The trip down wasn't nearly as friendly to me as I was hoping. It wasn't 1,000 feet down before motion sickness began to set in, much to my great distress. Of course, this can be in part attributed to professor Arion's "remarkable" driving, combined with me being in the back seat of the van. Luckily, we stopped part way down to admire the view. A few moments rest, and my stomach was settled enough to get us back to the hotel without incident.
We are in new rooms, although I am not terribly upset by this. Denny's is a stones throw away from mine and Justin's room - something I fear I shall be taking advantage of for teh next week.
There was a bit of a virus scare on the mountain; a Trojan showed up on one of the student's computer. As such, most of today was spent scouring my computer for virus' and the sort. In doing so, I came to the horrific realization that this power cord, like so many before it, is beginning to become defunct. Hopefully this one, unlike the last, does not catch fire. [No virus' found.]
Regardless, today is our recovery day. I have very little planned. I am currently resting before we travel to have dinner with our benefactor. Afterward, there is an equal chance of me being productive (i.e. analyze images of Saturn and the Flame Nebula (NGC 2024)) as there is a chance of me being apathetic, and enjoying the conclusion to the Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
Great choice on the Flame Nebula; it seems pretty interesting. I dont wish it upon you, buy it would be interesting to see your computer resemble the nebula you chose.
ReplyDeleteI sympathize with you Don, I think many of us felt the not-so-wonderful effects of motion sickness and Ian's driving was not much better. Also, were you able to be productive? The one time I checked on you, you were sound asleep... Haha
ReplyDeleteI figured out it wasn't the power cord, it was the outlet. I switched outlets, and the fire hazard disappeared.
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