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Lisa McNamara

Lisa McNamara

Stories, Travel, Pictures, Wine

Category: Family Stories

Posted on December 14, 2012April 20, 2014

The Very Special Christmas Tree

When I was about three and a half months old, my Grandpa Paul wrote me a story about my first Christmas tree:

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I’m currently podcasting about my life on the road in a pickup camper – check it out here!

Personal highlights:

Lived in a minivan for a year while traveling the US.

Chased my dream of working at a winery.

Self-published an ebook.

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This was a big bucket list item for me! Finally ma This was a big bucket list item for me! Finally made it up Telescope Peak after a couple attempts were foiled by weather in years past. The smoky haze from the fires in the Sierra Nevadas really shrouded the views, but the air and weather on Telescope were perfect. We spent about 30 minutes alone on the summit with no breeze and about 70 degree temps - it doesn't get better than that! From this peak you can usually see the lowest and highest points in the lower 48 at the same time.
Leadfield, the mining town where there was never a Leadfield, the mining town where there was never any actual lead! Death Valley is full of these mining town ruins, but often they actually found things to mine - this one was apparently just a scam..
Slightly different podcast topic this week! We tac Slightly different podcast topic this week! We tackle a city instead of the woods - and share what Las Vegas is like right now. Link in bio :)
Glad we never did take a rental car down this road Glad we never did take a rental car down this road...it was intense! Death Valley washboards are uniquely bumpy :)
I'm so thrilled that the Biden administration has I'm so thrilled that the Biden administration has finally restored Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments. We have been planning to spend the next couple weeks in areas that until today were outside the shrunken boundaries of both. These are such special places that we've loved over the years. Will be even more special to be there now when their futures are a little more secure. #dontstopfighting
We finally found some fall color west of Vegas! We finally found some fall color west of Vegas!
Here's what you don't see (and smell!) in those pr Here's what you don't see (and smell!) in those pretty Grand Canyon trail pics - there is an enormous amount of burro/mule/horse excrement on the trail! It's unbelievable - for whatever reason I didn't expect it. Just bringing you the "real" behind the pretty 😂
We finally hiked into the Grand Canyon! We only we We finally hiked into the Grand Canyon! We only went 1/4 of the vertical distance in, to the Supai Tunnel, but that was intense. Still would love to hike the rim to rim someday.
North Timp point on the North Rim with a smoky haz North Timp point on the North Rim with a smoky haze stuck in the bottom of the canyon.
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  • Driving Inertia
  • Road Tripping in America
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