Zoe’s Journal

Question for the Dr.:

“I woke up this morning with a parched throat, throbbing head and unexplained bruises after spending the night with really strange dreams about neon lights, blaring beats and cuban guys from LA. What’s wrong with me?!”

Possible Explanation: “Lay off the hallucinogens, ma’am.”

More Plausible Hypothesis: “Have you been in Las Vegas recently?”

**pause**

“Well, yes. As a matter of fact, I have!”

(and many things happened which now allow me to answer ‘yes’ to more of those ‘have you ever done’ myspace surveys. ahem.)

((… all while remaining a good, faithful hausfrau to the LotR and not making the bank account go bankrupt.))

Mayhaps some photos will follow - due to the downing of 3/4 a bottle of cherry vodka before even venturing out of the hotel room, I may have forgotten about my camera for the majority of the trip.

love this castle/hotel

there were lots of midgets in Las Vegas. Don’t ask me why.

Highlights included the Cirque du Soleil show, Zumanity, the club at the Luxor, and the awesome bangles I found for $6 at H&M.

The LotR and I are on a quick trip to Napa Valley, California. Well, quick for me, anyway. He is going to be here all week for his dad’s course, and I am leaving here on Tuesday. The LotR’s mother has been visiting us in Phoenix, and on Saturday, we all flew out here to meet up with the patriarch.

Napa Valley is the home of California wine, but so far I haven’t seen much. The drive out to the valley was two hours from the airport in San Francisco (now THAT is a place I’d love to explore), and I mostly slept. I do remember nodding awake at some point in the taxi and seeing hills of perfectly straight lines of grape vines. Our hotel is about 5 minutes from town - there is a target and Trader Joe’s within walking distance, but not much else.

This morning, I went out to the pool - the water is freaking cold, so I just sunned and burnt the lower half of my left arm while I was reading. Then I came inside, did some internets, played a game, and started reading another book - this one for week.

Tomorrow promises to be a littler more interesting - in the evening we’re going on the popular ‘wine train’, where you get a train car, they serve you a fancy dinner with wine, and chug-chug through many vineyards.

And then I leave the next day and go back to the daily grind of work/gym/work/sleep, etc…

The LotR will be back home on Friday, so I’ll have all sorts of time for innocent mischief

We’re back from a nice weekend in Flagstaff! While it rained on our hike and my ankles were swollen up like logs (they’re better now), it was such a good time… getting away from the Phoenix heat and routine weekend monotony. I didn’t take any photos at ALL until the LotR and I were on our way back. Sorry.

A Mountain!

LA & Albuquerque

Most hobos make me sad. This one made me laugh.

CLOUDS! (i know, i know… but we never see them!)

Rain - and note the little monument rocks in the back left corner.

We stopped at a rest area - nice view!

notice how the sun lights up the far cliffs…

A typical Arizona plant.

A not-so-common, but common sense sign.

I liked this tree.

this one looks like it has enormous ears with antennae

Again - great views.

You bet! Here are the photos of our fabulous trip.

We had a blast - who knew that a lake could be so scenic and beautiful?

DAY FOUR

DAY FIVE