Catching up...
Well, my title describes the theme of my life. Eternally behind. Eternal procrastination. I need renewed motivation post-spring break. I didn't even really break and yet I'm still feeling lazy. Well, I was planning to post over break and like most other things on my to-do list during break...that didn't happen. I also didn't go anywhere overnight...just day trips. Here's what I did do:
School. Not as much as planned but...
Shenandoah National Park/Forest. Beautiful! at the end of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Freezing cold. Hiked 5 miles in ice and snow to see a frozen waterfall. Cold but worth it. Very fun. Car started making horrible noise 20 miles from leaving the park. Opened hood to find a splintered tension belt and broken tensioner. I had panicked Cordele-flashbacks afraid to be stranded... no cell phone signal to call AAA. Sun going down. COLD. COasted in neutral down to tiny town as base at end of park and into nearest mechanic. Thank God, he had the parts and took the time to fix it right away so there was no stranding. Whew.
Eastern Shore, VA. Runs right to MD border. Totally unique area. Across a 30 mile bridge-tunnel from here. Longest in the world and one of the 7 engineering wonders of the modern world. Beautiful. Eastern shore is backwoods country, marsh, tiny spotted towns along shore. Very neat.
Kitty Hawk, NC. Just an hour south of here. Beautiful beaches. Wright Brothers memorial. Roanoke island. Lost colony is now found minus the people. Neat to see. Beautiful wooded area. Drove afterwards across to Jamesville, NC to a remote mostly hidden Fish Camp... tiny shack on the edge of the water. REALLY good fish. Hour south of Va Bch.
Georgetown, D.C. Explored Georgetown area which I never really did when I lived there since I didn't have a car. Found an old bookshop. Some really good finds. 1894 two-volume set on the History of the Church in Scotland. 1890 "Mother of the Wesleys" book on Susanna Wesley. 1930 of Tolstoy's Anna Karenina. Anglo-Saxon poetry volume cerca 1900. A few other good finds...$2-$15.... amazing. I love books. ;) Got together with Holly. Good day.
School. Not as much as planned but...
Shenandoah National Park/Forest. Beautiful! at the end of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Freezing cold. Hiked 5 miles in ice and snow to see a frozen waterfall. Cold but worth it. Very fun. Car started making horrible noise 20 miles from leaving the park. Opened hood to find a splintered tension belt and broken tensioner. I had panicked Cordele-flashbacks afraid to be stranded... no cell phone signal to call AAA. Sun going down. COLD. COasted in neutral down to tiny town as base at end of park and into nearest mechanic. Thank God, he had the parts and took the time to fix it right away so there was no stranding. Whew.
Eastern Shore, VA. Runs right to MD border. Totally unique area. Across a 30 mile bridge-tunnel from here. Longest in the world and one of the 7 engineering wonders of the modern world. Beautiful. Eastern shore is backwoods country, marsh, tiny spotted towns along shore. Very neat.
Kitty Hawk, NC. Just an hour south of here. Beautiful beaches. Wright Brothers memorial. Roanoke island. Lost colony is now found minus the people. Neat to see. Beautiful wooded area. Drove afterwards across to Jamesville, NC to a remote mostly hidden Fish Camp... tiny shack on the edge of the water. REALLY good fish. Hour south of Va Bch.
Georgetown, D.C. Explored Georgetown area which I never really did when I lived there since I didn't have a car. Found an old bookshop. Some really good finds. 1894 two-volume set on the History of the Church in Scotland. 1890 "Mother of the Wesleys" book on Susanna Wesley. 1930 of Tolstoy's Anna Karenina. Anglo-Saxon poetry volume cerca 1900. A few other good finds...$2-$15.... amazing. I love books. ;) Got together with Holly. Good day.
Fredricksburg Battle field. Just north of here. Battle of Sunken Road site. One of the greatest confederate victories. Beautiful site. Want to spend more time in Fredricksburg eventually…quaint town.
The weather has been nice, allowing for these short random excursions amidst my real life of school work. The problem (among others) with such an early Spring Break is now I have the whole rest of the semester…and it’s long!
Anyway, trying to get back in gear and re-focus. So many random things I need to get done. Applications etc… It never ends. I’ve revised my position on cloning…
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