We left Madison at 3:20am on May 31st and got to Vegas at 8:00pm on June 1st. Overall it was about a little over 24 hours on the road. I drove out with Eric 'basebaldy' Baldwin who's another internet pro who plays only tournaments. He had just won $89k in the Stars new $1k buyin Super Tuesday tournament.
We were able to fly most of the way whenever on the freeways using Eric's radar detector. We did get busted in Nebraska though when Eric got lasered doing 13 over but the cop dropped it to 10 over and the ticket was only $69, which was pretty laughable.
The first day we drove for about 14 hours to get to Denver where we caught the Rockies game at Coors field. They lost to the Cardinals and while I had heard good things about the stadium I really wasn't very impressed. The stadium was pretty boring and there really wasn't anything special or interesting about it. Also, the fans didn't get into the game too much and it felt like there were more Cardinal fans there then Rockies fans.
We finished the drive to Vegas the next day, June 1st. The first two hours after we left Denver were amazing. The view while driving down through the Rockies was just ridiculous. I didn't have my camera out but if I go back the same way I'll make sure to stop at a few of the view points and snap some. When we finally go to Vegas we picked up two cases of beer, found the house Eric and some of his buddies are staying at, and then just relaxed as we were both pretty tired after the long drive.
I'll put another update up later today about our first day in Vegas. I get my place in two days on the 5th so I'm rooming at Eric's place until then.
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