You may need to have a layover in Phoenix, Arizona. The Grand Canyon Airport is only served regularly by flights that originate in Nevada. Mesa, US Airways, Ameriflight and Empire Airlines all serve the Flagstaff airport. The flights will take between 4 and 6 hours. This is likely to be the most expensive way to travel from Los Angeles to the Grand Canyon. Flights often run between $400 and $600.

Summary: Schedule a flight from Los Angeles airport (LAX) to Flagstaff (FLG). Take a tour or a shuttle from Flagstaff to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon.

Cleaning the chicken coop can be a dirty business. You should minimize the chances of touching something yucky by wearing disposable gloves. Not only will this keep your hands clean, but it can minimize your risk for contracting germs and illnesses like Salmonella. Disposable gloves are readily available at most gardening or housing supply stores. Using disposable gloves help reduce the risk of spreading bacteria as gloves are thrown away after use. If gloves become punctured during use, put a new pair on to avoid spreading bacteria. Wash your hands with soap after exiting the chicken coop and removing your gloves. You probably already have a pair of shoes you wear only when cleaning the chicken coop. If you do not, select your rattiest pair of sneakers and use them exclusively when cleaning the chicken coop. Remove the shoes just before you step into your house. This way, you won't track any of the chicken coop grime into your home. Chicken coops can collect dust that you don't want to breathe in. If your chicken coop is mostly enclosed, the problem is compounded. No matter what type of coop you have, however, you should always put a face mask on when you enter the chicken coop. Ear loop masks of the variety worn by doctors tend to be the most comfortable, and effectively cover both mouth and nose. Prevent dust buildup by providing adequate ventilation for your chicken coop. Wear old shirts and tattered jeans that you don't mind messing up when cleaning your coop. Since you might be kneeling or brushing against the inside of your chicken coop, you should not wear clothes that you would mind getting grimy, dusty, and gross. After you've finished cleaning the coop, change into something clean. Wash the clothes you wore into the coop as soon as possible.

Summary: Wear disposable gloves. Use a designated pair of shoes for cleaning the coop. Wear a face mask. Dress down when cleaning your coop.

Every operating system has a command line interface that will allow you to run the Ping command. The Ping command operates virtually identically on all systems. If using Windows, open the Command Prompt. Click the Start button and enter cmd into the Search field. Windows 8 users can type "cmd" while on the Start screen. Press Enter to launch the Command Prompt. If using Mac OS X, open the Terminal. Open your Applications folder, and then open the Utilities folder. Select Terminal. If using Linux, Open a Telnet/Terminal window. It is most often found in the Accessories folder in your Applications directory. In Ubuntu, you can use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Alt + T to open the terminal. Type ping hostname or ping IP address. A hostname is typically a website address. Replace hostname with the website that or server that you want to ping. For example, to ping wikiHow's main web server, type ping www.wikihow.com. An IP address is a computer's location on a network, either locally or on the internet. If you know the IP address that you want to ping, replace IP address with it. For example, to ping the IP address 192.168.1.1, type ping 192.168.1.1. To have your PC ping itself, type ping 127.0.0.1. The results will be displayed beneath the current command line. See the lower section for how to read the output.

Summary: Open the Command Prompt or Terminal. Enter the Ping command. Press Enter to see your ping output.

Parmesan has a salty, strong taste that only gets stronger with age. Add it to pasta sauces, either on top of the dish or into the sauce as it cooks, to create a deeper flavor. Add parmesan rinds to soups, like minestrone, to achieve the same effect. Dried or cured anchovies add a salty, fishy flavor to food, and can be used in many dishes. Make anchovy butter, by combining anchovies and soft butter, to top toast or steaks. Add anchovy paste to pasta sauces to bring out the flavor of the tomatoes and create a more rounded flavor. Mushrooms have a lot of natural umami flavor, and it's even stronger when they're dried. Add mushrooms to pasta sauce. Chopped or sliced, cooked mushrooms work in white or red sauces. Use dried mushrooms in soups. Add porcini or shiitake mushrooms to soups or ramen to bring out the most flavor. Like mushrooms, tomatoes have natural umami flavor, as well as sweetness. Tomato paste is a thick, concentrated source of tomato flavor, and a little goes a long way. Add a bit of tomato paste in tomato soup, beef stews, pasta sauces, or even gravy. Kombu is a type of kelp, used often in Asian soups to make the base broth. Boil a few pieces of kombu, or other seaweeds, to add an earthy, fishy umami taste to soups and broths.
Summary: Add cheese to pasta dishes and soups. Use anchovies to add the umami taste to a variety of dishes. Use mushrooms. Put tomato paste in your soups and sauces. Add kombu to broths.