road trip

And a video that I forgot to put on the blog from when we were in Vegas.

Ode to the Changing Table.

May 23, 2009

Jacq asked me (in her “the answer to this question is ‘yes’” voice) if I would bathe the baby while she did some laundry. The Days Inn bathtub looked easy enough to navigate, and I already knew the answer to the question, so I agreed. I must not have bathed the baby in a few [...]

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I wanna be a world-traveler.

May 20, 2009

With boots untied and a serious need to pee, I jogged past the visitor center, tripod tucked under my arm. I glanced at the time: 5:16 AM. I was hurrying to make it to Bright Angel Point, to watch the sun come up over the Grand Canyon. It was set to rise at 5:22. I [...]

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Isn’t it Grand?

May 16, 2009

After checking in at the ranger’s station, I quadruple-point turned the van into the spot deignated for campsite 38. First order of business: go look at the Grand Canyon. We put the boy in the stroller and wheeled it about 300 yards south to the edge of the canyon. The trail from the pavement to [...]

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Restless Stops

May 14, 2009

We pulled off at about 5:30 PM (after missing the exit on the first shot) at the Colorado Welcome Center. I located and retrieved the camp stove and set about lighting it near a table in the shade we had selected. Jacqueline, in the meantime, set up LB with a feeding station. As I waited [...]

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Road trippin’

May 12, 2009

Yesterday on the road we saw a humongous billboard showing a hand flipping a light switch. The caption read something like “the simple way you can save energy.” The best part? It was an electronic sign.

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