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Vera Gnomad's Life Adventures: August 2009
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Vera Gnomad's Life Adventures. The Life and Travels of Vera Gnomad and her friends. Monday, August 3, 2009. Rome - July 2009. I was lucky enough to get to tag along with my friends Richard, Janet, Marc, and Keith on a trip to Europe! We had to leave at the crack of dawn to catch our flight. But that's OK because it was FIRST CLASS all the way, baby! All I had to do was relax, play video games, and drink coffee. We visited the Tivoli. Gardens at the Villa D'este. Hadrian in the 2 nd. What an interesting p...
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Vera Gnomad's Life Adventures: April 2010
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Vera Gnomad's Life Adventures. The Life and Travels of Vera Gnomad and her friends. Monday, April 19, 2010. Sedona, AZ - April 3, 2010. I had never been to Sedona, so I was really looking forward to this day trip. I have heard so many great things about that town! The ride down from Williams was lovely - through forested hills with red rock cliffs all around. Quite stunning! This is what we had to look forward to! Now how's that for a view? Slide Rock State Park. Tee hee. I couldn't help myself. Our Trol...
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Vera Gnomad's Life Adventures: February 2009
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Vera Gnomad's Life Adventures. The Life and Travels of Vera Gnomad and her friends. Friday, February 6, 2009. Thanksgiving in Mariposa, CA - November 2008. It's pretty much tradition to go up to visit Aunt Lena and Uncle Ole in Oakhurst. CA every year for Thanksgiving. Oakhurst. Is right outside Yosemite National Park, so as you can imagine, it's beautiful there! On the day after Thanksgiving, we went up to Yosemite to the Wawona. Look who we ran in to! And just enjoyed the atmosphere. 160; It ...
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Vera Gnomad's Life Adventures: July 2009
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Vera Gnomad's Life Adventures. The Life and Travels of Vera Gnomad and her friends. Thursday, July 23, 2009. Arizona and New Mexico - Sept 8 - 16, 2007. Sometimes it takes me awhile to get these pictures up, but it's worth the wait! This is a September trip to southern Arizona and New Mexico with my friend Harvey Jr. Here we are at a stop between Phoenix and Tucson at Casa. A doorway in Casa. We started day 2 at Karthner. Cavern. No purses, cameras or gnomes were allowed in the caves - bummer. We stopped...
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Vera Gnomad's Life Adventures: Petrified Forest & Painted Desert, Arizona - April 1, 2010
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Vera Gnomad's Life Adventures. The Life and Travels of Vera Gnomad and her friends. Sunday, April 11, 2010. Petrified Forest and Painted Desert, Arizona - April 1, 2010. It's good to be out again! Mel and I took a spontaneous trip out to the great Southwest. Someone forgot to tell me it snows here! Isn't this supposed to be the desert? It was a neat walk, but COLD! Look at the color in that log! I saw this plant growing there - it must be a hardy one to survive in the harsh conditions in that area! As we...
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Vera Gnomad's Life Adventures: December 2008
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Vera Gnomad's Life Adventures. The Life and Travels of Vera Gnomad and her friends. Wednesday, December 31, 2008. Biking to Ojai - May 2008. Mel has taken up a new hobby, so I'm finding myself on a lot of bike rides lately. The trail up to Ojai. Is one of my favorites. . We usually start out at Foster Park. It's got great parking and nice clean restrooms (very important! I've got pretty comfortable accommodations. I believe the trail is officially called the " Ventura. The scenery is stunning!
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Vera Gnomad's Life Adventures: October 2008
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Vera Gnomad's Life Adventures. The Life and Travels of Vera Gnomad and her friends. Friday, October 31, 2008. A little more about me. I should mention how I got my name. Melanie, who I live and travel with, introduced me to Annora, who she carpools with. Now Annora is so good at giving out names that she has even named the cars that everyone around her drives (we were driving to work in " Sulley. That day. She drives "Harvey"). Melanie had been considering several names, but none had stuck yet. I love to...
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Vera Gnomad's Life Adventures: May 2009
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Vera Gnomad's Life Adventures. The Life and Travels of Vera Gnomad and her friends. Thursday, May 28, 2009. Las Vegas, NV May 25-27, 2009. Yeah, I've been to Las. Vegas a few times - I have family there - but this time was different. I got to stay at the Mandalay Bay hotel! 160; It was pretty cool because it's a GORGEOUS hotel and I got a really good rate for 2 nights plus tickets to the Lion King Show. My room at the Mandalay Bay was great. I had a great view of the Las. Thank you for all you do.
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Vera Gnomad's Life Adventures: March 2009
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Vera Gnomad's Life Adventures. The Life and Travels of Vera Gnomad and her friends. Saturday, March 14, 2009. Perfect Day along the California Coast - 3/12/09. Mel and I decided to play hooky from work last Thursday, and we talked our friends Louise and Gnugent into going on a bike ride with us up the California coast from Ventura to Carpenteria. It was an ABSOLUTELY SPECTACULAR day. We could not have picked a better day to play hooky from work! Louise, Mel, Gnugent, and I headed all the way up to ...
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Vera Gnomad's Life Adventures: Grand Canyon, Arizona - April 2, 2010
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Vera Gnomad's Life Adventures. The Life and Travels of Vera Gnomad and her friends. Sunday, April 11, 2010. Grand Canyon, Arizona - April 2, 2010. Are we there yet? On Friday, Mel's cousin Karen joined up with us and off we went to the Grand Canyon. YAY! I was so excited! I've heard about it, but I've never been there. So as you can imagine, the hour long drive seemed sooooo very long! It's a LONG way across and an even LONGER way down! NOTE TO TRAVELERS: Bring water and snacks! There aren't any places t...
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