Our James apparently isn’t the first James Flood to walk these streets.
Category: on vacation
To San Francisco
Young Boys Eating Watermelon
These photos are from the first day of our vacation at the cottage. James and Kyle were just getting to know each other. Kyle was willing to share his watermelon with James, but our little Wisconsinite wasn’t too sure what to think of the gesture. Ultimately, they both seemed happy enough with their sweet, watery snack.
A Tree for James
Two Faces
Another Cold One, Please
This One Makes Me Smile
Not sure why, but there’s something about this photo that makes me smile. Like any one-year-old, James experiences a lot of emotions in a day … I’m not too sure what this one was, but it’s one that we see often … perhaps somewhere between grumpy and frustrated, which is usually followed by a smile or a laugh.
If you look closely, you can see that he’s got a camera in his hands. Maybe he was grumpy because I interrupted his photo shoot – here’s one of the shots that he took:
Happy Canada Day
By the Numbers
I dabbled with Twitter for my Southwest @ 75mph trip, posting photos from the road at @Floodcation. Unfortunately mobile phone camera quality in 2010 is not that great, so you’ll need to use your imagination a bit to make the most out of these precious memories. Here are my tweets and associated photos, extracted from Twitter:
8th September – This is a first. Parents are late picking me up at the airport. Fortunately this overpriced banana is here for me 8th September – Beautiful Breckenridge, unfortunately in the rain 8th September – Just west of Rifle, Colorado – sun is back out, car is still going 75. 9th September – Sunny day. Flat land. Goodbye Colorado, hello Utah. Still going 75. 9th September – Can’t have a road trip without good gas 9th September – Hey, where did the trees go? (photo by Mom Flood) 9th September – Middle of Nowhere, Utah. Population: small. Soft drink themed gas storage tanks: 4 9th September – Still not many trees, but Utah has a bit more blue and green now. Nice work Utah – keep it up. 9th September – The verdict is in. The Grand Canyon really IS a big hole. In a good way. 9th September – A trekking Trek and the big Arizonian hole 10th September – Arizona lesson #52 – don’t forget to water your garden or else this might happen 10th September – Arizona lesson #52 – don’t forget to water your garden or else this might happen 10th September – Who put this dirty city in the stinky desert anyway? 10th September – Memo to Las Vegas. You live in a desert 11th September – Record short drive (2 hrs) for the Floodcation to Red Rock Canyon 11th September – Oh snap. Cleaning lady isn’t done with our room. Warning. Floods stuck in the sun. 11th September – Yay, a shuttle bus ride. 11th September – And up we will go 11th September – Helitweet 11th September – Crappy picture but I have a feeling that this low brow cheap steakhouse/brewery is going to be a winner 11th September – Here’s to being number 9 12th September – Holy snap! They have Denny’s here 12th September – This may or may not be true for you 12th September – Dam. 12th September – Dam crowded. 12th September – Damn nice drive home. 13th September – So long Las Vegas 14th September – Bad UI design 14th September – Wildest drive of my life. Put the Apache Trail on your list and bring your rugged road vehicle 14th September – Old school gas pump. New school gas prices 14th September – Sweet red rocks of Sedona 14th September – Sweet silhouetted rocks of Sedona 15th September – Hot air tweeting 15th September – I like Sedona 15th September – Balloon adventure complete 15th September – Good advice 15th September – Let’s hear it for the trees. Woot! 15th September – Still Grand 15th September – Dark roads aren’t as fun as light roads 16th September – Instant Western movie backdrops available here 16th September – 9 days in, we just had our first construction-related stop. 16th September – At the 4 Corners Monument you pay the Navaho $3 in exchange for seeing tourists and flags 16th September – I think that I’m finally in the cultural west now 16th September – I think that I’m finally in the cultural west now 16th September – I get the sense that these cavemen (cavepeople?) were no dummies 17th September – Let’s play “Guess that Decade” – Durango Econolodge edition 17th September – Last long drive (for me) on the Floodcation has begun. Only 10 more hours to go 17th September – With so much red and brown in the Southwest I had almost forgotten about green. Thanks Colorado 17th September – Note to self – move here 17th September – Great plains in between mountain ranges. Who knew? 17th September – Ride the pony 17th September – Autumn aspen near Breckenridge 18th September – flippin’ Gorillapod this place is beautiful 18th September – flippin’ Gorillapod this place is beautiful 19th September – Until next time Estes Park 19th September – Goodbye Rocky Mountains … sniff 19th September – Denver. Look west and you see the mountains. Look anywhere else and you don’t see much of anything.