{"id":898,"date":"2013-05-10T21:31:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-10T21:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/popnea.com\/blog\/joshua-tree-las-vegas\/"},"modified":"2013-05-10T21:31:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-10T21:31:00","slug":"joshua-tree-las-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/popnea.com\/blog\/joshua-tree-las-vegas\/","title":{"rendered":"Joshua Tree &#038; Las Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">\nI took Friday off from work and we knew we wanted to go somewhere, but not where we wanted to go. Around lunch we made an impulse reservation in Las Vegas, rented a car and headed out!&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">\nErik made himself comfortable in the backseat.<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-d-1zd-vU1cY\/Uemv_ydvPlI\/AAAAAAAAK1w\/L5G57d994y4\/s1600\/roadtrip.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-d-1zd-vU1cY\/Uemv_ydvPlI\/AAAAAAAAK1w\/L5G57d994y4\/s1600\/roadtrip.jpg?w=1200\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">\nDriving Los Angeles &#8211; Las Vegas takes approximately 4 hours on a good day with no traffic. We were in no hurry though, so we took the long route through Joshua Tree and Mojave National Preserve. &nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-Gly-HVBu4ME\/Uemv-0xc8RI\/AAAAAAAAK1k\/ej4MYXSJXfw\/s1600\/joshua-tree-1.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-Gly-HVBu4ME\/Uemv-0xc8RI\/AAAAAAAAK1k\/ej4MYXSJXfw\/s1600\/joshua-tree-1.jpg?w=1200\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-u48q8pNJ3ng\/Uemv-6mMFEI\/AAAAAAAAK1o\/0i0Exm33lbU\/s1600\/joshua-tree-2.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-u48q8pNJ3ng\/Uemv-6mMFEI\/AAAAAAAAK1o\/0i0Exm33lbU\/s1600\/joshua-tree-2.jpg?w=1200\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-O_Hg-6m67fs\/Uemv-6cmy7I\/AAAAAAAAK10\/b8zE2Ic1wSw\/s1600\/joshua-tree-3.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-O_Hg-6m67fs\/Uemv-6cmy7I\/AAAAAAAAK10\/b8zE2Ic1wSw\/s1600\/joshua-tree-3.jpg?w=1200\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\nSome 9 hours later I was deadly sick of driving and just wanted to make it there. Veronica thought I drove like a crazy woman and was not comfortable in the drivers seat, but we made it there safe and sound! Yay for Vegas!<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Qc-kMJzNVsY\/Uemv_cKnWvI\/AAAAAAAAK2E\/p8b2TrZHvLs\/s1600\/las-vegas.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Qc-kMJzNVsY\/Uemv_cKnWvI\/AAAAAAAAK2E\/p8b2TrZHvLs\/s1600\/las-vegas.jpg?w=1200\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I took Friday off from work and we knew we wanted to go somewhere, but not where we wanted to go. Around lunch we made an impulse reservation in Las Vegas, rented a car and headed out!&nbsp; Erik made himself comfortable in the backseat. 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