Travel
I now know why there were so many WWII programs on TV the past 2 or 3 weeks. They were getting everyone ready for Memorial Day. In the old days my dad's sisters would come to town on this day and visit the cemeteries where family members lie, and leave wreaths on the stones. They could never remember from year to year where all the graves were, and spent most of the day walking the grounds. My brother Fred, who is also a genealogist and who has an incredible photographic memory, found the markers once and now can find each one immediately. We have relatives buried in 10 or more cemeteries in the Greater Cincinnati area.
Today I am using my I-Mac which has a huge screen but is more difficult to move around on. I'm not sure what the problem could be with my MacBookPro, but I'm finding typos all over emails I send out, and even changes to the subject line. Sometimes I'll be typing along and the cursor will jump to a different place and start adding letters and words. Usually I can catch and correct the errors, but I wish I knew what is causing it to happen. There is a touchpad below the keys that is so sensitive it will type a letter if I simply hold my fingers over the touchpad - I don't have to actually touch it. I like the pad for scrolling quickly, and have gotten used to it in place of a mouse. My iMac has a keyboard and a mouse, and I want to see if I have the same problems. I worry that it could be something infecting my computer, although I have found no other problems on it.
No relief from temperatures in the 90's will be felt until Wednesday, but of course the forecast seems to change hourly. I'm sick of hot weather! (And it is still only May).
I have a stack of maps out trying to work out the best route to South Dakota. Any way I look at it the distance from here to the DMV office in one of the small towns will be between 1600 and 1700 miles. It doesn't seem to be any less miles if I stay on the interstates as opposed to the highways and byways. You can easily figure out what my preference is.
I did a couple of trip iterations on Mapquest to check mileage, and it also gives me the fuel cost. It doesn't say, and I didn't ask for round trip figures, but the fuel cost is about double my estimate. I don't know what Mapquest uses for average cost per gallon, but I would like to think $4 a gallon would be a fair estimate.
Now to try to find camping locations as I would prefer to camp each night along the way and then stay at a motel when I arrive at my destination. I should be able to find Nat'l Park and Nat'l Forest campgrounds along the way, and they are easiest on the budget. They usually aren't close to interstates, but I hope to not have to travel way off U.S. and state routes to get to the good camping spots.
I wrote a friend this morning about my planning everything down to the most minute detail, and that I will no doubt throw all the plans out the window when I hit the road! The planning gives me great joy and keeps me out of trouble and out of the stores.
- Planning *update* Photo Added
I just about finished my route planning to New York, and I am surprised that I'm so unexcited about it. That's the travel part that I'm dreading but I'm certainly excited to think of being there for several weeks. Maybe it's...
- I'm All Talked Out!
A gentleman walked up on my porch at about 12:30 this afternoon to give me some news about the Park as well as the HOA. We ended up talking for about 2 hrs. about RVing, camping, Nevada, places to go, and I can't even remember it...
- Teaching One Of My Favorite Subjects
That is, map reading. I was talking to my son in NY and asked if he thought the boys (7 and almost 5) would like it if I sent them maps covering the entire route I'm taking to NY, plus a couple of highlighters. My thought is that I would...
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I have just finished several cups of the best coffee I've ever tasted. Ara brought her mom and me some Mother's Day gifts, including each of us a bag of coffee beans from a small company in Philly. They roast the beans in small batches,...
- Computer Difficulties
My little one-burner Coleman camping stove arrived today. I opened up the box and then the case, but it looks like something has to be assembled so I closed it back up again. It's a job for Donald or Steve. I doubt there is more...
Travel
Memorial Day
I now know why there were so many WWII programs on TV the past 2 or 3 weeks. They were getting everyone ready for Memorial Day. In the old days my dad's sisters would come to town on this day and visit the cemeteries where family members lie, and leave wreaths on the stones. They could never remember from year to year where all the graves were, and spent most of the day walking the grounds. My brother Fred, who is also a genealogist and who has an incredible photographic memory, found the markers once and now can find each one immediately. We have relatives buried in 10 or more cemeteries in the Greater Cincinnati area.
Today I am using my I-Mac which has a huge screen but is more difficult to move around on. I'm not sure what the problem could be with my MacBookPro, but I'm finding typos all over emails I send out, and even changes to the subject line. Sometimes I'll be typing along and the cursor will jump to a different place and start adding letters and words. Usually I can catch and correct the errors, but I wish I knew what is causing it to happen. There is a touchpad below the keys that is so sensitive it will type a letter if I simply hold my fingers over the touchpad - I don't have to actually touch it. I like the pad for scrolling quickly, and have gotten used to it in place of a mouse. My iMac has a keyboard and a mouse, and I want to see if I have the same problems. I worry that it could be something infecting my computer, although I have found no other problems on it.
No relief from temperatures in the 90's will be felt until Wednesday, but of course the forecast seems to change hourly. I'm sick of hot weather! (And it is still only May).
I have a stack of maps out trying to work out the best route to South Dakota. Any way I look at it the distance from here to the DMV office in one of the small towns will be between 1600 and 1700 miles. It doesn't seem to be any less miles if I stay on the interstates as opposed to the highways and byways. You can easily figure out what my preference is.
I did a couple of trip iterations on Mapquest to check mileage, and it also gives me the fuel cost. It doesn't say, and I didn't ask for round trip figures, but the fuel cost is about double my estimate. I don't know what Mapquest uses for average cost per gallon, but I would like to think $4 a gallon would be a fair estimate.
Now to try to find camping locations as I would prefer to camp each night along the way and then stay at a motel when I arrive at my destination. I should be able to find Nat'l Park and Nat'l Forest campgrounds along the way, and they are easiest on the budget. They usually aren't close to interstates, but I hope to not have to travel way off U.S. and state routes to get to the good camping spots.
I wrote a friend this morning about my planning everything down to the most minute detail, and that I will no doubt throw all the plans out the window when I hit the road! The planning gives me great joy and keeps me out of trouble and out of the stores.
- Planning *update* Photo Added
I just about finished my route planning to New York, and I am surprised that I'm so unexcited about it. That's the travel part that I'm dreading but I'm certainly excited to think of being there for several weeks. Maybe it's...
- I'm All Talked Out!
A gentleman walked up on my porch at about 12:30 this afternoon to give me some news about the Park as well as the HOA. We ended up talking for about 2 hrs. about RVing, camping, Nevada, places to go, and I can't even remember it...
- Teaching One Of My Favorite Subjects
That is, map reading. I was talking to my son in NY and asked if he thought the boys (7 and almost 5) would like it if I sent them maps covering the entire route I'm taking to NY, plus a couple of highlighters. My thought is that I would...
-
I have just finished several cups of the best coffee I've ever tasted. Ara brought her mom and me some Mother's Day gifts, including each of us a bag of coffee beans from a small company in Philly. They roast the beans in small batches,...
- Computer Difficulties
My little one-burner Coleman camping stove arrived today. I opened up the box and then the case, but it looks like something has to be assembled so I closed it back up again. It's a job for Donald or Steve. I doubt there is more...