{"id":7934,"date":"2011-10-31T11:16:29","date_gmt":"2011-10-31T18:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=7934"},"modified":"2012-02-02T10:51:56","modified_gmt":"2012-02-02T17:51:56","slug":"birthday-road-trip-photoblogging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=7934","title":{"rendered":"Birthday &#038; Road Trip Photoblogging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s my birthday.\u00a0 This one&#8217;s a <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\"><span style=\"color: red;\">millstone<\/span><\/span> milestone: the big 65.\u00a0 When I was a child, I looked up Halley&#8217;s Comet in the encyclopedia and figured out that I would be 40 when it came again in 1986 &#8230; unimaginably far in the future, and thinking of myself as a 40-year-old man was equally unimaginable (my own father wasn&#8217;t 40 yet).\u00a0 Now, sadly, I can well imagine being older &#8230; though I&#8217;m pretty damn sure I won&#8217;t be around for the comet&#8217;s next visit in 2061.<\/p>\n<p>To cheer me up, my 65-year-old wife (who deals with these things far better than me) got me an iPad.\u00a0 I&#8217;m in the throes of setting it up.\u00a0 While I&#8217;m scratching my head over all the Apple\/Microsoft differences, our houseguests &#8230; our goddaughter Natasha, her husband Natale, and their new baby Giorgianna &#8230; are making the most of a quiet day after our three-day road trip to Flagstaff, the Grand Canyon, and Sedona.<\/p>\n<p>On to the photoblogging:<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-7934 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?attachment_id=7935'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/10-30-11_2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7935\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/10-30-11_2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/10-30-11_2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/10-30-11_2-450x448.jpg 450w, https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/10-30-11_2.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7935'>\n\t\t\t\tHappy Halloween\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?attachment_id=7936'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/10-28-11_1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7936\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7936'>\n\t\t\t\tDonna &#038; Natale, South Rim\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?attachment_id=7937'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/10-28-11_2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7937\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7937'>\n\t\t\t\tPaul, South Rim\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?attachment_id=7938'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/10-28-11_3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7938\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7938'>\n\t\t\t\tGrand Canyon wildlife\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?attachment_id=7939'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/10-28-11_4-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7939\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7939'>\n\t\t\t\tNatale, Natasha, Giorgianna\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?attachment_id=7942'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/10-28-11_7-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7942\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7942'>\n\t\t\t\tBeauty spoiled by tourism, Sedona\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>By the way, Schatzi was my birthday present <a href=\"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=62\">six years ago<\/a>.\u00a0 iPad notwithstanding, she was the best birthday present ever!<\/p>\n<p>Gee, I wonder if there&#8217;s a Medicare app for the iPad&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s my birthday.\u00a0 This one&#8217;s a millstone milestone: the big 65.\u00a0 When I was a child, I looked up Halley&#8217;s Comet in the encyclopedia and figured out that I would be 40 when it came again in 1986 &#8230; 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