{"id":37,"date":"2007-12-17T23:34:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-17T23:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.argoknot.com\/?p=37"},"modified":"2007-12-17T23:34:00","modified_gmt":"2007-12-17T23:34:00","slug":"contrasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.argoknot.com\/?p=37","title":{"rendered":">Contrasts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><\/span>My husband and I just returned from taking a detour from my holiday preparations.  He had business in Las Vegas, and I decided to jump off the holiday roller coaster to go with him.  We stayed in complete luxury here&#8230;.<br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_wMHmSKIt2bg\/R2cJktflb7I\/AAAAAAAAANM\/NuVdeisLhIg\/s1600-h\/Vegas+trip+2007+042.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 370px;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_wMHmSKIt2bg\/R2cJktflb7I\/AAAAAAAAANM\/NuVdeisLhIg\/s320\/Vegas+trip+2007+042.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145091625586094002\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_wMHmSKIt2bg\/R2cJjtflb5I\/AAAAAAAAAM8\/1Lz23GFYxxk\/s1600-h\/Vegas+trip+2007+002.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 321px; height: 241px;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_wMHmSKIt2bg\/R2cJjtflb5I\/AAAAAAAAAM8\/1Lz23GFYxxk\/s320\/Vegas+trip+2007+002.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145091608406224786\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_wMHmSKIt2bg\/R2cJj9flb6I\/AAAAAAAAANE\/IFbYoLikUbg\/s1600-h\/Vegas+trip+2007+007.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_wMHmSKIt2bg\/R2cJj9flb6I\/AAAAAAAAANE\/IFbYoLikUbg\/s320\/Vegas+trip+2007+007.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145091612701192098\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/bp2.blogger.com\/_wMHmSKIt2bg\/R2cKRNflb8I\/AAAAAAAAANU\/0eEzoA1mH-s\/s1600-h\/Vegas+trip+2007+069.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp2.blogger.com\/_wMHmSKIt2bg\/R2cKRNflb8I\/AAAAAAAAANU\/0eEzoA1mH-s\/s320\/Vegas+trip+2007+069.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145092390090272706\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But the highlight of the trip was going out into the desert.  This is the Valley of Fire, and the rock formations are amazing enough without the addition of the amazing color&#8230;.so different than the surrounding mountains.<br \/>Some pictoglyphs<br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_wMHmSKIt2bg\/R2cKRtflb9I\/AAAAAAAAANc\/nFgY5ZBF72s\/s1600-h\/Vegas+trip+2007+076.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 238px;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_wMHmSKIt2bg\/R2cKRtflb9I\/AAAAAAAAANc\/nFgY5ZBF72s\/s320\/Vegas+trip+2007+076.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145092398680207314\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/bp2.blogger.com\/_wMHmSKIt2bg\/R2cKSNflb-I\/AAAAAAAAANk\/XQSYX5mo_Tc\/s1600-h\/Vegas+trip+2007+113.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 241px;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp2.blogger.com\/_wMHmSKIt2bg\/R2cKSNflb-I\/AAAAAAAAANk\/XQSYX5mo_Tc\/s320\/Vegas+trip+2007+113.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145092407270141922\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The plants were quite green due to having a couple days of rain.<br \/>We&#8217;ve got a lot of pictures, and I&#8217;ve got ideas for tapestry designs.  It was a wonderful respite. So different from December in NY!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>>My husband and I just returned from taking a detour from my holiday preparations. He had business in Las Vegas, and I decided to jump off the holiday roller coaster to go with him. We stayed in complete luxury here&#8230;. But the highlight of the trip was going out into the desert. 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