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PapiBlogger and Buick Accepting Entries for Guess the Final Road Trip Mileage Contest Now thru Aug 17th

Posted by PapiBlogger on Wednesday August 10th, 2011 at 10:51 AM


It’s been a wild and crazy ride for PapiBlogger and family this summer as they spent more than 40 days traveling and blogging throughout the nation from Miami to Alaska.  In order to celebrate the family’s big Miami homecoming, Buick is sponsoring a national contest that will award a GoPro camera like the one PapiBlogger uses, a $100 and a $50 gift certificate to the top three people who most accurately guess how many miles the PapiMobile (aka 2011 Buick Enclave) traveled during the road trip.

First place prize : GoPro Camera valued at $300

Hint: Read Papiblogger.com carefully and look for posts titled “Road Trip Tracker” to help with your total miles guess.

In order to be eligible you must complete all 3 steps*:

1) If you’re not already a Facebook fan of PapiBlogger, go to www.Facebook.com/papiblogger and “like” our page.

2) Follow @Papiblogger on Twitter and tweet the following sentence:

“ I just entered the Papiblogger Guess the Final Road Trip Mileage contest sponsored by @Buick & u can too! http://bit.ly/qd3vRq  #disneypapi “

3) Comment on this blog post with your guess. Make sure you enter a valid e-mail address so we can contact you if you win

*ELIGIBILITY: The PapiBlogger Guess the Final Road Trip Mileage contest is open to anybody but only Facebook fans of PapiBlogger are eligible.  You may vote as many times during the week but only once per day. Only entries from the United States will be accepted.  The winner must have a valid email and prizes will not be mailed to any P.O. Box.

Second place prize $100 Target Gift card Third place prize $50 Target gift card


CONTEST RULES: The person who guesses closest to the exact final total of miles will be declared the winner.  No purchase necessary to enter this giveaway.  The contest winner will be announced nationally on Friday, August 19th through PapiBlogger.com, Papiblogger’s Facebook page and on the Facebook fan pages of Hispanicize and the Hispanic PR Blog.  The deadline to guess the total mileage is 10 p.m. on Thursday, August 18th.

 

DISCLOSURE: Disney Parks and Buick are sponsors of the PapiBlogger Making Memories Family Road Trip.  This year’s PapiMobile is a 2011 Buick Enclave.

 

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PapiBlogger Making Memories Family Road Trip Tracker: August 8th

Posted by PapiBlogger on Monday August 8th, 2011 at 12:39 AM

Sedona

Total: 50 miles

 

DISCLOSURE: Disney Parks and Buick are sponsors of the PapiBlogger Making Memories Family Road Trip. This year’s PapiMobile is a 2011 Buick Enclave

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PapiBlogger Making Memories Family Road Trip Tracker: July 27

Posted by PapiBlogger on Wednesday July 27th, 2011 at 10:38 PM

 

Seaside, Oregon to Lincoln

Total: 116 miles

 

DISCLOSURE: Disney Parks and Buick are sponsors of the PapiBlogger Making Memories Family Road Trip.  This year’s PapiMobile is a 2011 Buick Enclave

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Day 8 of Family Road Trip from Miami to Alaska: Doctors, Dentists and Diaper Rash

Posted by PapiBlogger on Tuesday July 19th, 2011 at 09:00 AM

My wife is a great sport to have let us take this unflattering photo of her getting her root canal.

A day after the biggest crisis of our family road trip experiences, we arrived in the beautiful Colorado Springs, Colorado, nervous and very worried for the health of Jonathan and Angela.

Urgent Care

After doing some research online and consulting with family, Angela and I decided to give an urgent care center the reins to our son Jonathan’s health.  Jonathan’s clothes looked like a mess from our overnight stay in our PapiMobile in Kansas so in order for him to be more presentable for the doctor my wife and I bought him some new, comfortable clothing.

After he got his shot, Jonathan nearly fainted so the urgent care folks gave him plenty of water and took his blood pressure before discharging him.

When Jonathan and I walk into the urgent care facility he was trembling in fear he would be either hospitalized, given injections or worse.  When I his age, I was the same so I understood what he was feeling.

The doctor examined Jonathan and diagnosed him with (more…)

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Day 6 of Miami to Alaska Family Road Trip: Elvis Presley’s Graceland Mansion

Posted by PapiBlogger on Monday July 18th, 2011 at 02:31 PM

Family Plankiando with Elvis: You ain't never seen this before at Graceland!

I recall I was watching TV with my late grandparents Manolo and Margarita on that fateful August day in 1977 when a network news anchor interrupted regular programming to declare that Elvis was dead at 42. Elvis’ passing was the first celebrity death I remember and it stunned my Cuban grandparents in particular because he was so young when he died.

Access to the second floor, which is where Elvis collapsed, is prohibited.

 

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Day 2 of Miami to Alaska Family Road Trip: Disney Resorts and Relaxation Day

Posted by PapiBlogger on Monday July 11th, 2011 at 12:48 AM

The Disney All-Star Movie Resort features characters from such classic movies as 101 Dalmatians and Herbie the Love Bug.

One of the best tips I can give families visiting Disney Parks and resorts is to combine hearty days of theme park fun with equally long days of rest and relaxation in between.  A day after starting our best of Disney theme parks visit we decided to recharge by hanging out with our family at some of the Disney resorts and restaurants.

This is the magical broom from The Sorcerer's Apprentice. Other All Star Resorts feature other famous Disney characters as well as giant items like footballs and hockey nets. Copyright, PapiBlogger 2011.

Even though we stayed at the Contemporary Resort, which is located “across the street” from the Magic Kingdom, we spent most of our relaxation day at two of the All Star Resorts where my family stayed, the All-Star Movies and the All-Star Music Resorts. (more…)

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Whales, Glaciers and Disney Parks: This Summer We’re Headed from Miami to Alaska on a Road Trip

Posted by PapiBlogger on Wednesday July 6th, 2011 at 11:00 AM

 

We're off to the Magic Kingdom and beyond!

I just wanted to share with you the announcement that is going to be distributed today about the epic family blogging adventure that my wife, three kids and I are kicking off this week.  It all commences in one of the most incredible destinations on the planet: the Magic Kingdom.  Enjoy and please do stay for the entire ride, which you can also track through our Twitter hashtag #DisneyPapi!

Whales, Glaciers and Disney Parks: PapiBlogger Travels from Miami to Alaska for Summer’s Ultimate Family Road Trip

A year after logging 12,000 miles with my family during a summer odyssey that took us through 33 states, social media entrepreneur Manny Ruiz – aka the “PapiBlogger” – is headed on the road again.

We'll be getting an in-depth view at Disney's terrific resorts during our stays in Orlando, our cruise and Disneyland.

Starting July 8, PapiBlogger (http://www.papiblogger) will be “doing Disney” coast-to-coast and beyond the blue horizon plus several of America’s national parks during a 37-day adventure that will touch 18 states from Florida to Alaska.

During the epic family trip, geography and science class will be in session for Jonathan (11), Elena (7) and Briani (2). They will see glaciers, search for whales and bears as well as marvel at mountains and valleys on a Disney Cruise Line® vacation to Alaska (more…)

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Miami to Alaska Family Road Trip: A Look at this Year’s PapiMobile

Posted by PapiBlogger on Monday July 4th, 2011 at 11:03 PM

For the second year in a row PapiBlogger is taking to the road for an epic family trip that we believe has got to qualify us for the Guinness Book of World Record’s feat for most miles driven by a blogger with his wife and three young kids.  Well, there may not be an official record for such a thing but  I have to think that adding last year’s 12,000 miles plus this year’s anticipated mileage will qualify us for some sort of wild family prize.

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Join Us for Our 2011 PapiBlogger U.S. Family Road Trip Twitter Send-Off Party

Posted by PapiBlogger on Friday July 1st, 2011 at 12:39 AM

A year after logging 12,000 miles with my family during a summer odyssey through 33 states, we are headed on the road again!

 

We will be traveling from Miami to Alaska as part of a 37-day adventure that will touch 18 states and several of America’s national parks.

Latina Mom Bloggers, of course, had to throw PapiBlogger and family a proper send off! So come and join hosts Piera Jolly of Jolly Mom and  Rory Lassanske of Mamá Contemporánea on Tuesday, July 5th from 8-9:30pm EST for the ultimate twitter send-off party!

Click  here to RSVP.

 

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Father’s Day TV interview with PapiBlogger is tomorrow on Univision Network’s ‘Desayuno Alegre’

Posted by PapiBlogger on Saturday June 18th, 2011 at 08:00 AM

Hey friends and familia, tomorrow is Father’s Day and PapiBlogger is very blessed to say he will appear on Univision’s national TV show “Desayuno Alegre” for an in-studio interview about being a Latino father.  My daughter Briani and I were on hand to discuss last year’s family road trip and to give everyone a preview of the epic road trip that we will be on this summer as we journey from Miami to Alaska!

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