LA, baby!

It was only the 2nd week into the new year and we took another trip - this time, to my dismay, it was to Los Angeles. I don't really like LA and I was so not fond of the drive time but we tried to make it fun by spending the night in Fresno with some of Diego's friends. We also went to Mann's Chinese Theater to see all the stars on the sidewalk of Hollywood Blvd and the foot/hand prints in the cement in front of the theater. It was raining and cold so no good pictures. We also drove up to the Hollywood sign but the clouds hung so low that we couldn't see it. Of course, we didn't know that until we went back the next day and it was in plain sight! We visited the Argentine supermarket and had a picnic, of sorts, looking at the sign. I can't believe people live up there! Anyway.
The only reason we went was to go to the Argentine consulate to get Diego's passport renewed. Once that was done, WE GOT OUR TICKETS TO ARGENTINA the very next day! 3 weeks in July, baby!

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New Years in Flagstaff

So Diego was missing the cold and the snow so we decided to spend the night in Flagstaff over New Years. There wasn't really any "new" snow, but it sure was COLD! The next day we drove over to the Petrified National Forest. It's kind of interesting to think about just how long this stuff sat under water especially for it to be a desert now. And what amazed me even more is that it still looks like wood on the outside!
We also got to see some petroglyphs left by this ancient civilization. I feel like I sound really uneducated right now and I could just remedy that by looking up the information but I'm too lazy so here is the link to National Park Service's page.
The top is a long view and the bottom is a close up of the image above.

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Activate in the form of...

I'm a REAL LIVE SUPER HERO! And I've to the caricature to prove it. One of the photographers I work for has included me in his set of photographers and therefore had be immortalized in sketch. Whadaya think? I kinda have problems with it cause it was created from a wedding photo with my hair all pinned up and my hair is never like that. Still, it is funny!

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Evolution

Campaign For Real Beauty by Dove. I wish I could say it wasn't true...

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Virtual Box of Chocolate

I made chocolates for Christmas. I am so proud of myself. Everybody says they look so professional (which is what I was going for). They even have a diagram inside the lid to tell you what everything is. But for everyone not lucky enough to live near me here is a virtual box of chocolates for you!

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Our Tombstone Anniversary

Anniversary?! I know what you're thinking, "They just GOT married!" and you'd be correct. We celebrated our 6-month anniversary by going to Tombstone, Arizona. I sort of expected it to be HOT and dusty and it was cold and rainy. Nevertheless, we had a good time. Among other things, we ate some good food, saw a cyclorama/video presentation about the city's history and toured a museum about the city. Did you know there was only 1 illegal lynching there? Was it good that knowledge of any lynching whatsoever had completely slipped my mind? Or does that make me a bad person?
We saw the reenactment of the famous gunfight at the OK Corral.
And we toured the Good Enough silver mine.

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Van Halen In Concert!

Diego and I went to see Val Halen touring with David Lee Roth (that's Eddie on guitar on the screen to the right). Eddie's 16-year old son was playing bass for the band. They never used to have those big jumbo screens when I first started going to concerts. I'm glad they do. Ticket prices are astronomical these days and I think I'd have to kill someone if I couldn't see anything!

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A Camping We Did Go

We took our 1st camping trip together. We used the last of our wedding money and Diego's birthday money and bought us some camping gear. We bought a tent, tarp, portable grill, 2 sleeping bags and 2 mats. We left on Saturday and were supposed to find some friends that left on Friday. We never found them so we set up our own camp in the Coconino National Forest and had ourselves a barbecue!
This is Knoll Lake. Just a few step (so to speak) from where we pitched our tent. The stars that night were beautiful. It's just too bad that it was too darn cold to be out of our sleeping bag and enjoy it. I know. You probably think we are wusses and you're probably right. We are definitely car campers. But at least we're out enjoying nature!!!

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