Waitin' on a Sunny Day

Getting a decent wifi signal in Maine is challenging at best. Even the place we are staying has like 5-6 wifii networks and all of them are incredibly weak signals.

I mentioned the other day a possible video, knowing I was going to damned-well do one, but not sure I could get it up into the intertubes, and it was a struggle. One video that took 3:14 to make and two minutes to fix in iMovie, took 38 minutes to upload to YouTube.  ...and that was on attempt number five. The first four went down in flames.

But I found a spot, where if I went down a bar, I'd adjust by millimeters just to get that additional bar back - and it still took 38 minutes.

Knowing what the video is and how it came out, it hardly seems worth it. But you, the adoring public, are never sated, so, I do what I must.........and what I can.

Mucho thanks to my cameraman, 710. He is a good sport for putting up with me, let alone this project.





Song by: Bruce Springsteen

(Reach Up for the) Sunrise

I tried to get my work peeps to go take a walk on the beach yesterday morning. They were having nothing of it.

I'm sure me going to bed at 23:00 - and probably being the first one to hit the sheets - did not help my cause for getting them up and out by 06:15. ...the bunch of 'tards.

Too bad. It was an incredible morning. Yes, the air was crisp, the sky clear, and the horizon amazing (as you can see in my above image). And yes, I was the only person on the beach. Seriously, I walked about 2.5 miles and never encountered another soul. Granted, I only walked north (well, I walked south to get back to the hotel), but maybe others were walking further south.

I had to wear a hat and gloves, but the cold wasn't really that bad - perhaps due to the hat and gloves. I hate to say it, those trips Denton and I took to Nags Head, we were too frickin' lazy to get up and see a sunrise, let alone from the beach. It is something everyone must do at least once. Honestly, I think it was better because no one was on the beach.

Twas a good thing I did yesterday. Today doesn't looks as good for the view, as it is supposed to be overcats, though I'll probably still go walk....assuming it's not raining. I can always hit the gym if I don't want to melt.

I did take an amazing 51 second video (in my opinion) of the sunrise too, but will post it when I'm home. Like the OBX, the connectivity here leaves a lot to be desired. It was iffy getting my pics transferred to post - to get a video moved and uploaded to YouTube would take an act of g-d, and Congress, (and with the House in John Boner's hands, it would be tied up in committee for the next two terms) to get completed.

You will see it sooner than later.

Here is another shot from closer to 07:00 yesterday morning.

See all the non-people?

...and just for fun, this is the room next to mine.


Yeah, nothing wrong with some noxious gases to roll-out the 'welcome' mat. I don't smell a thing at all, but I don't have the best sense of smell, even with this big honker on my nose. It's there for aesthetics only.

ahhhh, the joys of traveling



Song by: Duran Duran