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Camping Tuesday night was wonderful in so many ways, but getting sleep wasn't one of them. We had a low of 41 ° F, and i don't think the tent was designed for trapping body heat. I got my sleeping bag when i was around five years old so it's not high tech by any means. The REI investments were fabulous, though. The little stove, the teapot, the mess kit, and the self inflating pads plus the convertible chair frames were great.
We lingered in the campground in the morning, enjoying our time in the ring of redwoods. The new stove flashed the water to boiling in the titanium tea pot. Having two stoves meant the biscuits could cook slowly over the sterno while the eggs and veggie dogs cold be cooked quickly over the high flame while the biscuits were finishing.
I tried to get my bluetooth keyboard to work with my phone so i could journal, but that didn't work out. Christine, though, was able to coax her first mandolin into tune and practiced. I loved listening while i cooked breakfast.
We walked the nature trail near the visitor's center, paying homage to the Mother and Father of the Forest trees, and finished just as the rain began.
The junket did exhaust Christine: this is our first little adventure since her surgery
The second half of my day off was spent on a faux newsletter from the Minnow and learning Illustrator. While i was camping, one of my retired colleagues (LHJ) wrote the articles. Another colleague (SJE) provided historical photos. I'm using a copy of Illustrator from 2006. You'd think it would be blindingly fast on newer hardware, oh, but no. I'm sure it's running under emulation, and it's probably simply cranky. I'm using Acrobat 6 to make a PDF that is small enough that i can send it to folks via email. Thank heavens for antique software? Strangely, the FedEx Kinko's site is running as if it too is under emulation. I don't think they can print and fold the newsletter on -- what size paper is 11x17?
Back to work.
Much more i'd love to write, but must be in car shortly.
Camping Tuesday night was wonderful in so many ways, but getting sleep wasn't one of them. We had a low of 41 ° F, and i don't think the tent was designed for trapping body heat. I got my sleeping bag when i was around five years old so it's not high tech by any means. The REI investments were fabulous, though. The little stove, the teapot, the mess kit, and the self inflating pads plus the convertible chair frames were great.
We lingered in the campground in the morning, enjoying our time in the ring of redwoods. The new stove flashed the water to boiling in the titanium tea pot. Having two stoves meant the biscuits could cook slowly over the sterno while the eggs and veggie dogs cold be cooked quickly over the high flame while the biscuits were finishing.
I tried to get my bluetooth keyboard to work with my phone so i could journal, but that didn't work out. Christine, though, was able to coax her first mandolin into tune and practiced. I loved listening while i cooked breakfast.
We walked the nature trail near the visitor's center, paying homage to the Mother and Father of the Forest trees, and finished just as the rain began.
The junket did exhaust Christine: this is our first little adventure since her surgery
The second half of my day off was spent on a faux newsletter from the Minnow and learning Illustrator. While i was camping, one of my retired colleagues (LHJ) wrote the articles. Another colleague (SJE) provided historical photos. I'm using a copy of Illustrator from 2006. You'd think it would be blindingly fast on newer hardware, oh, but no. I'm sure it's running under emulation, and it's probably simply cranky. I'm using Acrobat 6 to make a PDF that is small enough that i can send it to folks via email. Thank heavens for antique software? Strangely, the FedEx Kinko's site is running as if it too is under emulation. I don't think they can print and fold the newsletter on -- what size paper is 11x17?
Back to work.
Much more i'd love to write, but must be in car shortly.
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