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Day 33 of Miami to Alaska Family Road Trip: Our Most Bizarre Vacation Day Ever, Part 2

Posted by PapiBlogger on Wednesday August 17th, 2011 at 08:23 AM



Can our road trip get any stranger?  The 33rd day of our family road trip proved that when it comes to the PapiBlogger clan, the answer is a resounding yes.

Genesis of Trouble

We started the 33rd day of our family road trip with plans for a casual, 400-plus mile “driving day” from Barstow, California to Sedona, Arizona. We deliberately stayed in Barstow because it is strategically located in the southwestern chin of the picturesque Mojave Desert in California, which I wanted to videotape and photograph. (more…)

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Day 24 of Miami to Alaska Family Road Trip: Our Most Bizarre Vacation Day Ever

Posted by PapiBlogger on Wednesday August 10th, 2011 at 12:21 PM


On family road trips you have crazy days and then if you’re in our family you have indescribably bizarre days.

The 24th day of our road trip was one for the ages and it all started because I was doing something you always do on vacation: taking photos of scenic places.

The Mean Winds

We were traveling along Oregon’s coast from Newport to the famous Sea Lion Caves near Florence when just a couple miles from the caves I told my wife who was driving to pull over at a roadside overlook that faced a lighthouse surrounded by gorgeous cliffs. (more…)

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Day 12 of Miami to Alaska Family Road Trip: Life in the PapiMobile

Posted by PapiBlogger on Monday July 25th, 2011 at 04:34 AM


On Day 12 of our family road trip we had a long driving day from Grand Teton National Park to Butte, Montana so today I thought I would pause to share some insights on what we do to make such a long journey possible with three kids and two adults in the PapiMobile.

My Wife Drives and I Blog

Yes, it’s true, my wife – recent root canal surgery and all – drives the Buick Enclave nearly 90% of the time while I blog.  Thank God my wife is the iron woman when it comes to driving because I seem to have whatever you call someone who literally can’t drive for more than one hour without dozing off.

 

If you think that’s easy for me, it’s not.  Gathering information, checking facts, writing content, (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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On Day 31, PapiBlogger Family Sees First Major League Baseball Game and Gets an Inside Tour of General Motors’ OnStar Center

Posted by PapiBlogger on Thursday July 22nd, 2010 at 11:08 AM

Baby Briani gives her ticket scanned for her first Major League Baseball game at Detroit Tiger's Comerica Park.

On the 31st Day of the PapiBlogger Family Road Trip, the Ruiz clan traveled from Chicago to Detroit where we visited General Motor’s OnStar service headquarters and also enjoyed our first Major League Baseball game together ever as a family at the Tiger’s Comerica Park.

ONSTAR’S CENTRAL COMMAND CENTER

OnStar's Central Command looks like a war room.

Jonathan takes the OnStar test vehicle for a virtual drive.

Following a five hour drive from Chicago to Detroit we landed at the General Motors headquarters building for an exclusive inside tour of OnStar’s central command center.

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Day 12 of the PapiBlogger Family Road Trip Brings Heat Scare in Death Valley

Posted by PapiBlogger on Sunday July 4th, 2010 at 01:32 PM

The Mojave Desert is worth exploring during the Spring or Winter, the only times you won't wilt in the blazing blow dryer heat.

On the 12th Day of the PapiBlogger Family Road Trip we left the comfort of our spectacular suite at the Rio All-Suite Las Vegas Hotel & Casino for a nearly five hour drive west to California for a little Disneyland magic in Anaheim.

A HEAT SCARE

One of the most spectacular desert drives in the United States awaits you when you go from Las Vegas to Los Angeles.  The Painted Desert is probably my favorite desert drive but the Mojave Desert drive is a strong second with some of the coolest-looking, roadside cactus trees and mountain views I’ve seen yet. (more…)

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