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08/26/2008 11:03 #45458

Sedona And Flagstaff Continued
Category: vacation
Mount Humphrey's - I miss you. I really love flagstaff. I think I could live there a again for a bit someday. It actually had not changed very much.
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This was the first apartment that (e:jacob), myself and eventually (e:terry) lived in. I was 15ft x 9ft.
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And finally some pics fo Sedona - my favorite place to hike and climb around. Sedona has gown a lot and the roads have been redone. It also cost $5 for a parking pass now, but he pass is good anywhere in Sedona. Well accept for the pay places!

(e:terry) and I climbed ot the top of one of the rock formations.
The one behind (e:terry) here. Well not to the very top but around it.

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Here we are looking off the part we climbed to. (e:matthew) was so small at the bottom that I couldn't even get him in the pic.

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I remember taking this pic and seeing him in it. But now I can't find him in it. The perspective is weird but I am tooking straight down from very high up.
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tinypliny - 08/27/08 08:27
Cool pictures! Can't wait to see more!!!
metalpeter - 08/26/08 18:17
Wow some really great shots there thanks for sharing them.
heidi - 08/26/08 18:07
Gorgeous photos! thanks for sharing!
mrmike - 08/26/08 13:33
Very nice, incredible views
ajay - 08/26/08 12:00
All I remember of Flagstaff is the freaking trains rumbling past the motel all night :(
dcoffee - 08/26/08 11:47
So cool, I wanna go

08/26/2008 10:59 #45457

Some Family Pics From Vacation
Category: vacation
I got a ocuple of family pics on vacation. I forgot my real camera so I took all of the pics from vacation with the iphone. It relaly only takes good photos in very optimal lighting conditions.

Here is (e:terry) on his brother's trampoline with nephew Aiden.
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Here are terry's cousins samantha and elizabeth posing with their fishing poles. I wish we had pictures of the fish we caught. Maybe (e:matthew) has pictures on the boat.
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This is (e:terry)'s sister Alex. She is very pretty, I wish I had a better picture than this one but somehow this is the only one I have. Once again, I am sure (e:matthew) has more.
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This is (e:terry)'s brother and sister in law in walmart. Hope (e:matthew) has better pictures.
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And here is the newest nephew - baby finnegan.
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I am missing a lot of people and clear shots. I think (e:matthew) has pics of everyone. Hoepfully he will post some or (e:terry) will.
tinypliny - 08/27/08 08:29
From that shot, (e:terry)'s sister looks like that singer from Canada. I forget her name... It's a cool shot. Reflection shots are always so unique.

08/24/2008 23:06 #45443

Gambling really sucks

So (e:terry) went to go pick up our tent at his brother's house while I
stayed with his mom at the casino to gamble.

At 7:50 I was supposed to meet them for a movie. Unfortunately, they
were late and I was near the star trek slots. There was actually a
line to use them because they were so popular so I decided to play the
nearby machine and wait for someone to leave. I sat at a $0.05
machine and put $5 in. Then I hit spin but the last person had 20
lines at $0.25 selected and within two seconds it was all freakin
gone. I was so made. Like I don't like losing but not even realizing
I was betting $5 on one spin sucked even more.

On a fishier not what kind of fish is that, in the back, that looks
like a mini whale.
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paul - 08/25/08 23:29
I got an answer from (e:bill) in a message: The fish in your picture that looks like a whale is a dolphin fish, also known as dorado which is Spanish for "golden" which is the color they are when they are first pulled from the water. They are an Atlantic species and are different than the Pacific species of dolphin which you've probably heard of which is mahi mahi.
fing - 08/25/08 21:33
I think I have seen that fish at the Baltimore Aquarium!!!
jim - 08/25/08 09:13
Yum, dolphin.
tinypliny - 08/24/08 23:23
OH NO. They killed a baby dolphin! GASP.

08/24/2008 14:33 #45438

Gambling sucks

I lost like $100 on these stupid slot machines. I think if I ever
gamble again it will be at an actual table against real people.

It was such a vicious cycle. I bet a little bit and lost so I kept
uping the bet figuring I would have to win a lot to compensate for my
loss. Thing is, I never won. The bonus rounds on the newer machines
are so addictive.

In the future I would rather spend money on more fancy food and more
bacon choclate, LOL.
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08/24/2008 14:25 #45437

Everything is bigger in Las Vegas
Category: vacation
We went to this pancake house that had redic size pancakes. Everything is so over the top in vegas.

I think the most outrageous moment was walking down the strip, watching a country singer singing, "I am proud to be an American" on a stage while mexiskins handed me those porn cards to order prostitutes, all in an outdoor air conditioned area in 100+ degree weather and while drinking margaritta from a glass bottle in public.

Who air-conditions outside? Imagine if the casinos in Niagara Falls had outdoor heating in the winter.

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drew - 08/24/08 19:12
Those cards surprised me.

It was also wierd riding an elevator with a prostitute. At least, I think she was. It didn't seem appropriate to ask (especially since I wasn't buying)
jbeatty - 08/24/08 18:11
When I went to Vegas I started collecting those cards they were giving me. At one point I started handing them out myself to the tourists.