Enjoy!

I've noticed it happening more and more over the years. People who, rather than enjoying the moment, take nothing but pictures and leave. Whether it's at the Grand Canyon or the Oklahoma City Zoo, so many people do it.

They walk up and take a photo, and bolt off like they can't wait to get home and look at it on their computers. I remember my kids and I were sitting at the Grand Canyon once. We were taking in the beauty and grandeur, wondering what it must have taken to create this greatest of masterpieces, and dozens of people just walked up, took photos and left.

I'm not sure if they just can't wait to show the photos off to friends and family or what. We've seen this happen at many spectacular places from Las Vegas to the Alamo to London Bridge. At London Bridge, my son and I stopped to take in the history of such a neat and very old construction (The bridge was rebuilt many times over a 2,000 year period.)

I said, "Try to imagine you're in England 150 years ago crossing this bridge over the River Thames. It's a beautiful evening and you're taking a stroll with your loved ones saying things like 'Good day' and 'Hello Guvna' to your neighbors as the carriages go by with horses' feet making the 'clip-clop, clip clop' sounds."

He closed his eyes and experienced history. It made the trip so much better. Don't get me wrong, we took plenty of photos but we didn't forget to stop and "smell the roses." This is a photo of me taken by my daughter where I'm hanging from the edge of the Grand Canyon.

There was a cliff ledge below me so I wasn't in any real danger. One thing though, I pretended to stumble and fall just before the photo was taken. My kids nearly had heart attacks! It was wrong I admit, but my kids and I play practical jokes on each other all the time, Randy.