This is what I wrote while sitting in Copley Square...I pulled out one paragraph.
So this is from 2 days ago
Copley Square
So here I sit in Copley Square...watching the people, the birds, the artists sketching the Boston Public Library...I'm transcribing a Daft Punk song, enjoying the unseasonably warm Boston fall and thinking bout the trip that has gone by, the experiences, the people, the good days and the bad and realizing how much I needed to do this and how much of a fuckin downer I was before I left.
After being in Boston for a few days now, re charging, getting healthy again...my head is clearing...slowly. I'm thinking about work again and how I want to go back. I'm thinking of different options that I can look into...not limiting myself to anything.
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Ok....now that I got that out....I must thank S and J for the amazing hospitality over the last few days.....even tho they are never there ;) they gave me keys and said me casa su casa...I prob got that wrong but....I'm I pilot and AME...not a speller! Being here has made me so much better. The city, the runs, the atmosphere....has re-charged me and put a smile on my face that I can't get rid of. Leaving here will be hard. But I know I will be back again.....possibly to do the Boston Marathon.....just a thought at this point...it's a lofty goal.
So as the pigeons fly around and shit on things...as the wind blows, the leaves tumble...Nirvana Unplugged flows thru my head and the people wander.....WANDER thru the farmers market....I am very introspective today...if you couldn't tell! These days are sometimes good and sometimes bad...this is a good day.
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Thursday Nov 25
Ok...I haven't updated in a few days...I've just been busy. It was easier to update daily when I was going across the country CIA I had no one to hang out with! So now that I have some friends and family to see...id rather hang out and bs with them then write lol!
So let's see....I think I left off on a night in Boston...i do believe I went to bed shortly after posting that one. Woke up the next day after a great rest....S and J were at work doing doctor stuff...so I went to walk more around Boston......shhh it's coming back to me now...I had to go back to Lulu and give some feed back on the toque and the socks...did that and then went to a farmers market that I saw on the way thee in Copley Square.
Got there....prob a 5 min walk and took a look around. There was everything from fresh pastries to veggies, cheese, pies, apple cider and custom jewelry. Very cool neat stuff. The veggies were in baskets and it looked like a farmers market should I guess. I tried to take some pics....but of course my camera battery died. But I got a few. So I sat around on a bench...the temp was very balmy, the wind was blowing a bit...it was just a super nice day. I just sat....and thought....and wrote...I got some good thoughts down and realized some things. It was just one of those self reflecting times ya know.....when I was sitting in the Lincoln Memorial...it was the same thing but I was in a different state of mind...I was a bit down...for this one I was in a good frame of mind...positive, accepting, and realizing that shit happens and there are some things I can't change.
I sat there for a good chunk of time...I was planning on going to the north end of town...but when I looked at the time I needed to go back to base camp, go for a run, laundry, and then head out to see the Harry potter movie with S and J and Sima...one of their friends.
Run was not so good...time was ok...did my 10k...but I had some major cramps and some heartburn on the go...weird...but I got it done and I think my pace was 4:30/km ish...so not bad. So threw my running stuff in the laundry with what ever else I needed to wash, had a shower...S and J got home, we had some cheese I got at the market.....cumin cheddar...yummy....Sima came by...we made tracks for a pizza joint....more yumminess...and off to the move. I have not seen any of the Harry Potter movies...so it was lost on me....but the special effects were good!
Got back to S and J's place and said good by to J...he had to be up in the morning to go to the gym and work...and off to bed I go.
Scott and I went to flour for a coffee and breaky in the morning...more yumminess...we got the parking thing sorted out, I packed, went and got my van, said good by to S and down the road I go.......I just want to thank S and J for having me....it allowed me to re charge, get healthy again, and get back to being me again. With good advice and a solid base camp....the Boston experience allowed me to grow....thanks guys!
Getting out of Boston was a bit of a challenge but I made it out, up into New Hampshire where they have unbelievably cheap booze. I got a 60 of Captain Morgan spiced rum for 20$ and a few other things...more on that later. Windy as all hell driving yesterday....dam...the Deli not being of good aerodynamic properties did not fair so well....lol! I caught a few gusts that jerked me around good and hard!
Driving thru Maine reminded me of driving on the Island..the trees and the waterways....nice scenery. Then it got dark and I didn't see much till I hit the border.....
So....being a semi honest person ;) I tell the border gal I had got some booze...bad Idea....inside I go...where another guy says...and he was not being a dick about it...you have to give up one bottle or pay for it...to keep it would have been 2X the cost to buy it...so by by big bottle of rum :( Oh well....that's what ya get for being honest. No big deal I guess. Continuing down the road towards Floyds place...ran into Canadian winter around the Moncton area.....it felt right to be snow again....seeing as that's all I'm hearing about from back home!! In eventful drive to Floyds....got there around 1230 lcl and stayed up till 330 bs'ing and caryin on! We had a good night!
Got up and we went to the pub for lunch and a beer then Floyd took me on a tour of his city...nice little town...bout an hour north of Halifax. Then we got some oil for the van, went back to his place, pulled the van into the shop and I did my oil change...the van is happy again! We hung out for a bit more and I have now hit the road and am in downtown Halifax.
I'm thinking there is a school around here...it's all fashionable....or at least what they think is fashionable....lol...people in their early 20's....terrible! I'm like one of the only ppl in here not using a laptop or reading a paper....I am using my iPhone...that counts I guess....now I'm just rambling on....
Ok....well that's the update for now I suppose....
The plan for the next few days is variable....I want to be in MTL by the first and be back in Kelowna by the 10th I think...so I got some driving to do and shot to see...
Cheers everyone
Ok...I haven't updated in a few days...I've just been busy. It was easier to update daily when I was going across the country CIA I had no one to hang out with! So now that I have some friends and family to see...id rather hang out and bs with them then write lol!
So let's see....I think I left off on a night in Boston...i do believe I went to bed shortly after posting that one. Woke up the next day after a great rest....S and J were at work doing doctor stuff...so I went to walk more around Boston......shhh it's coming back to me now...I had to go back to Lulu and give some feed back on the toque and the socks...did that and then went to a farmers market that I saw on the way thee in Copley Square.
Got there....prob a 5 min walk and took a look around. There was everything from fresh pastries to veggies, cheese, pies, apple cider and custom jewelry. Very cool neat stuff. The veggies were in baskets and it looked like a farmers market should I guess. I tried to take some pics....but of course my camera battery died. But I got a few. So I sat around on a bench...the temp was very balmy, the wind was blowing a bit...it was just a super nice day. I just sat....and thought....and wrote...I got some good thoughts down and realized some things. It was just one of those self reflecting times ya know.....when I was sitting in the Lincoln Memorial...it was the same thing but I was in a different state of mind...I was a bit down...for this one I was in a good frame of mind...positive, accepting, and realizing that shit happens and there are some things I can't change.
I sat there for a good chunk of time...I was planning on going to the north end of town...but when I looked at the time I needed to go back to base camp, go for a run, laundry, and then head out to see the Harry potter movie with S and J and Sima...one of their friends.
Run was not so good...time was ok...did my 10k...but I had some major cramps and some heartburn on the go...weird...but I got it done and I think my pace was 4:30/km ish...so not bad. So threw my running stuff in the laundry with what ever else I needed to wash, had a shower...S and J got home, we had some cheese I got at the market.....cumin cheddar...yummy....Sima came by...we made tracks for a pizza joint....more yumminess...and off to the move. I have not seen any of the Harry Potter movies...so it was lost on me....but the special effects were good!
Got back to S and J's place and said good by to J...he had to be up in the morning to go to the gym and work...and off to bed I go.
Scott and I went to flour for a coffee and breaky in the morning...more yumminess...we got the parking thing sorted out, I packed, went and got my van, said good by to S and down the road I go.......I just want to thank S and J for having me....it allowed me to re charge, get healthy again, and get back to being me again. With good advice and a solid base camp....the Boston experience allowed me to grow....thanks guys!
Getting out of Boston was a bit of a challenge but I made it out, up into New Hampshire where they have unbelievably cheap booze. I got a 60 of Captain Morgan spiced rum for 20$ and a few other things...more on that later. Windy as all hell driving yesterday....dam...the Deli not being of good aerodynamic properties did not fair so well....lol! I caught a few gusts that jerked me around good and hard!
Driving thru Maine reminded me of driving on the Island..the trees and the waterways....nice scenery. Then it got dark and I didn't see much till I hit the border.....
So....being a semi honest person ;) I tell the border gal I had got some booze...bad Idea....inside I go...where another guy says...and he was not being a dick about it...you have to give up one bottle or pay for it...to keep it would have been 2X the cost to buy it...so by by big bottle of rum :( Oh well....that's what ya get for being honest. No big deal I guess. Continuing down the road towards Floyds place...ran into Canadian winter around the Moncton area.....it felt right to be snow again....seeing as that's all I'm hearing about from back home!! In eventful drive to Floyds....got there around 1230 lcl and stayed up till 330 bs'ing and caryin on! We had a good night!
Got up and we went to the pub for lunch and a beer then Floyd took me on a tour of his city...nice little town...bout an hour north of Halifax. Then we got some oil for the van, went back to his place, pulled the van into the shop and I did my oil change...the van is happy again! We hung out for a bit more and I have now hit the road and am in downtown Halifax.
I'm thinking there is a school around here...it's all fashionable....or at least what they think is fashionable....lol...people in their early 20's....terrible! I'm like one of the only ppl in here not using a laptop or reading a paper....I am using my iPhone...that counts I guess....now I'm just rambling on....
Ok....well that's the update for now I suppose....
The plan for the next few days is variable....I want to be in MTL by the first and be back in Kelowna by the 10th I think...so I got some driving to do and shot to see...
Cheers everyone
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Tue night
Good evening....just saw the new Harry potter movie...hitting the road tomorrow...I'm kinda tired...so I am going to bed...not much to update at the moment. But I will do a full update tomorrow :)
I did write some more stuff today that I don't know if I want to post...I'll sleep on it.
Ok...so Gnite for now...sorry...just bagged.
I did write some more stuff today that I don't know if I want to post...I'll sleep on it.
Ok...so Gnite for now...sorry...just bagged.
Monday, November 22, 2010
Monday night....Baaaaston
Good evening.
Well let see...last night was nice and relaxed, Scott and Jason went to be and I watched the football game...crashed out after that.
Woke up this morning...put my van back in the parking garage, then went for a coffee and a breakfast bagel at a local bakery that S and J told me about...super tasty. Went back to the Boston home base...grabbed a few things and started rambling for the day.
I was heading for a Lulu store to see if they had anything diffrent in the states. So go in and the gal there notices my hoodie...and we have a nice chat about the productsand customer feed back. She was also pumped that I was from Vancouver and liked the product and had something to say about it...so she comped me a insulated running toque! So I have to go back tomorrow and give her some feedback. I also got some socks there...and I now have a blister...she'll hear about that for sure!
Across the street was an Apple store...so I went in and talked to a guy who was very helpfull and knowledgeable about the product. So I know what I want from there...now I just need the 1199$ to buy it lol!
So continued rambling around, got lost and turned around a few times but found my way to familiar spots. I walked past a barber shop and this sounds bad...but a black guy was getting his hair cut...so I thought, hey...these guys will know how to cut my hair...So in I go....and got the best haircut of my life!!!! Was so happy!
After some more wrong turns and such I made my way back here and suited up for a run.
Made my way to the river and had a great run! I think my cold is going away, I was rested, S and J are feeding me lol! It was a nice night for a run...cool, no rain. Lots of other ppl running as well. I did 13k in 54:19 so my pace was 4:10....better than my last run. My stride is still not there like it was when I was running more...but I'll get it back and I will dominate once again!
Came back here...showered up, cracked a bottle of wine...had dinner..now S is off at a quick work thing, J is doing work stuff and I'm writing my blog lol! Arnt we cool!
I am really enjoying my time here...the company, the city....it's all so good! I'm going to stay till wendsday morning.
I'm kinda tired...but feeling way better if that makes sence.
I'll write more tomorrow...the iPhone is pissing me off right now lol!
Gnite all :)
Well let see...last night was nice and relaxed, Scott and Jason went to be and I watched the football game...crashed out after that.
Woke up this morning...put my van back in the parking garage, then went for a coffee and a breakfast bagel at a local bakery that S and J told me about...super tasty. Went back to the Boston home base...grabbed a few things and started rambling for the day.
I was heading for a Lulu store to see if they had anything diffrent in the states. So go in and the gal there notices my hoodie...and we have a nice chat about the productsand customer feed back. She was also pumped that I was from Vancouver and liked the product and had something to say about it...so she comped me a insulated running toque! So I have to go back tomorrow and give her some feedback. I also got some socks there...and I now have a blister...she'll hear about that for sure!
Across the street was an Apple store...so I went in and talked to a guy who was very helpfull and knowledgeable about the product. So I know what I want from there...now I just need the 1199$ to buy it lol!
So continued rambling around, got lost and turned around a few times but found my way to familiar spots. I walked past a barber shop and this sounds bad...but a black guy was getting his hair cut...so I thought, hey...these guys will know how to cut my hair...So in I go....and got the best haircut of my life!!!! Was so happy!
After some more wrong turns and such I made my way back here and suited up for a run.
Made my way to the river and had a great run! I think my cold is going away, I was rested, S and J are feeding me lol! It was a nice night for a run...cool, no rain. Lots of other ppl running as well. I did 13k in 54:19 so my pace was 4:10....better than my last run. My stride is still not there like it was when I was running more...but I'll get it back and I will dominate once again!
Came back here...showered up, cracked a bottle of wine...had dinner..now S is off at a quick work thing, J is doing work stuff and I'm writing my blog lol! Arnt we cool!
I am really enjoying my time here...the company, the city....it's all so good! I'm going to stay till wendsday morning.
I'm kinda tired...but feeling way better if that makes sence.
I'll write more tomorrow...the iPhone is pissing me off right now lol!
Gnite all :)
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Sunday night in Boston
Hey there.
Well lets see....yesterday....i awoke from a comfy bed...showered and well rested. Scott was at work for the day so got a chance to hag out with Jason and bs for a bit. We had breaky...was nice. He had to do some research and i had to update my pics.....so we sat at either ends of the table, not talking and doing our thing lol! Then i suited up and went for a bit of a run...did 6.5k....avg pace of 5/km....lots of stops tho....I'm back to square one with running now and that's a bummer. The cold is not helping but my endurance is low....but i am very motivated to get it back and get back in the gym. So got back from my lass than impressive run, had a shower.....i seem to be mentioning showering alot.....lol! Ive had 3 showers in less than 2 days! so nice! lol......anyways....got my laundry done, had a bite to eat and a beer with Jason...and began my walk to the Gardens. Its confusing here....all the streets go every direction not n s e w.....they go on angles. Jason gave me some directions....but i quickly got messed up! I had a general direction to go...and so i went that way! I ended up seeing a good portion of Boston at night...very nice city...a little chilly....but tis the season. After asking a few questions....i made it the the Gardens.....bout 1.5hrs later....i left knowing i had a ways to go. Find a scalper and got a decent ticket....got him down on the price and away we...or I go.....found my seat and watched a great game at an old history filled rink. There is not much of the rink left showing its age...it all looks very new and re-built.....i was kinda sad to see that. I was hoping for some history....the banners for the Bruins and Celtics were neat tho. Before the game they had a nice moment of silence for Pat Burns who had passed the night before due to a long battle with cancer. As i said....great game....great atmosphere....Boston came back from a 3-0 deficit to tie and fore ot then a shoot out in witch they lost...but still a great time.
There was a ton of Quebecois there...and a pile of ppl from the maritime's there.....after the game they were all out infont of the arena taking pics infornt of the Bobby Orr statue......also puking everywhere.....so smashed....and they all sounded like Newfies! lol! Go Canada!
Left there, found a brewpub.....had a good burger and some tasty beer.............An aside.....Amercian beer. The attitude towards it is that its all shit. In my travels i have learned that this is not true. Americans have the big breweries as we do back home that pump out the same shit boring beers....your Bud lite, Miller Lite, Molson Canadian, Labbats Blue....and so on. Both countries have their shit beers. But both countries have very very good micro breweries.....and that's what you have to find. I have found some great brew houses down here....with some very good beers. In the states this is where you have to go for the most part to get good beer. At home, we can go to the store and get a variety of great beers.....you can here but your choices are more limited. But Yankees can and do make good beer.
Ok....after i left the brew pub started making my way home...hoped on the T (subway) and got off near where i wanted to....Jason gave me directions on where to get off...but they had recently changed the name...so i missed it lol! Got off at the next stop, figured out where i was....i got to the surface and recognized some things....i had ran buy there earlier in the day...super....so i made my way back home.
Woke up this morn...had a great cup of coffee, Scott made a great breaky and we all watched the SNL from the previous night. Then we all headed for the city for a walkabout. Saw some cool old spots, grabbed a 2 for 1 Starbucks....and just rambled around....Scott was getting cold lol! Beautiful city....very old, full of history and culture. We went to an old Italian pastry bakery....its been there for ever...got canolies then made our to to the T and back here.
Now Scott...the master Chef...has dinner in the POT (his fancy new dutch oven).....Jason and i have been busting his balls all day over it...lol and the Dutch oven jokes are abound!
Been a great day......feeling better....re-charging and starting to get a leg up on this effin cold. Think I'm going to stay till Tue morning and then making my way up towards the maritime's to say hi to my to some ppl up that way....Also doing some....and Chance I'm going today and get this right.....wander...did i get it right?!
Ive been getting flack from ppl regarding my spelling!! lol!
So tomorrow I'm going to try and do a 10k....wander around the city, relax abit more, hang out with the boys...enjoy one more night in a comfy bed and then hit the road Tue morning........i need to change the oil on the deli as well....ill find a spot outside of Boston for that...
Ok dinner time....so have a good night everyone....I also updated my pics on fb.
Cheers
Well lets see....yesterday....i awoke from a comfy bed...showered and well rested. Scott was at work for the day so got a chance to hag out with Jason and bs for a bit. We had breaky...was nice. He had to do some research and i had to update my pics.....so we sat at either ends of the table, not talking and doing our thing lol! Then i suited up and went for a bit of a run...did 6.5k....avg pace of 5/km....lots of stops tho....I'm back to square one with running now and that's a bummer. The cold is not helping but my endurance is low....but i am very motivated to get it back and get back in the gym. So got back from my lass than impressive run, had a shower.....i seem to be mentioning showering alot.....lol! Ive had 3 showers in less than 2 days! so nice! lol......anyways....got my laundry done, had a bite to eat and a beer with Jason...and began my walk to the Gardens. Its confusing here....all the streets go every direction not n s e w.....they go on angles. Jason gave me some directions....but i quickly got messed up! I had a general direction to go...and so i went that way! I ended up seeing a good portion of Boston at night...very nice city...a little chilly....but tis the season. After asking a few questions....i made it the the Gardens.....bout 1.5hrs later....i left knowing i had a ways to go. Find a scalper and got a decent ticket....got him down on the price and away we...or I go.....found my seat and watched a great game at an old history filled rink. There is not much of the rink left showing its age...it all looks very new and re-built.....i was kinda sad to see that. I was hoping for some history....the banners for the Bruins and Celtics were neat tho. Before the game they had a nice moment of silence for Pat Burns who had passed the night before due to a long battle with cancer. As i said....great game....great atmosphere....Boston came back from a 3-0 deficit to tie and fore ot then a shoot out in witch they lost...but still a great time.
There was a ton of Quebecois there...and a pile of ppl from the maritime's there.....after the game they were all out infont of the arena taking pics infornt of the Bobby Orr statue......also puking everywhere.....so smashed....and they all sounded like Newfies! lol! Go Canada!
Left there, found a brewpub.....had a good burger and some tasty beer.............An aside.....Amercian beer. The attitude towards it is that its all shit. In my travels i have learned that this is not true. Americans have the big breweries as we do back home that pump out the same shit boring beers....your Bud lite, Miller Lite, Molson Canadian, Labbats Blue....and so on. Both countries have their shit beers. But both countries have very very good micro breweries.....and that's what you have to find. I have found some great brew houses down here....with some very good beers. In the states this is where you have to go for the most part to get good beer. At home, we can go to the store and get a variety of great beers.....you can here but your choices are more limited. But Yankees can and do make good beer.
Ok....after i left the brew pub started making my way home...hoped on the T (subway) and got off near where i wanted to....Jason gave me directions on where to get off...but they had recently changed the name...so i missed it lol! Got off at the next stop, figured out where i was....i got to the surface and recognized some things....i had ran buy there earlier in the day...super....so i made my way back home.
Woke up this morn...had a great cup of coffee, Scott made a great breaky and we all watched the SNL from the previous night. Then we all headed for the city for a walkabout. Saw some cool old spots, grabbed a 2 for 1 Starbucks....and just rambled around....Scott was getting cold lol! Beautiful city....very old, full of history and culture. We went to an old Italian pastry bakery....its been there for ever...got canolies then made our to to the T and back here.
Now Scott...the master Chef...has dinner in the POT (his fancy new dutch oven).....Jason and i have been busting his balls all day over it...lol and the Dutch oven jokes are abound!
Been a great day......feeling better....re-charging and starting to get a leg up on this effin cold. Think I'm going to stay till Tue morning and then making my way up towards the maritime's to say hi to my to some ppl up that way....Also doing some....and Chance I'm going today and get this right.....wander...did i get it right?!
Ive been getting flack from ppl regarding my spelling!! lol!
So tomorrow I'm going to try and do a 10k....wander around the city, relax abit more, hang out with the boys...enjoy one more night in a comfy bed and then hit the road Tue morning........i need to change the oil on the deli as well....ill find a spot outside of Boston for that...
Ok dinner time....so have a good night everyone....I also updated my pics on fb.
Cheers
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Ok...big update time from Boston
Alrighty....where did i leave off. I don't remember where i did that last update from!....Ahh...it was a Starbucks north of Baltimore i think. Anyways....oh....i need to update from the day before as well.
I woke up that morning bound for the Smithsonian air and space museum @ Dulles airport.....Made my way there....not too difficult....and that started the toll trend of the day...boourns...that gets expensive fast!....so get there....security check of course....oh....that's one thing i forgot to mention about the holocaust museum was the security....armed guards everywhere....was crazy! Sorry....coming back to the original story...do the check and one of there dudes points me in the direction of another guy who was a huge Packers fan....I had my GB hat on! So we had a good bs about that and off to the hangar i go. Wow...what a collection...They had the first aircraft to break the speed of sound, the fastest airplane ever, some cool German WW2 stuff.....i wont geek out too much on here but some really neat stuff....Spent the whole day there, and was going to drive and bypass all of the Philly and NYC traffic....I had called Scott and told him of the plan...him and Jason were looking fwd to seeing me..as i was them. I got Caught in a huge traffic jam....they were doing construction somewhere around Baltimore....3 lanes of interstate down to 1...that set me back more than an hour :(....Time to find a Starbucks and coffee up.
I got a fb msg from Marissa.....saying that she had tomorrow of and i should come out and see her. Sounds good.....she was working initially at the time i was going to pass thru but ended up getting the time off. Sweet! Got ahold of S and J let them know bout the change of plans and away we go. I was going to push for Marissa's place but came up about 2 hrs short...i started seeing stuff while i was driving...and that's my cutoff point....found a service plaza and a dark spot and hopped in the back of the van for a 4 hrs snooze.
Good morning...from where ever that was....lol.....started the remaining 2 hr drive....got lucky and missed all of the rush hour traffic! Met up with Ris, had a coffee and then went to go and get breaky....along the way we decided it would be a better idea to get NY bagels! Did that... and headed downtown. I can proudly say i have driven, and the Delica has been in downtown NYC! Parked the van and started to ramble!
Made our way to Central park where we got some hot nuts......haha!...hot nuts!...and wondered around there for a while...then down to...shit...everywhere....5th ave, past stores i cant even go into...Louis is Louis........haha! (inside joke) Tiffany's...and a bunch of other places i cant afford! Went past times square, found a good deli, had a sandwich, went to timmys in Times square...lol and then we got canolies......my heart is slowing down as i type....then we headed for the van and out of the downtown area before traffic turned into a monster.
Got back to her place and hungout for a while and then i headed for Boston. More traffic along the way...north of NYC and south of Hartford....but made it here with no problems.
So I'm in the updating process right now, uploading a good amount of pics....sitting here with Jason who is studying....Scott is working today and tomorrow....had a shower last night and slept like a log in a nice comfy bed. Once I'm all done....think I'm gonna suit up and go for a run and see if i can sweat this cold out...the cold is winning battles...but i will win the war.
I have made the decision to skip NFLD...i just don't have the time...as it stands now, getting back in time for the party in Calgary and having time to unpack, laundry, clean the van, do some maint, repack and head for ctown from Ktown...gonna be tight. I am still making stops in Halifax, MTL, and the Tdot....and if i have time...id like to do an AB swing, say hi to some friends...dump off some resumes...then go back thru Williams lake and say hi to all my friends there....all.....3 or 4 of them lol!....
Im gonna hang out in Boston for a few days for sure, try and kick this cold, enjoy the sights, a bed, a shower......and i guess the company of Scott and Jason ;)
So there is the update for now....Gonna finish uploading some pics, and go for a run.
Hope everyone is doing well...
I woke up that morning bound for the Smithsonian air and space museum @ Dulles airport.....Made my way there....not too difficult....and that started the toll trend of the day...boourns...that gets expensive fast!....so get there....security check of course....oh....that's one thing i forgot to mention about the holocaust museum was the security....armed guards everywhere....was crazy! Sorry....coming back to the original story...do the check and one of there dudes points me in the direction of another guy who was a huge Packers fan....I had my GB hat on! So we had a good bs about that and off to the hangar i go. Wow...what a collection...They had the first aircraft to break the speed of sound, the fastest airplane ever, some cool German WW2 stuff.....i wont geek out too much on here but some really neat stuff....Spent the whole day there, and was going to drive and bypass all of the Philly and NYC traffic....I had called Scott and told him of the plan...him and Jason were looking fwd to seeing me..as i was them. I got Caught in a huge traffic jam....they were doing construction somewhere around Baltimore....3 lanes of interstate down to 1...that set me back more than an hour :(....Time to find a Starbucks and coffee up.
I got a fb msg from Marissa.....saying that she had tomorrow of and i should come out and see her. Sounds good.....she was working initially at the time i was going to pass thru but ended up getting the time off. Sweet! Got ahold of S and J let them know bout the change of plans and away we go. I was going to push for Marissa's place but came up about 2 hrs short...i started seeing stuff while i was driving...and that's my cutoff point....found a service plaza and a dark spot and hopped in the back of the van for a 4 hrs snooze.
Good morning...from where ever that was....lol.....started the remaining 2 hr drive....got lucky and missed all of the rush hour traffic! Met up with Ris, had a coffee and then went to go and get breaky....along the way we decided it would be a better idea to get NY bagels! Did that... and headed downtown. I can proudly say i have driven, and the Delica has been in downtown NYC! Parked the van and started to ramble!
Made our way to Central park where we got some hot nuts......haha!...hot nuts!...and wondered around there for a while...then down to...shit...everywhere....5th ave, past stores i cant even go into...Louis is Louis........haha! (inside joke) Tiffany's...and a bunch of other places i cant afford! Went past times square, found a good deli, had a sandwich, went to timmys in Times square...lol and then we got canolies......my heart is slowing down as i type....then we headed for the van and out of the downtown area before traffic turned into a monster.
Got back to her place and hungout for a while and then i headed for Boston. More traffic along the way...north of NYC and south of Hartford....but made it here with no problems.
So I'm in the updating process right now, uploading a good amount of pics....sitting here with Jason who is studying....Scott is working today and tomorrow....had a shower last night and slept like a log in a nice comfy bed. Once I'm all done....think I'm gonna suit up and go for a run and see if i can sweat this cold out...the cold is winning battles...but i will win the war.
I have made the decision to skip NFLD...i just don't have the time...as it stands now, getting back in time for the party in Calgary and having time to unpack, laundry, clean the van, do some maint, repack and head for ctown from Ktown...gonna be tight. I am still making stops in Halifax, MTL, and the Tdot....and if i have time...id like to do an AB swing, say hi to some friends...dump off some resumes...then go back thru Williams lake and say hi to all my friends there....all.....3 or 4 of them lol!....
Im gonna hang out in Boston for a few days for sure, try and kick this cold, enjoy the sights, a bed, a shower......and i guess the company of Scott and Jason ;)
So there is the update for now....Gonna finish uploading some pics, and go for a run.
Hope everyone is doing well...
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Thrus 17th
Howdy...just put up my update from yesterday....right no in somewhere in Maryland south of Baltimore having a coffee trying to wake up. I'm just bagged right now. My head is clear but I'm so tired.
I'm not going to post a full update right now...I've got some driving to do tonight...gonna get past Philly and ny....I got caught in traffic around DC I guess....I'm getting fed up with driving in big cities.
Anyways, I'm going to shoot for north of NYC tonight....6hrs I'm thinking. Then ramble fro most of the day tomorrow and write an update from today.
Cheers every one.
I'm not going to post a full update right now...I've got some driving to do tonight...gonna get past Philly and ny....I got caught in traffic around DC I guess....I'm getting fed up with driving in big cities.
Anyways, I'm going to shoot for north of NYC tonight....6hrs I'm thinking. Then ramble fro most of the day tomorrow and write an update from today.
Cheers every one.
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