(Although you probably had no idea that I was even gone, since my posting is infrequent at best.)
I really am back, though. I just came back from a trip to Arizona yesterday. But more on that later.
I am trying to orchestrate something marvelous. It has almost been one year since I started this blog, and this is my ninety-second post. I am trying to have my one-hundredth post on this blog's one-year anniversary. This, however, requires more posting than I am used to.
So. It is now June 10th. I have a month and eight days to post eight times.
GRRR. It's not like I ever have anything useful to say, anyway. I mean, just blather on and on all of the time. I'm sure I can make it. I hope.
So. Arizona.
F.R.A.S'S Rules for Visiting Arizona:
- Bring a water bottle. Honestly. We went in June, and that's not even the hottest month of the year. And it was really, really hot.
- Bring chapstick. Arizona is one dry state.
- Go there for kind of a long time. DO NOT try to squeeze all of the sights into one or two days. You will be half-dead by lunchtime. Spend all day at the Hoover Dam, all day at the Grand Canyon, all day at Montezuma Castle, all day at wherever-else-you-are-going.
- Jeans are a bad idea. Especially if you're hiking all day- they start sticking to you. I saw this fate in most of the hikers we saw at the Grand Canyon. Yuck.
- Make sure your camera has a wrist strap. Actually, make sure that you have a camera before you buy a wrist strap. There are lots of things to take pictures of, and lots of places where you can lose your camera.
- Do your research first. There was this great place called Oak Creek Canyon. It's called the 'cousin to the Grand Canyon.' (Why?) Well, my parents read about it in an outdated guidebook that didn't mention how you can swim in the creek. There's this bit that is all slippery, and people sit on the current and just slide. K and I didn't bring swimsuits. So we just went down in our clothes. It was really, really fun, but I do not recommend it because it took all day for my clothes to dry off. So plan ahead! Make sure you know what you're doing, and bring everything you might possibly need.
- Bring lots of books and notebooks. This is only if you drive around a lot and like reading and writing. My family and I had a lot of time in the car, so I read and wrote. Just bring something to do, like a music player, for the driving.
- Bring a camera charger. Actually, bring a charger for everything. Battery runs out fast.
- Don't go on a plane. Where did the peanuts go? No snacks? Only drinks? They charge you for blankets and pillows ($8). It costs twenty-five dollars to check in one piece of luggage. Flying on planes in America used to be fun. Now it's just vaguely annoying.
- Bring lotion! My mother and I snuck into a Bath and Body Works at an Arizonian mall so that we could use the testers of lotion and perfume there on our hands and dusty feet. Planes don't allow the full tubes of lotion, and hotel lotion stinks. So bring the sample sizes. You'll need it.
- Don't go with your brother. He will drag you into stadiums and cry when they aren't open. LEAVE HIM AT HOME.
I hope those rules helped.
Quote for Thursday, June 10, 2010:
Richard: His head is shaped like a football.
Emily: It is not.
Richard: If he fell asleep in the park, someone would try to punt him.
-Gilmore Girls: Season 2 (Sadie, Sadie)
Muse for Today:
Twitter. How can such idiots be on Twitter?
You, know, that really makes a lot of sense.
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