Agatha, Ojai, CA, USA

whiskeydoodles
deannabanana@rogers.com

Posted Jan 4, 2010, 5:40 pm
Hello everyone :)

Yesterday my mummy found me in her basement amongst some toys she was sorting and thought I would make a perfect toyvoyager because I am very small, cute, and purple  :rolleyes:
My name is Agatha and I LOVE solving puzzles and mysteries! Can you guess why I'm called Agatha???

Right now I must solve the mystery of why my mummy has not posted any pictures of me  :stare: She says she is at school right now and when she gets home she will upload some photos for this travelog!

I really hope I will find a host soon so I can start my sleuthing and exploring of the world  :rolleyes:

On Jan. 17 my mummy and her mummy are going downtown to Toronto to see something special and very mysterious. She will not tell me because it is a surprise so i will try and figure it out before then! She did give me one clue though: gold....

Hmmmmmmmm..... very interesting indeed. I will have to put my best sleuthing skills to work on this one  ;)

If anyone would like to host me then please PM my mummy! I can't wait to travel the world!


Travel Itinerary
Germany- RikeH (leaving Jan. 18- March 22)
San Diego, USA- Nancyjb (April 3- )
whiskeydoodles
deannabanana@rogers.com

Posted Jan 5, 2010, 3:47 am
So my mummy told me today that I will start my journey off in Germany with RikeH! I am very, very excited  :)

Today my mummy went back to school but she did not take me with her because she is sick and she forgot both me and her camera...  :stare:

Instead when she came home we explored her house and here are a few pictures:
This is me, ain't I cute?
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My mummy collects autographs of actors and actresses. Today she received one from Jimmy Smits :) He's doing a play on Broadway and she sent him a letter and this picture to sign. It looks like they're staring at me doesn't it???  :stare:
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This is me with some of my friends on my mummy's bed. Donald got a bit drunk and fell over. Those sailors sure drink a lot  ;)
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Here I am on my mummy's bookshelf with a selection of her ghost stories. Some of my favourites  :)
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Here I am with my mummy's fish. The big one is Pandora and the smaller one is Jane. They are part Jelly Bean cichlid and part Red Blood Parrot fish!
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And finally, here I am with my mummy's kitty Whiskey who is her babykins! She kind of blinded him with the flash though  :stare:
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Well that's it for now! Oh and mummy gave me another clue as to where we are going on the 17th: symbols  hmmmmm..... still puzzled.
whiskeydoodles
deannabanana@rogers.com

Posted Jan 7, 2010, 4:46 pm
So mummy is at school right now and is feeling terribly sick and wonky from her cold pills  :stare: So she has left me to explore the house by myself. I warned her what might happen if she left me alone... pure mayhem!!!

However she also gave me another clue as to where we are going:
royalty
. Very interesting indeed. I think I shall spend the day pondering what these clues mean...
Here are all of the clues so far:

gold
symbols
royalty


WHAT DO THEY ALL MEAN???
So I googled all of these words together and these are some of the images I got:

http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/civil/egypt/images/tut40b.jpg
http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/1894844/2/istockphoto_1894844-gold-dollar-symbol.jpg
http://www.gasolinealleyantiques.com/images/Historical%20Page/royalty1.JPG
Apparently one of these images is very close to what we will be seeing  :rolleyes:


There might be pictures later when mummy gets home... unless she passes out from exhaustion before she gets the camera out!
whiskeydoodles
deannabanana@rogers.com

Posted Jan 14, 2010, 2:56 am
Hello again :D

Not much has been going on. My mummy just got over a terrible cold so we have not been doing very much.

She has gotten quite a bit of mail though. Last week she got a Lauren Bacall autograph and a postcrossing postcard from Germany :)

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We've also been watching season 2 of Chuck which is one of my mummy's favourite TV shows of all time! You should all watch it :D I really like it as well ;)

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AND my mummy has given me the final clue as to where we are going on Sunday. I think I finally know where we are going and I am so very excited to solve some mysteries. The clue is:
Egypt
And here are all of the clues:
gold
symbols
royalty
Egypt
whiskeydoodles
deannabanana@rogers.com

Posted Jan 14, 2010, 2:50 pm
So today mummy took me to school  B) I was very excited to get out and explore. Here is a little itinerary of the day which will be updated throughout the day as mummy is at school from 9:30 AM- 8:00 PM  :o

9:00 AM: Mummy and I have arrived at school and are walking to the building where she has her first class (American Literature)

This is the view beside the building where mummy's class is. IN the distance you can see Hamilton Hall which is one of the oldest buildings at McMaster:
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Here is another view where you can see the student centre and Museum of Art in the distance:
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This is the building where her class is. It is called the Burke Science Building (weird because she has an English class here but that;s university for you  :rolleyes:
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2:00 PM- So mummy never really got around to showing me too many things but she got one last picture near Edwards arch which I thought was really pretty. Here's a little info on it:
Quote:
Edwards Arch is a historic landmark at McMaster and has been a prominent feature since the campus was moved from Toronto to Hamilton in 1930.



whiskeydoodles
deannabanana@rogers.com

Posted Jan 18, 2010, 1:29 am
So today my Mummy finally took me to the secret surprise: The King Tut Exhibit at the AGO (Art Gallery of Ontario) in Toronto!  I was super excited and I had a blast  B) Unfortunately the Egyptian government would not allow pictures in the exhibit but I will tell you all about it and I have a few pictures of other things I saw today too! (They will be uploaded later, my mummy is a bit tired right now).

9:30 AM: We have to wake up. This is a bit hard for my mummy as she had a work party last night and was very hungover  :p We had breakfast and got all prettyful for my first big adventure!

11:00 AM: We get on the GO Bus which will take us to Union Station in Toronto. It was very foggy today and all of the buildings looked like they were being swallowed by the fog. Here I am on the bus in front of the Rogers Centre and the CN Tower.

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12:00 We are here at the AGO. In front you can see the large Egyptian jackal statue. I was very impressed.

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So by now we are inside and viewing the spectacular pieces in the exhibit. Some of the things I saw were canopic jars which held the internal organs of Egyptian pharaohs, intricate necklaces made of gold, the bed that King Tut slept in when he was alive, small and large statues of pharaohs and gods, and even some of the things that King Tut wore when he was buried!

2:00 As my mummy loves to shop, she bought a few souvenirs as well as a new friend. I introduced myself and he said that maybe one day he can become a toyvoyager too! My mummy said she would think about it!
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2:30 We are now finished looking at the amazing King Tut exhibit and are on our way back to Union Station. We stop along a few nice looking buildings and take pictures!

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This is the Sir George Campbell House who fought in the American Civil War.

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And this is Osgoode Hall which is enormous for being a hall :D

3:20 The bus is finally here and we are on our way home. It was a great experience and I got to experience some really great Egyptian mysteries and artifacts  :rolleyes:

I am now going to be on my way to RikeH in Germany. Leaving sometime this week and I'm very excited!
whiskeydoodles
deannabanana@rogers.com

Posted Jan 25, 2010, 2:57 pm
So I am now on my way to Germany to visit with RikeH I am super excited to see Germany  :rolleyes: Hopefully I don't get too squished in my package and that I arrive safely :D
RikeH


Posted Feb 3, 2010, 3:13 pm
Hi Mum,

I am so happy! I arrived at RikeH's home. And it is wonderful - I am not the only bunny here - Dicker Kumpel gave me a warm welcome.

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Then he introduced me to the other ToyVoyagers here. There are some long-time guests and just normal guests.

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I showed my nice postcard and told them a lot about Canada.

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I will see more of the village tomorrow - it is a cold winter here - so we will have photos with snow...

greetings
Agatha
RikeH


Posted Feb 5, 2010, 9:29 pm
Hello Mum,

Today we decided to drive to a nice small town. It is called Bad Oldesloe.
RikeH went to school there – many many years ago.

They have a nice river there. I liked it – and saw some funny ducks in the water and on the ice.

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This is the townhall. It was not so easy to take this photo, because the ground was very icy.

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Another nice place in Bad Oldesloe.

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Greetings
Agatha
RikeH


Posted Feb 13, 2010, 7:14 pm
Hello Mum,

it is still Winter here – and today RikeH showed me Sόlfeld. There are some nice old buildings.

This is the old school.

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The church is wonderful.

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On the other side of the street is the pharmacie.

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We walked back home over a nice path with a lot of snow. Really beautiful.

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Greetings
Agatha
RikeH


Posted Feb 15, 2010, 9:18 pm
Helau Mum,

a new guest arrived – his name is Libbs and he is from Singapore.  We gave him a warm welcome – he is so small.

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Today we will have a great time – it is Carnival Monday. So I searched for a nice hat. RikeH offered  three different ones.

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I decided to take the yellow one.

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Then I watched the parade in the TV.

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The people in the parade threw sweets – called Kamelle... and I cought some.

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I had so many...

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I shared the sweets with my friends.

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What a wonderful day!
Agatha
RikeH


Posted Feb 24, 2010, 8:36 pm
Hello Mum,

today RikeH took us to Hamburg. We went there with the train.

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I looked out of the window. Still winter here in Germany...

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We went to the Alster – a big lake in the centre of Hamburg.

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The weather wasn't very nice. So we decided to eat something delicious in a chinese restaurant.

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It was a nice day – but we will come back, when the weather will be better.

Yours
Agatha
RikeH


Posted Mar 4, 2010, 7:36 pm
Hi Mum,

because the weather outside is horrible, we had to stay inside the house. But RikeH offered us delicious cakes. Look, they are really big.

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It's too cold outside – there were'nt any tulips, but we had some inside. They were wonderful.

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After eating two big peaces of cake I relaxed and talked to the fishes.

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Bye for now
Agatha
RikeH


Posted Mar 7, 2010, 8:51 pm
Hello Mum,

today we started our trip to Amrum Island – a nice German Island in the North Sea. We drove some hours – unfortunately the winter came back yesterday, but we arrived safe on the Coast – and saw our Ferry – called Schleswig-Holstein.

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Here you see me inside  - with the typical greeting – Moin Moin.

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I went outside – the weather was sunny – but it was cold.

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We stopped at another Island, called Fφhr. Some people left the Ferry, but we went on to Amrum.

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What a great trip. I will write more from Amrum soon.

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yours
Agatha
RikeH


Posted Mar 10, 2010, 5:35 pm
Hello Mum,

we made our first walk on Amrum. Here you see me in front of a typical house. They are so beautiful.

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Then we went to the Dunes.

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I enjoyed my time on a beach chair.

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They had nice paths out of wood in the Dunes.

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Amrum is a really nice place.

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yours 
Agatha
RikeH


Posted Mar 12, 2010, 9:33 pm
Hello Mum,

we went to Nebel and visited the church.

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We went inside – it was wonderful.

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Outside are interesting tombstones. The life stories of the dead people are written on the stones.
We read a few.

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Then we walked through the village – and saw some nice old red houses.

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There was a beautiful wind mill.

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We saw two old white houses – both colours are nice – and we loved the thatched roofs.

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Amrum is a beautiful island.

Yours
Agatha
RikeH


Posted Mar 15, 2010, 8:04 pm
Moin Moin,

it was a very cold day outside, so I decided to have a nice evening in front of the fireplace.

First I had to work for it.

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Then I had a relaxed evening – it was warm – and comfortable.

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Yours
Agatha
RikeH


Posted Mar 17, 2010, 7:52 pm
Moin Moin,

I want to show you some nice things in the flat we are living.

Some beautiful mussels.

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A nice lighthouse. There are many lighthouses in this part of Germany.

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Two strange fishes. They are able to live outside the water.

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And here are two funny bunnies. They are sitting in an egg-sleigh and have fun all the day.

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We all have fun here in the holidays !

Greetings
Agatha
RikeH


Posted Mar 18, 2010, 10:37 am
Hello Mum,

RikeH asked us, where we wanted to go today. So we took the map of Amrum Island and had a look. We decided to walk to the highest point of  Amrum

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Here you see me on the highest Dune – it is 32 m high. This was the way we walked on.

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A nice view over the other Dunes.

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I saw Norddorf in the distance.

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RikeH gave me a coin – so I looked through this telescope. I saw the North Sea – amazing.

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On our way back we stopped in a nice cafe. I had a delicious hot chocolate with advocaat and a yummy tart of raspberries.

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A big hug
Agatha
RikeH


Posted Mar 18, 2010, 8:54 pm
Hello Mum,

We went into the Dunes  - the others told us that there is a wonderful lake.

The lake is wonderful – there was still some ice on it.

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There was a wooden way on this side of the lake.

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The lake looked nice from another point next to it.

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The path went through the Dunes – we had nice views from the highest point.

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Back home I tried something special for this region. It is called Kόstennebel  - and really delicious.

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Cheers
Agatha
RikeH


Posted Mar 22, 2010, 12:00 pm
Hi Mum,

Our last day On Amrum Island – we were all sitting together and talked a lot.

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We all will go to new hosts on Monday. Hugo will go to Finland, Landroval to Japan, Twix will visit Wales and Kasper will stay in Germany, but visit another place.

We celebrated the last day with RikeH drinking a delicious bottle of wine.

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Oups – very delicious.

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We sat a very long time – and had so much fun. It is great to be a ToyVoyager!

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Then I said Good-Bye to Dicker Kumpel – he has been such a nice host! I really liked it here with him and RikeH.

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But now I am off for the USA!
Hugs
Agatha
Nancyjb


Posted Apr 4, 2010, 1:53 am
Hi

I was released from a bumpy ride in an envelope today in a nice, warm place called San Diego!  I met Nancy and her dog Mitzi.  I have to hide from Mitzi though, because she plays a little rough! 
Nancyjb


Posted Apr 4, 2010, 3:10 am
We went to the world famous San Diego Zoo today!  Nancy has two cousins in from New York for the spring break so we all went to the zoo today.

The weather was a little cool but that was ok because it can get hot walking around all day.

We first took the bus trip around and then walked around to see some of the animals up close.

There's a photo of me in front of the entrance (we actually took it when we were leaving so it's kind of dark looking.) 

Also there is a photo of me with a koala and one of me in the pretty flowers.
Nancyjb


Posted Apr 6, 2010, 3:42 am
Yesterday was Easter Sunday and the photo shows me with some candy.  Nancy likes candy a lot, especially the dark chocolate and the jelly beans! 

It's kind of my holiday too as everyone here likes the Easter bunny.

We had some excitement in the afternoon:  an earthquake!  I was sitting on my bookshelf and Mitzi started barking like crazy.  Everything started shaking and Nancy sat on the couch yelling for Mitzi and saying "whoa!"  A few things fell off the shelf but nothing broke.  Nancy said what was most scary was how long it lasted, about 30 seconds.  It was like driving on a slightly bumpy road, not real bumpy, but weird to see everything moving in the house.

There was another bump at 4:15 am which made Mitzi wake up and bark.

Then on Monday a new TV named Izzie arrived!  I told her about the earthquakes but that we were safe on our shelf. 

We're looking forward to getting to know each other.
Nancyjb


Posted May 10, 2010, 3:08 am
Here are me and Izzie with two new TV's that were released today in the Worldwide release.  This was our last photo together at home and it was sad to say goodbye. 

Left to right in the photo: Me, Bubbly Bunny, Rosie Bear and Izzie.

We sure hope the new TV's find a nice new host!
Nancyjb


Posted May 10, 2010, 3:12 am
Hi!

Here's me and Izzie with our hosts scrapbooking stuff.  There were hundreds of (mostly) women scrapbooking this night from 6pm to 11:30pm. 

There was music, contests and prizes.  It was a lot of fun.
Nancyjb


Posted May 30, 2010, 9:27 pm
Hi

Izzie and I arrived in Cancun, Mexico yesterday with our host, Nancy and met her friend, another Nancy from New York City, at our very nice Ritz Carlton Hotel.

This is the view from our room.  The water is beautiful and warm but the waves and rip tides are a bit rough, much like they are in San Diego.

It's also hot and humid here but that's ok as it is so beautiful!  Our room is nicely air conditioned.
Nancyjb


Posted May 30, 2010, 9:57 pm
Hi!

We drove 2 1/2 hours from Cancun to Chichen Izta yesterday.  The toll road was very good but we did have some very strong rain.  It's hot and steamy out here in the jungle in the middle of the Yucatan Peninsula.

We are staying at the Chichen Hacienda Hotel which is a beautiful little place right next to the ruins.  It was built in the 1500's with some of the stones from the ruins!  It is where the Carnegie Institute of New York workers came to stay in 1923 when they rebuilt the Chichen Itza ruins.  There are lots of beautiful plants and birds all around.

The first photo shows us in our room with a new friend we made:  Chichen, a purple bunny.  He's not going to be a TV as he's going to a friend of the Nancy's in San Diego.

The next photos are by the big pyramid that you see in the travel photos.  At each of the corners is a big snake. 

The big ring at the top of the wall was on the big ball field nearby.  The players had to hit a hard rubber ball through the ring without using their hands or feet.  If they succeeded then they were sacrificed by being thrown into the cenote below where they died!

Then the other photos are by the cenote which is a big sinkhole in the ground.  These sinkholes are all over the Yukatan and many of them you can swim in.  They are very interesting.

The ruins of Chichen Itza are one of the modern wonders of the world and it was a thrill to visit!
Nancyjb


Posted Oct 5, 2010, 3:12 am
Hi

It's been awhile but we have been busy.  Izzie is still with us too.

On Aug. 28 we picked up our host's friend, Nancy, at the San Diego airport.  She had come from New York City and we all were going on a drive up the California coast in our host's car.  Our host's name is Nancy also!

Our first stop was in Santa Monica.  They have a famous pier that you have seen in movies and TV.  It is the west end of the famous old Route 66.

On the morning of the 29th we walked along the beach and the pier.  It was partly cloudy and not a great beach day but the views were nice.

Can you spot us on the Santa Monica sign?!
Nancyjb


Posted Oct 5, 2010, 3:19 am
Hi again,

After visiting Santa Monica and Venice Beach the Nancy's decided to drive inland to find warmer weather.

So they drove north east to Ojai, CA which is a small town in the hills where a lot of artists live.  It is a pretty town with nice neighborhoods.

We stayed at the Green Iguana hotel.  It was warm enough to sit by the pool but not hot unfortunately.

But it was a very nice hotel and lovely little town.

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