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The Dragons of Nightmare

In episode ten of Skolnick’s Warcraft Less Traveled, he talked in great detail about The Dragons of Nightmare. To get the full story, I highly recommend you listen to that episode.

I did manage to travel to some of the locations mentioned in this episode before Cataclysm. Unfortunately, I was never lucky enough to see a dragon spawn from any of the portals, no matter how often I visited. My best guess is that my timing was never quite right.  The screenshots you see in this blog were taken on January 15, 2012.

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Arathi Dwarven Farm

In episode nine of Warcraft Less Traveled, Skolnick explained how to get to the Arathi Dwarven Farm. This was a location that I did manage to get to before Cataclysm, but, I seem to have lost my screenshots from my original trip. You will just have to take my word for it.

The screenshots you see in this blog were from my second trip to the Arathi Dwarven Farm. They were taken on January 13, 2012.

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Pictures of You – by Caroline Leavitt

Pictures of You is a book about two women who are trying to escape their marriages (for entirely different reasons). At the start of the book, readers are inside the head of Isabelle, who has just left her husband.

Isabelle is a photographer, who had been working at one of those studios where parents bring their babies to have a professional portrait taken. This, by itself, is somewhat heartbreaking, because Isabelle cannot have children (but desperately wants one). Part of the reason why she has left her husband has something to do with this issue.

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Elwynn Forest Waterfall

In episode seven of Skolnick’s Warcraft Less Traveled podcast, he talks about the Elwynn Forest Waterfall.  The Elwynn Forest Waterfall is something that you have flown over many times, probably while riding on a Gryphon. It used to take quite a bit of effort to actually get there and explore it before Cataclysm.

I did manage to explore this destination before Cataclysm.  The screenshots you see in this blog were taken on July 7, 2010.

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Quel’thalas Tower

In episode six of Skolnick’s Warcraft Less Traveled podcast, he gave directions for how to get to the Quel’thalas Tower.

This is a location that I visited before Cataclysm. The first time, it was so that I could attend an RP wedding event. If I remember correctly, I was “summoned” into the location. Obviously, this meant that I had no idea how to actually get there on my own, until I heard this episode of Warcraft Less Traveled.

These screenshots are from my second visit to the Quel’thalas Tower.  They were taken on June 6, 2010.

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Tanaris Underwater Mining Village

In episode number five of Skolnick’s Warcraft Less Traveled podcast, he talked about the Tanaris Underwater Mining Village.  This was a location that I tried, many times, to get to before Cataclysm. Sadly, my attempts all ended in failure. Therefore, I don’t have any personal screenshots to show you of what this location looked like before Cataclysm.

After Cataclysm, Hansbrix and I attempted to try and find the Tanaris Underwater Mining Village, hoping it was still there.  The screenshots you see in this blog were taken on January 10, 2012.

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Ironforge Airport – After Cataclysm

One of the great things that happened after Cataclysm was that players were now able to use their flying mounts in Eastern Kingdoms.

As a result, Hansbrix and I no longer had to make the frustrating, tedious, journey up the mountain, on foot, to get to what once was commonly referred to as “the Ironforge Airport”. Instead, we flew through Dun Morogh.  The screenshots you see in this blog were taken on January 9, 2012

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Ironforge Airport – Before Cataclysm

I was able to visit the Ironforge Airport before Cataclysm. I took dozens of screenshots of my journey, and intended on putting them into this blog. But then, I ran out of time.

Until now!  The inspiration for this trip came from Skolnick’s Warcraft Less Traveled podcast. In episode three, he described in great detail exactly how to get to the Ironforge Airport.  The screenshots you see in this blog were taken on November 7, 2010.

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The Azshara Crater

I was inspired to try and find this place after hearing Skolnick talk about it in his Warcraft Less Traveled podcast, episode number 2.

This wasn’t too difficult to find. It seems that Blizzard has “fixed” the quirk that allowed players to access the inside of the crater itself, so I wasn’t able to get in. But, I still got to see a lot of cool stuff that was mentioned in the podcast.  The screenshots you see in this blog were taken on November 2, 2010.

Later, after the Cataclysm Expansion was released, I went back to the Azshara Crater to see what, if anything, had changed.

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