Walking outside after work yesterday, something was odd. Something felt off. Something was different.
Then I realized I wasn’t seeing my breath. After a brief check to insure that, yes, I was in fact still breathing, I realized it was not frigid outside. After a week of what is very cold weather for Alabama, I’d gotten used to that.
Today the snow is mostly gone. Snowmen are a greatly endangered species.
Um, hi. We met a long time ago. My name’s Jerry.
I knew it had been a long time, but I didn’t realize it had been that long. But behold, I post again.
See you in May!
There’s much to say. A lot has happened, and this update doesn’t cover it anywhere near adequately. But it’s all I can do at the moment. So I will do.
The Oshkosh experience was great. Photos to come.
The Yellowstone trip was brilliant. Photos to come (I’ve not even pulled them off the camera yet).
Saturday I had to have my cats Abbey and Minuet put down. It was a lousy way to return home after a wonderful vacation, but it was simply their time. I am totally at peace with that decision, and I think I’d made it some weeks ago when it was clear that their quality of life was slipping fast.
Tomorrow I head once again for Oshkosh. Not Oshkosh the place but Oshkosh the event. Technically it’s called EAA Airventure but those in the know usually just call it “Oshkosh” or even just “KOSH” (which refers not to this Kosh but the code for Wittman Regional Airport, where AirVenture is held) I desperately want to be seen as in the know, so I call it “Oshkosh.”
This year I will take along my new iPhone. According to the AT&T map Oshkosh doesn’t look to have 3G coverage but with luck I’ll have EDGE access at least. The wifi coverage for the campground is supposedly improved over last year (when I could see the network but not connect) so perhaps that as well. If at all possible I’ll be posting since I desperately want to be seen as techno savvy.
I’ve replaced the camera that Alice broke with an identical model because I liked it so much. There’s certainly plenty of things to photograph. I may also take my elderly but impressively-hefty Canon Digital Rebel since I desperately want to be seen as a good photographer.
Cameras, check; memory cards, check; chargers, check; cables, check. The list goes on -way on- from there: clothes to comfortably cover a variety of conditions over nine days, food, assorted gear. But I like making detailed lists, being desperate to be seen as organized. That’s one appealing thing about trips, camping trips in particular: for a brief amount of time I can be organized in a way I cannot be at home. I have what I brought with me, and I know where it all is.
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