Family Reunion Updated
July 3, 2006
Just a quick update, but we are back from our fast and furious trip up to the Grand Canyon. Even though I have been there before, it’s still a sight to behold. None of my family had been there before and it was quite satisfying to see their eyes open wide and jaws drop as you walk up to the edge and view the Canyon for the first time.
We headed out the door about 6:00 am yesterday morning and began the drive up. 7 hours later and a half dozen stops, we had reached Tusyan at the edge of the Grand Canyon entrance. I dont think I have ever stopped quite as much as we did on this trip for a number of reasons. It probably added 90 minutes to the trip. We were now 2 miles from the entrance and came to a grinding halt. The line into the Canyon was backed up two miles. Some 90 minutes later, we finally paid our fee and entered the Canyon. Yes, 90 minutes to go the last two miles – quite aggrevating.
We spent some time walking the Canyon and taking pictures. Of couse, the kids were constantly getting yelled at about getting too close the edge, but that was expected. We all survived! We then ate dinner at the El Tovar right at the Canyon’s edge. The food was fair at best – much worse than the last time we ate there. We then drove to a few lookouts on the way out of the Canyon and continued to marvel at its beauty.
A short 90 minute drive to Flagstaff and we were at our hotel for the night. We took the kids for a quick swim in the pool this morning and then got back on the road to Sonoita.
i will try to get some Grand Canyon pictures up soon, but it may have to wait until the family leaves. Tomorrow is the Fourth of July parade and picnic.
New Features on Website
July 1, 2006
I have a couple of new features to the website and I think I would give a quick run down of what they were:
- I have added a new Pages sidebar item with links to some pages of interest outside the wordpress date hierarchy.
- I recently started using tags on my posts – you may remember an earlier post about that. I have now added a Tags Map page. This page gives you a cosmos/heat map type of display of all my tags. You can than view related posts. The Tags Map is accessible via the previously mentioned new Pages sidebar item.
- A couple of days ago, I posted about getting my Xbox 360 its own blog via the guys over at 360Voice. Since then, I have found a nice little wordpress plugin by Saccia over at Pure Digital Thought. I have taken that plugin, extended it and modified for my own use on Mr Papa’s World. You can now see the result on the blog page of my Xbox 360. You can access that blog via the previously mentioned new Pages sidebar item. Oh, the 360Voice guys were also nice enough to mention Mr Papa’s World the other day on their site after I mentioned them on mine. Pretty cool stuff…
- Lastly, I have now added a link to a page that lists all of the wordpress plugins that I use on Mr Papa’s World. That link too can be found in the previously mentioned new Pages sidebar item. Most of these plugins are the work of others, but you will see a few of mine and some I have modded.
I hope you enjoy these new features on Mr Papa’s World.
Today is also the day that everyone arrives for the family reunion. We go to pick them up at the airport in a few hours. It looks like we never got any flight information from them (or lost it if we did) so it should be interesting. Luckily, Tucson International Airport is not too big and we can stake out at a couple of key chokepoints and should be able to spot them.
-
Subscribe via Email
Sign up to receive the latest Mr Papa's World site updates! -
Subscribe via RSS
