Jon and Bekah's Life

TGIF

so glad that its friday. this week has been tiring and we are hoping to go to kings dominion to ride some wild coasters this weekend. we planned on going there on mother's day (for hope of shorter lines) but it might rain that day, but we still might go cause that could mean even shorter lines. we shall see. last night we played mexican train dominos with some friends, it was quite the fiesta. well gotta get to work and get this friday finished off right'.
~jon

road trip day4-day14

well we had a wonderful time on the rest of our trip. we have been a little too lazy to update the blog lately, so i am just going to give a little rundown "state by state".
so we left off in AZ were we stayed in yuma a bit longer. while there ryan took us shooting and bekah was quite the shot.

after spending some time with my family and eating a lot of tacos we headed to phoenix to see some friends and my sister at ASU

the next day we were heading for the grand canyon. we camped out there and spent a day hiking with some friends and cooking chunky soup for dinner.

we drove over the amazing hoover dam on our way out of AZ. and then it was on to vegas baby.

that started our time in NV. vegas was cool but we didn't have enough time to see everything we wanted to. also we lost our beloved IPOD there (don't ask) so that made the trip back to NC not so musical.
On to Utah...now Utah has some of the most beautiful mountains and desert lands i have ever seen. we left vegas a little late so we didnt get to spend the time we wanted to in Utah, so not too many photos.

our last major stopping point was in Colorado. we stayed with some old family friends and they were awesome. good food, great ranch house with dogs horses cats and birds (bekah was in animal heaven) and they lived in colorado springs so they had some insite of the area. it was a great time.

driving through the rockies

Bekah and Loot, she got to go riding.

The garden of the gods.

after CO we headed home and made it back in two days.
good times

Cadillac Ranch

Cadillac Ranch
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Amarillo,TX
Random cars stuck in the ground...yet it looks cool, now thats art!

Bekah's new souvenir

Bekah's new souvenir
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Flagstaff

Flagstaff
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bekah (trying) to look tough...isn't she too cute to be tough!!!

Flagstaff/Sedona

Flagstaff/Sedona
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Jon (trying)to look tough, isnt he cute??!! :)

not tennessee(thank goodness)

not tennessee(thank goodness)
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cliffs right outside of Flagstaff

prettier view than the turd in the new mexico toilet

prettier view than the turd in the new mexico toilet
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enough said...

Sedona

Sedona
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Typical Sedona backdrop...just our pic has the added bonus of us two sexy beasts.

Under the bridge (theme song playing)

Under the bridge (theme song playing)
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A stop along the road to Sedona. There was a trail and a beautiful stream down below. The drive along 89A to Sedona was the most amazing scenic drive that either of us have seen yet.

AZ/CA border

AZ/CA border
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In Yuma, AZ. We are right above the colorado river between two states.

Road Trip USA2006

the road trip begins on the 1st of april and will be going until the 15th of april. we are both starting to get reall excited, well i am at least, i'm pretty sure bekah is too. so here is a quick rundown of the trip.

2 people (myself and bekah)
1 car (the scion XB)
15 days
17 states maybe 18
4854.32 miles (give or take)
0 days that we have to go to work
1 night sleeping in the car (every major road trip requires one)
5 main destinations (yuma, az..phoenix, az..grand canyon, az..mesa verde, co..colorado springs, co)
1 ipod (currently with 1044 songs)

so thats the nutshell version, we will be taking plenty of pictures and hopefully putting some up along the way. we got a new camera since our other one crapped out. we will be camping at some spots staying with family or friends at some spots and getting hotel rooms at others. our poor dogs are going to be stuck at the kennel while we are gone, so we will have to get them something special to bring back to them. anyhow if we are seeing you on this trip, i'll see ya soon, otherwise...uhh i'lll see you later.
~jon

to texas, south carolina and back to NC .......... my travels

Ok so i went to houston to do a couple of silver ring thing shows. the flight out there went pretty well, i was at the airport at 450am and got to bed that night at like 1am which was 2am NC time, so it was a long first day, which felt like two days. the silver ring thing shows were great. lots of fun and i got to see some old faces and meet a few new ones. its always a little wierd though when you go somewhere and people you dont know are like "i hear you are so funny that i'm going to pee my pants..." i'm like uhhh...."i'm not that funny (no preasure)." but they did end up peeing thier pants i guess i am that funny, or they just have a weak bladder.
ok so that was on a wed and thur. on friday morning a flew home to NC got back at like 6pm and the next morning at 7am me and bekah were heading for myrtle beach, SC. we had never been there before and we were only going for one night and driving back on sunday. it was really fun but cold.(it had been in the 70's the day before we got there and then in the 50's and 40's while we were there) we ate at some whole in the wall place by some waterfront area for lunch, good food, fish caught that morning. and for dinner we went to cheeseburger in paradise, where i actually met a server named todd who i used to work with at cracker barrel in PA (what are the odds) we also went to the ripley's aquarium while we were there and it was sweet.

so that was about it, i would put up some pics, but my camera crapped out and isn't working (anyone ever get an E18 message on a canon power shot camera??)

el fin~jon

why i hate the radio..

ok so the radio is always on when i'm at work at cracker barrel. i can deal with hearing the same songs in rotation every 45 minuetes, which adds up to me hearing the same crappy songs 12 times a shift. and i can deal with lame morning talk shows that are on when i open at 530am, but this i cant handle...thursday morning...they always do a recap on the tv show "lost" (me and bekah watch this show every week and it is quite addictive) so last week was a re-run of lost..or so i thought..the morning show was talking about how it was a re-run the night before and how the abc website and previews said it was going to be a re-run, but right after the re-run they did a surprise new episode. not only that but the surprise episode had tons of plot developing things happen including two main people on the show (jack and eko) getting killed off. i couldn't believe it...i missed it! it ruined my morning, people were calling in saying how they were so mad that they missed the surprise episode. me and a couple of co-workers who watch "lost" also were devistated...and then about three hours later, they announce it was a prank, no surprise episode, just a prank...this i cannot handle from the radio!

my favorite lady

My new hat
Originally uploaded by notoriousjon.

i'm a lucky guy..i love this chick.

kicked up a notch/chocolate popcorn

so last night we made spagetti with turkey meatballs, but for the sauce we used "emeril's kicked up sauce". i personally am not a huge fan of canned spagetti sauces, but i must recommend this one, it was awesome.

and for dessert we grinded up choc. chips, popped some popcorn and mixed it all together, it made for a perfect snack while we watched "lost" on the couch.

christmas tree

christmas tree
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merry christmas..almost.
i hope everyone has some plans for the holiday season. we are going to SC on wed. to see bekah's family, and all of my family will meet us there on christmas day. what are you people doing for christmas?
anyhow here is a pic of our tree.

myFirstTattoo

myFirstTatoo
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the hebrew word "padah" which means "redeemed"

road tripp'n part 3

oct. 28th-30th

we went to roanoke virginia to see bekah's brother peter. it was good to finally get up there to see him. we had a good time bowling and then we got the "dime" tour of roanoke compliments of peter.

jonBowling

jonBowling
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BekahandPeter

BekahandPeter
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familyPhoto

familyPhoto
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road tripp'n part 4

nov. 4th-6th

we finished our tour of trips in virginia beach. we went here for two reasons. 1. it was bekah's grandpappy's birthday on the 6th and we wanted to spend it with him. 2. a band we both like (thrice) was playing there on the 5th so we were able to see them also. we had a great time at the show, but we are starting to feel old at the shows since we are some of the older ones there now. bekah's grandpappy turned 85 or as he likes to call it 58. we had a great time having lunch and spending the day with him and a few other relatives.

justTheThreeOfUs

justTheThreeOfUs
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this is the only man who is allowed to kiss my wife like that.

bekAndPappyKiss
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road tripp'n part 1&2 of 4

U2 concert
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oct. 14-16 aiken, sc (bekah's parents)
oct. 21-23 pittsburgh, pa (U2 concert)
oct. 28-30 roanoke, va (bekah's brother peter)
nov. 4-6 virginia beach, va (bekah's grandpappy/thrice concert)

the road trip tour started on october 14th. we went down to south carolina to see bekah's parents for my birthday weekend. we had a great/relaxing trip. the following weekend (21-23) we were going to go camping at a lake near by here, however we found out last minute (thursday the 20th) that bekah's brother david could not make it to pittsburgh that weekend for the U2 concert. so he offered the tickets to us, and the next day away we went. i had to open at work on friday so bekah and myself were both up at 430am, we left for pittsburgh after work and thanks to some rain/fog in west virginia we got to pittsburgh at 3am. it was a long day. but on saturday we saw some friends and made it to the concert and had a great time. (thanks david, and natalie you and your family have been in our thoughts and prayers)
that covers week 1 and 2 of our roadtrip tour stay tuned for more.