We departed Nashville on December 5th to head to LA for Rusty's 2nd cousin Denise Dyrdek's wedding. The road trip took 4 days. It started off very wet in TN and it was near flood stages around the Mississippi as we crossed from TN to AR.
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| Pyramid in Memphis |
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| Mississippi River along I40 |
The weather was rather dreary for the most part, we even hit a snow storm around Albuquerque, NM. The further west we went, the weather began to clear. We saw some beautiful mountain scenery.
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| Hackberry Mountains |
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We arrived in LA on the 8th and stayed at the Hilton at Universal Studio. On the 9th we met up with several of Rusty's cousins at the hotel and all had dinner together at Universal. Rusty and I also did a little walking around Universal seeing the sites.
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| View from hotel |
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| Rusty @ Universal |
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| Rusty Universal |
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| Terri - singers at restaurant |
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| Universal at night |
The wedding was held on Saturday the 10th at the Fantasy Factory. Rob was ordained a minister on-line so that he could perform his sister's wedding ceremony for an episode on his show - Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory (MTV). Denise and Jason got ready for the wedding at the hotel. Rob sent a Bentley Ghost to pick them up - below are a couple of pictures.
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| Denise & Jason departing hotel |
A couple of buses were sent to pick up all the guests attending the wedding and we were taken to the Fantasy Factory. They did an excellent job setting up the FF for a fairytale wedding for Denise and Jason. All the guests got to walk the pink carpet and have our pictures taken.
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| Entrance to FF |
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| Photo Background |
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| Pink Carpet |
The wedding was very unique and unlike any wedding we had ever attended. We got to meet a lot of the MTV FF stars and we had our picture take with several. All in all it was a wonderful experience and we were thrilled we were invited and got to attend.
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| Denise & Jason - Rob officiating |
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| Denise & Gene (dad) |
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| Denise & Jason plus FF team |
Rusty did jump in the foam pit at the FF. Going in was easy, he had a heck of a time getting out - but he had fun.
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| Rusty - foam pit, letting me know he was OK |
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| Rusty - getting out of foam pit |
While at the FF we got to see Scott and Chris's office as well as Rob's and Tracy (Wild Grinders creator).
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| Christopher's office (Gary Michael) |
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| Rob's office |
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| Scott's office |
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| Tracy |
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| Sheryl & Rusty - big skateboard |
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| Scott & Evi |
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| Rusty, Scott, Christopher |
On Sunday we took a bus tour of LA with Terri, Andy, Gary Michael and Scott. We got to see LA, some star homes in Beverly Hills, Hollywood Blvd, the Nokia Theater, Grauman's Chinese Theater, the Roosevelt Hotel, etc. Having limited time, it was a great way to see the city.
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| Beverly Hills Hilton |
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| Farmer's Market |
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| Grauman's |
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| Hollywood sign |
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| Open air mall |
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| Roosevelt Hotel |
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Our last evening in LA we spent with Terri, Andy, Gary Michael, Scott, Evi and Chris. We all had dinner together and just spent a little time together relaxing.
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| Chris relaxing at hotel |
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| Terri & Rusty - dinner at PF Chang's |
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| Scott & Evi - dinner |
Departed for home on Monday the 12th. The trip home was uneventful. It started out wet when we left LA. We decided to take the southern route home due to expected snow storms in Albuquerque. We did get to drive through Roswell, NM and see some "aliens."
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Double Rainbow - CA to AZ
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| Rainy night drive AZ |
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