Back in October we found out Gary Allan was going to be playing in Wendover the weekend of our anniversary. We decided that it would be a nice getaway and something new & fun for us to do since neither of us have ever been there! We drove up to Salt Lake on Friday after Addi got out of school and got caught in a terrible snow storm as soon as we hit Provo/Orem area. Luckily we didn't have to drive too far, we stayed at the Hilton on Temple and it was an AWESOME motel I highly recommend it! After we got settled into the room and freshened up we headed across the street to eat at the Maccaroni Grill for dinner. We had way good service and of course good food and it was such a nice, romantic dinner! Saturday morning we got ready and headed to breakfast & to find a Target for a little shopping I had to get done. Then we were on our way.... not quite knowing what to expect of Wendover but thinking it was going to be very similar to Mesquite. Well since we got there early we hung out in the room for a while watched some TV and just relaxed before we started getting ready for dinner before the concert. We had a nice dinner at a restaurant in the Casino where we were staying and then headed off to the concert. We didn't realize that the concert hall was ONLY that and they didn't open their doors until exactly 1 hour before the concert started so we had the shuttle drop us off at another casino where we sat and watched the Championship Football game on the big screen. The casino's in Wendover don't have nearly the ventalation system that we are accustomed to in Vegas so I was sick to my stomach from all of the smoke... needless to say we were excited when it was time for us to go! We got to the concert hall and I was very excited about our seats we had front row seats right behind the floor section so basically we were 5 rows from the stage! Gary Allan was fighting the flu so we were worried he wouldn't sound as good or that he would cut the concert short but that was not the case. He was INCREDIBLE he is such a down to earth person with an amazing voice and he performed his whole set plus an encore for a sold out crowd. I will definitely see him again if he is close... but I probably won't go back to Wendover for any other concerts :) Jake & I decided we could wait to go... well anywhere else! But it was a fun experience for us to have together and all in all it was the perfect anniversary weekend!
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