It snowed in the city, so on thursday night Chris's friend Sam called looking to hit a spot in the city. So we rolled over to meet up with Sam and his friends Madison, Aaron, and Mia. So we all left in four cars to go pick up another girl, Darrah, and head over to the spot. It was a middle school some where in sugar house. Unfortunately, it didn't snow as much as we would have liked. So two hours and a lot of back pain later, we had a run in and landing. So I set up the camera, (cause lets be honest, im not that good) and let them do work. Welp, on his third try, Chris ran over the bungee (the tow rope) and didn't get the right take off, so upon landing, he fell on his wrist. At first he thought it was only sprained, then he moved his jacket back, and lo and behold it was broken! So I gathered up most of our stuff and headed over to the hospital. Keep in mind it was 1:30 am. So after a bunch of x-rays, resetting the bone, and giving a temp cast, it was now 4:30am. I nodded off a couple times, but ultimately, he was bandaged up and we got home around 5am. UPDATE: Chris has since gone to the orthopedist and got a hard cast. As of right now he doesnt need surgery, and at the end of the 4 weeks, I hope he is all healed! Bad news: no snowboarding til then for him. =/ I only got a few pics of the night cause I had limited battery and I forgot my flash. (We left in a hurry)
setting up lights for the rail
Spot Check
Aaron boardslide
The jump Chris fell on.
In between the initial break and his second visit to the orthopedist, was his birthday! So since he cant snowboard we went to Vegas! it was super last minute but we found a room for $49.00 at the Riviera. So around 4:30 pm we headed for Vegas. I had a whole $56 in my wallet and Chris had $5. Fortunately, time was on our side since we crossed into the pacific time zone and gained an hour. We checked in at 11:30 and went on a gambling spree! We went to Circus Circus and we were doing great! I won $40 on the slots! We took a little walk down the strip, but then we realized it was almost 4 am, so we went back to our room and slept on the most amazing king size pillow top mattress! Waking up was another story. Once we were up and moving we went to the buffet and had some breakfast! It probably wasnt worth what we paid, but the waffles were good! We continued to play the slots at the Riviera cause they gave Chris a free $10 for his birthday! I had the genius idea to just put it in the machine and then cash out. Unfortunately, it didnt work like that. I guess the casinos are one step ahead. So he had to play the game he put the comp card in, but he ended up winning $5.75. Back to Circus Circus! I won again and so did Chris, so once we were both ahead we headed off to the Pawn Shop!! Of course the one day im in Vegas, none of the Pawn Stars were there! Ugh I wanted to meet them so bad! We did get to walk through and see all the cool things that I saw on the episodes! It was getting kinda late in the day so we tried to find a Dunkin Donuts and then get back on the road. Well that was a bad idea! Im not the best at driving stick, and since Chris is gimpy, I had to drive in the city. Oh joy. So after getting lost for about an hour we figured out that the DD was in a casino, with only valet parking. So I pulled some not-so-nonchalant moves, kinda hit a curb and got back on the highway. Man oh man the drive back was bad. Within 30 mins I was falling asleep. So we switched for a while, I took a cat nap, we got some food, and made it back to Salt Lake around 1:30am tues morning. All in all it was a good birthday and a good trip to Vegas! Both of us left with more money than we came with. It wasn't a significant amount, but at least we didn't lose! Going back to reality is never fun. Hopefully we can go in the spring for longer than one night! I think three nights would be good! Maybe next time we will stay closer to the middle of the strip. We were more on the northern end so all the huge awesome casinos were not in walking distance. I'm pretty sure it was one of Chris's best birthdays! <3
our awesome bed!
no if's, and's, or, BUTTS!
the Stratosphere! (the rides are on top!!!!)
Pawn Stars!
Chumlee!! <3
I have more photos, but most are on my phone cause I didn't want to tote around my camera at night. Now off to bed to get a good nights sleep.. finally!
-Stephanie
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love vegas!!
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