Thursday, March 24, 2016

Day 2&3

 Day 2 was one of my favorites by far BUT it was the most exhausting but so much fun!
We started the day off in the gym, got ready then headed to Trenton NJ to pick up his dad and head to Philadelphia.
 When we arrived we had NO plan which probably wasn't really all that smart but it all worked out. We walked around a little then went to get a philly cheesesteak, we met a guy who owns most of the stores in the place we were in and he hooked us up with a tour bus deal.

 I did not eat this entire thing, maybe 1/4! so yummy though! Do you see why I worked out everyday??
 His dad, Dave and me freezing at the top of our double decker tour bus waiting for our 90 minute tour.
 FROZEN!
 
 
 

 


 ROCKY!!

 Have I mentioned we were freezing?? It actually started to snow the last 30 minutes of the tour which was cool.




 This was absolutely the way to go if you want to see everything quickly. We paid $20 a ticket and it was so worth it. Not only do you see everything but you have a tour guide that makes it all very interesting.
 We just had to take pictures with the Rocky statue in the visitor information center! Ok the guys didn't really care but I talked them into it.
 We headed out of the city around 4, dropped off his dad, picked up his step dad then headed to Atlantic City!
 The weather was absolutely yuck so the casino was perfect for Saturday night! I figured we would have fun but I had way more fun than I thought I would have.
 We went to Caesars which was awesome, I loved the décor!
 
 
 
 
 Love this man!
Me and his step dad, I was on my lucky machine by this point where I ended up leaving with $85. I played $60 total, we were there almost 2 hours and I took home $85 I would say that's not too shabby.

The drive home was scary because we did back roads and when I say it was pitch black dark outside I am not even kidding! I was just praying no deer ran out in front of the car or that the car wouldn't break down! At one point Dave turned the lights off for like 2 seconds and I did NOT like that. It was just WAY too dark and there were hardly any other cars out there.

We headed back to the hotel and passed OUT!!!

Sunday (day 4) was a kinda "lazy" day. I took no pictures if that tells you anything. We slept in then he went to hang out with his family and I stayed around the hotel and worked out. He came back to get me later that afternoon and we went to his brothers house for the evening. We had the BEST pizza I have ever had while there, that is one thing I may miss about Jersey. It was really nice to get to know more of his family and while we were there it started snowing and didn't stop until the next morning! I kept looking out the window and his sis in law was probably laughing inside at me because to them that snow was nothing but to me it was insane. We ended the night with a parfait from Wawa which was delicious and walking dead!

Monday we woke up to snow but more on that later!

Sara
 

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

NJ Day 1

You would think after driving all day we would have slept good BUT our room was a sauna. We literally were sweating our first night there BUT the temperatures dropped so the rest of our nights there were cool. Thank God!


 We woke up and headed to the gym which was really nice! They had lots of machines that our gyms don't have so I enjoyed getting to switch my workouts up a little bit.
 We got back, got ready then headed to lunch with his brother and sister in law, I really liked them a lot and the food was so good. I also got a mimosa because why not, I was on vaca!

 
 After lunch we went to his parents house and then we all headed down to Seaside Heights home of the awesome Jersey Shore show. haha that show made the shore look bad but my experience was much better.


 It was an absolutely beautiful day out there, I loved it.

 The infamous Shore Store where the cast of Jersey Shore worked, I did not go in but of course I had to take a pic!



 We all got a Philly Cheesesteak and Fries and sat on the boardwalk to eat.

  

 We did get a few t-shirts in here that were not tacky but as you can see there was plenty of tacky going on in here!

 The sunset on the way back to his parents house.
We saw a couple of his buddies on the way there and stopped to chat for a few.
 We ended the night at a local pub with a few of his family members! He had invited some friends but ya know you can only count on your family :)
 


Dave, His Step dad Pat, sis Breana, Uncle Michael and little Michael!

We stayed until 10:30 then went back to the base to CRASH! Saturday was a HUGE day and luckily Friday night I slept like a baby!

Sara