of a regular room!

4 hours of sleep and 2 hour time difference is not good. Will eat and update this mobile Blog later.

Sorry for the typos. BB pearl's keyboard is so cramped!

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Nikon P80: Perfect Cam for the Road Trip


10MegaPixels, 18x Optical Zoom, wide-angle and compact camera. Unfortunately, some of the pics I'll be posting directly to this blog will be coming from my Pearl 2MegaPixel Cameraphone :( I know it's mediocre but it's the fastest way to blog via my mobile phone.

frankie

Our roadtrip to phoenix and las vegas!

Excited to embark on our first family road trip!

frankie