9:25 am: Heading to the Grand Canyon today! 5:16 pm: Waiting for Tammy and Mazie to emerge from Target in Flagstaff. 5:18 pm: Arizona is really hot. Yes, obvious. You’re welcome. 5:31 pm: Qualifier for a really long road trip: Getting the oil changed. At the Honda dealer in …
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8:56 am: Packing up. Leaving Las Vegas and awesome Mandalay Bay. Heading to Sedona, AZ! Laundry day too. 11:01 am: Hoover Dam! 2:33 pm: Lunch stop at Beaver Street Brewery in Flagstaff, AZ. 4:24 pm: Arrived in Sedona, AZ. Cool scenery. Hot temperatures. 4:27 pm: Wondering what …
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Number of days on the road so far: 29
Mileage on the 2006 Honda Odyssey at the beginning of the trip: 48,139
Mileage on the minivan at the end of the day, June 2nd: 52,680
Total miles driven during Summer of Love: 4,541
The average number of miles driven per day: 156.59
Cost of …
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- 4:26 am: I seem unable to sleep in Las Vegas. This sucks.
- 9:44 am: Heading down to the pool. Lazy river today.
- 1:52 pm: At Mesa Grill (Bobby Flay) for lunch. Awesome. Cactus Pear Margarita.
- 9:33 pm: Mazie: “I’m going to blog on my post. This is blogging on my post.”
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around the Lazy River
at Mandalay Bay. Mazie’s very first time in a lazy river.
- Heading to the pool again.
- Fathers Day cake? Sure! Fathers Day cake!
- Black Cherry Mojito at lunch. Yum!
- I wish there was a way to rid the world of Comic Sans MS.
- Left Mandalay Bay and ventured down the strip. So far, a mistake.
- Todays mojitos: Black Cherry, Watermelon and Apple.
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This year marks something that will not happen again until 2014, when Mazie turns 9. Father’s Day is the day right after Mazie’s birthday! Father’s Day is always the 3rd Sunday in June. After 2014 it won’t happen again until 2025, on Mazie’s 20th birthday. Now, I know what you …
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- 11:42 am: Heading to the pool.
- 4:21 pm: Trying to figure out best Fathers Day activities in Las Vegas. Any suggestions? Thinking of Hoover Dam visit.
- 7:44 pm: Walking to The Four Seasons to get Mazie macaroni and cheese.
- 8:01 pm: Found my way to Four Seasons after several wrong turns.
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Today my little girl turns three years old! Happy Birthday Mazie!
Mazie has been blowing my mind lately. This morning she told us “my birthday is June 14.” I know I easily suffer from being an overly Proud Papa, but she is making leaps and strides in so many areas. Clearly we are …
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9:56 am: Leaving Monterey for our next stop, Las Vegas! 12:37 pm: Paying $4.66/gallon for gas. 3:33 pm: Starting to cross the Mojave Desert. 103 outside. 6:50 pm: 107 °F outside. Scared. 7:12 pm: Paying $5.50/gallon for gas. No joke. 60 miles outside Las Vegas. 11:05 pm: Super …
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