Yeah, still trying to catch up...
...lately, a never-ending battle.
As I mentioned on Thursday, I was taking a trip to my Mom's for the weekend. I left at 6am on Friday to avoid the traffic that always slows to a crawl between Gilroy and Salinas. I had no problems there, but the State has finally decided to repave 101 (it needs it!) and there were several areas where the construction reduced the lanes to one each way.
Reduced lanes and construction means reduced speed limits. I seem to be the only person who sort-of obeys the reduced limits (read: I go 58 in a 55, 63 in a 60, etc.). I had some truck riding my rear bumper for several miles. I was tempted to tap my brakes, but his truck was so much bigger than my Honda Fit and there was no way I wanted him in my back seat. It was a little harrowing.
By the time I got to Mom's four hours later, I needed a little down time. Before going to Mom's house, I sent to the park and took a little walk. It was still early enough that there were very few people there. It was the calm I needed. Then it was off to Mom's house.
The main reason I went down was to meet with Mom's financial guy to do some paperwork, which we did on Saturday. Mom had plans for Saturday night, so my sister, her husband, and I got tickets for Field of Light at Sensorio in Paso Robles. It is a light installation in the hills off highway 46. We got there for the 6:30 entry, which allowed us to catch the end of sunset and full dark. It was so cool!
I experimented with taking night photos using my Canon SL2 DSLR and my new iPhone XR. The end result was: iPhone 1, DSLR 0. I really need more practice taking night shots with the DSLR.
It was good spending time with Mom and my sister, but it was really too quick of a trip. After I retire, I'll be able to spend more time each trip. I know my mom would like that.
I arrived home Sunday afternoon. After doing a little laundry and a little spinning, I napped for 2 hours. After the two 4-hour drives and Mom keeping me up until 1am talking, I clearly needed the extra rest!
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As I mentioned on Thursday, I was taking a trip to my Mom's for the weekend. I left at 6am on Friday to avoid the traffic that always slows to a crawl between Gilroy and Salinas. I had no problems there, but the State has finally decided to repave 101 (it needs it!) and there were several areas where the construction reduced the lanes to one each way.
Reduced lanes and construction means reduced speed limits. I seem to be the only person who sort-of obeys the reduced limits (read: I go 58 in a 55, 63 in a 60, etc.). I had some truck riding my rear bumper for several miles. I was tempted to tap my brakes, but his truck was so much bigger than my Honda Fit and there was no way I wanted him in my back seat. It was a little harrowing.
By the time I got to Mom's four hours later, I needed a little down time. Before going to Mom's house, I sent to the park and took a little walk. It was still early enough that there were very few people there. It was the calm I needed. Then it was off to Mom's house.
The main reason I went down was to meet with Mom's financial guy to do some paperwork, which we did on Saturday. Mom had plans for Saturday night, so my sister, her husband, and I got tickets for Field of Light at Sensorio in Paso Robles. It is a light installation in the hills off highway 46. We got there for the 6:30 entry, which allowed us to catch the end of sunset and full dark. It was so cool!
I experimented with taking night photos using my Canon SL2 DSLR and my new iPhone XR. The end result was: iPhone 1, DSLR 0. I really need more practice taking night shots with the DSLR.
It was good spending time with Mom and my sister, but it was really too quick of a trip. After I retire, I'll be able to spend more time each trip. I know my mom would like that.
I arrived home Sunday afternoon. After doing a little laundry and a little spinning, I napped for 2 hours. After the two 4-hour drives and Mom keeping me up until 1am talking, I clearly needed the extra rest!
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