Today I installed WordPress 2.2 on the site where I’d originally created a blog dedicated to an upcoming family reunion, but had abandoned it because of broken features in the earlier version (2.1). The new version tests out well, and has some nice new plug-ins that aren’t available on earlier versions, so I will probably [...]
I’ve mentioned before that I use Google Earth®, a really cool online mapping program. But it wasn’t until the other day that I realized how to display the map in 3D, complete with terrain and in some places, even buildings. Here’s a couple of examples: This is the location of the campground where we stayed [...]
No, this is not about the general activity itself, only my own little efforts. I just realized after replying to an email from an old friend that the archives for this site don’t have a link to my earlier Travels With Buddy blog. So now you can follow that link to see my first attempt [...]
It’s about time to get back to the stated topic of this site, traveling. Since today is the day some people have called for a boycott of US gas stations, prices of that commodity have been prominent in the news. Yesterday the national average price for unleaded regular reached US$3.10/gallon. Darn. However, that’s just an [...]
Just thought I’d post a word to reassure people that Dad’s ok. He said that it was really weird, but after going through all that — visit to emergency room, tests, etc. — now he feels just fine. He was even out working in the yard the next day! Still no idea what was wrong, [...]
Dad just called (at 3:30 a.m.!) to tell me they were on the way home. The tests (including a Cat Scan) were all negative, but they’d given him some pain medicine in the meantime, so he was feeling fine. We’ll see how he’s doing later on, but right now it looks very good. No, they [...]
I’m just as glad we decided not to go up to Kansas this month. Today Dad went in the hospital, and it’s much better to be here than to be out of state in that case. No word yet on what’s the problem, but Mom said he’s waiting for a room, so they’re going to [...]
After spending several hours planning routes, schedules, budgets, stops, people to see and places to go, I asked Phil, “Do we really want to spend two weeks on the road and about $1500 in gas and site rentals just to go to a one-night event?” Of course, we would do more than just attend the [...]
Wouldn’t you know it. I try to do something nice, and it blows up in my face. One of Phil’s cousins is planning a Prawl family reunion in late June, so I decided (since we own the PRAWL.NET domain and I have plenty of server space, etc.) to put up a website to keep track [...]
It went better than expected. I got out of the hospital Friday, got the staples pulled today, and now we’re making plans to leave for Kansas in time to attend the Severance School Alumni Banquet on May 12th. The doctor said traveling by RV is fine, since I can get up and move around at [...]
