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Three States in Three Days

One thing you can never say about me is that I like to sit still. Since being away in college, I have not had the chance to do the weekly road trips that have consumed my life for so long, however, I am determined to make up for lost time. While I was home for winter break, my parents gave my younger brother and I a choice: receive gifts on Christmas Day or, go somewhere none of us have ever been. And, like the wanderlusting people we are, the Robinette clan skipped out on extravagant presents and boarded a plane straight for Las Vegas, Nevada. Reasons why we chose Vegas as our destination: Vegas is close to an airport, so no need for additional travel once we landed. Super cheap hotels that are of decent quality. Only a few hours to some of the country's most famous landmarks such as Yosemite National Park. To be around the slot machines and blackjack games you have to be at least twenty-one years of age in the state of Nevada, but that didn't matter much to us. W...