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You need to see more of my pictures

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I don't think I've shared enough vacation pictures. I have been working on getting a few uploaded to Shutterfly so I can print some for a collage picture frame. I realized that out of somewhere around 800 pictures, none of us got a picture of the snowy peaks around Flagstaff, just one in New Mexico.

The Grand Canyon

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We spent all of last Sunday at The Grand Canyon. Dad wasn't opposed to going, but in conversations over years' past, his opinion was something like, "it's just a hole in the ground." He realized it was a more impressive hole in the ground once he got there. He shall forever get grief for that.

Spring training

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The whole idea of our trip to Arizona was to go to Texas Rangers Spring Training. Here's some shots from the games. The Rangers won two of three - a big deal since they only won two before we went! We didn't get to see all the regulars since so many players are playing in the World Baseball Classic. At Spring Training, you see a lot of people you may not be familiar with to begin with, especially so when most of the starters are not there. (Think Adrian Beltre, Jonathan Lucroy {aka The Cross-Eyed Catcher to my mom} and Rougned Odor.) Here's a few recognizable players though... Like Yu Darvish... We saw two games at Surprise Stadium - the Rangers' home field. Mike Nap-o-li Nomar Mazara Salt River Fields at Talking Stick, the spring home of the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies. The Rangers played the D'Backs on Tuesday. Classic Elvis Andrus Delino DeShields Another shot of Mike Napoli. Shin-Soo Cho...