Honeymoon Day 1 - Urbana, IL to Nixa, MO (11 November, 2005)

After a year and a half we have finally been able to begin our honeymoon vacation. What tropical destination you ask?

While most people going on their honeymoon in mid-November would choose Jamaica, Aruba or Hawaii we have chosen another less crowded route: The American Southwest (Colorado, Utah and Arizona). Nothing's more inviting than Colorado mountain passes in the refreshing November rain!

Well, we headed out from Urbana after work on the 11th of November...our first stop was Nixa, Missouri where Mr. and Mrs. Hayden live. We had to drop off the dog and it was a free night's sleep so we thought that was a good deal. It also got us a 6 hour headstart so we could make Colorado by the end of day 2. From Nixa we're going to visit squished penny (elongated coins, if you're European) machines through the panhandle of Texas, the Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado, Mexican Hat, Lower Antelope Canyon and other such exotic locations.

We hope you enjoy reading the text and seeing the pictures as much as we enjoyed living it.