We're in Cedar City, Utah for the night. We didn't cover a lot of distance today but we knew we wouldn't since this is the leg of the trip we planned to spend the most time enjoying. We started the day slowly, enjoying Mother's day brunch at the Luxor. We were planning to visit Grand Canyon national park afterwards but were disappointed to find out it was closed today. However, we drove through nearby Zion national park which was equally impressive I'm sure. Tomorrow, we're aiming to reach Denver.

Our first day on the road is over. We drove south through Monterey county one last time, then passed through Bakersfield and the Mojave desert until we reached Las Vegas. We checked into the Luxor Resort Hotel and Casino for the night. It's not the kind of place we plan on staying at for the rest of this trip, but we decided to splurge this one night since Jul hasn't experienced Vegas yet. We were pretty tired by the time we got settled into our room and had dinner so Jul decided to take it easy in the room with Curtis. I couldn't resist going downstairs and testing my luck at the slot machines. As usual, I ended up in the negative.

We're officially homeless. The movers finished moving out our things around 3:00pm. We finished packing the remaining things for our road trip back to Canada shortly afterwards. Saying goodbye to our home in Salinas, California was harder than I expected. Seeing the house empty reminded me of the house when we first moved in and how happy we were to be there. Now just a year and a half later after moving to Salinas, our California dream is over. We spent a total of five and a half years in California between San Jose and Salinas and have so many greay memories of our time here. After locking up for the last time, we headed over to our neighbor's house across the street for a final visit with Becky. While there, we watched the new owner's come and take ownership of the house. It felt strange to see another family walk into our house and to see their children playing in the yard. While it was a little hard to watch, they are a really nice family and we wish them the best. Tonight we're staying at a Hotel in town. First thing tomorrow morning we hit the road. We're going to try and enjoy the trip as much as possible and see as much as we can. Our goal for tomorrow is to reach Las Vegas.