Viva Las Vegas!!

A Gnome is always on the go...
Before I could recover from the jet lag from my trip to Boston, another Gnomad invited me on a road trip. Road trip! Gnomes love road trips! So I was off to "Sin City" otherwise known as Las Vegas.
I was excited for this trip and hoped for more first. Gnomes love to explore and experience new things. Gnomes are also great backseat drivers and love to have snacks provided for drives longer than 2 hours.
I also anticipated seeing the leprechauns. Las Vegas is not known for their leprechauns, however since we would be in town during St. Patricks Day weekend I had high hopes in a visit.
Las Vegas is a mecca of free everything. Gnomes are not cheap, we just like a good deal. So off to gamble. It is an amazing thing as you gamble a waitress offers "cocktails". After a wee too many cocktails and not enough pay off from the slot machines off to bed I went. I wanted to be well rested for St. Patty's Day.
I had a blast on St. Patty's Day. I was hyper vigilant as to spot any leprechauns. It was a hoot to see so many people in green and drinking green beer. A weird observation this gnome found out is that green beer makes for green poo, so if you experience green poo after drinking green beer please don't be alarmed. I may have had a wee too much to drink, but Fremont Street in downtown Vegas was the place to be. I was also able to attend a Las Vegas wedding, and watch UCLA basketball at a sports book.
I loved Las Vegas and I hope more Gnomads have travel plans to visit in which I could tag along.
I wasn't able to visit with the leprechauns all though I did try to look for them, but after all the free cocktails everyone begins to look like a big blur to this Gnome.
Viva Las Vegas indeed!
West The Gnome

Boston or Bust!!

Since the split from my twin one of the Gnomads asked if I would like to travel via airplane to Boston. Boston is home to many points of interest (1) Ben Affleck and Matt Damon's home town (2) Paul Revere home (3) Fenway Park home of the Boston Red Sox (4) Newbury Street and (5) Samuel Adams Beer.
I was excited to take my first flight. The Gnomad I was traveling with kept me safe in carry on luggage so not to break any Gnomad laws.
We took many sights in during our visit to Boston. We went to the New England Aquarium where I enjoyed viewing the penguins. We ate great seafood. We went to see the "Green Monster Wall" at Fenway Park the home of the Boston Red Sox. I would also like everyone to know that Gnomes practice safe sex as evident by our stop to Condom World. We also enjoyed Samuel Adams Beer at a local tavern,and stopped by the statues in Harvard Square.
It was nice to use the cities public transit system the T.
With so much sightseeing and ending everyday at the local taverns till the wee hours of the morning, I was not able to visit with the leprechauns. Maybe on another trip to Bean Town....
West The Gnome

West and Woody go their seperate ways!

There is a time in every Gnomes life when you must say good-bye and happy trails to their twin. Gnomes give birth to twins and like all Gnomes before me I too have a twin name Woody. Since we both have very extensive travel schedules Woody and I decided that we would have to split all further travel engagements so all Gnomads could experience traveling with a Gnome.
After another of the Gnomads completed Woody and my genealogy we found that our mother had given birth to yet another set of twins. Could there be more roaming Gnomes out in the world?
Indeed there are more roaming Gnomes. Woody and I were fortune enough to found our little brother La Conte. La Conte was then reunited after a Gnomad had a Barnes and Nobel shopping trip. We are still without La Conte twin. There was talk among the Pink Yard Flamingos that La Conte twin was "allegedly" bought by another shopper, however that has not yet been confirmed or denied.
West The Gnome

Our First Outing

My first outing took place on Sunday March 4, 2007. One of the Gnomads invited Woody and myself out for a walk. Who knew when she said walk she meant 26.2 miles. That's right these little legs finished the LA Marathon. Along our little walk Woody and I met many people from many "walks" of life. We had our picture taken with the local EMS and LAPD.

After a hard day of walking our little legs were a wee bit tired. So like any other Gnome we celebrated our new found friends and accomplishment at a eatery. Their both Woody and myself had a local cold "Sierra Nevada" beverage.

West The Gnome