Rest Day

Posted on August 12, 2022 by vanbraman

After long days of teaching this week I was able to take a rest day. My class was for only four days, but felt much longer. I had to be on-line early in Toronto each day, and then usually had late day meetings to attend as well. Virtual teaching is hard as you sometimes have trouble getting to sleep early or figuring out when to sleep. At least when you travel you may have jet lag but you body adapts to the new schedule.

Washer, Laundry, Trip Prep, DryerI should have done some laundry today, but put it off.

Electric Mower, Mowing the Yard, Lawn Care, Green Grass, Winter GrassI should have mowed the lawn.

dishwasher, used more, shelter in placeI should have loaded the dishwasher.

Maybe I will do these tasks this weekend or perhaps next week. I will be teaching all night long while virtually in Germany and will be looking for things to tire me out so I can sleep in the daytime.

Next week will be rough.

November walk, 1/3 mile loop, trees, gazebo, fallI did get some long walks in this week while trying to make sure I had some exercise so I would be tired and be able to go to sleep earlier. I still had trouble getting to sleep early.

book drop, library book return, tracy library, routineI did get to the library today to return the books I finished this week and picked up some that had come in on inter-library load. I no sooner made it home that I had an e-mail letting me know that I had two more to pick up, so I will make my traditional Saturday trip to the library tomorrow.

Even though I took a vacation day I still attended a meeting and answered some time sensitive e-mails.

I am still trying to figure out when to sleep on Monday before I start teaching at midnight.

Steven

Posted in Culture, Germany, Local | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Virtual Hike to Minto, New Brunswick

Posted on August 11, 2022 by vanbraman

The next destination on my Virtual Hike was Minto, New Brunswick.

The previous destination on my virtual hike was Salisbury, New Brunswick.

salisbury, minto, new brunswick, bridges, cemetary, post office, virtual hikeThe virtual hike from Salisbury to Minto is mostly over flat terrain and through rural areas.

I am making my way across New Brunswick to the US Border.

salisbury, minto, new brunswick, bridges, cemetary, post office, virtual hikeI crossed a few bridges during my virtual hike. You can also see the shadow of the camera of the Google car as it took images.

salisbury, minto, new brunswick, bridges, cemetary, post office, virtual hikeHere is the second bridge. The bridge was very narrow and was only one way. Not a problem for a virtual hiker.

salisbury, minto, new brunswick, bridges, cemetary, post office, virtual hikeI also hiked by a rural cemetery. If I was actually there, the genealogist in me would have had to stop and view the tombstones.

Some of the images were taken during autumn, so there were some colorful trees.

The route sometimes would go off road and follow trails where there were no images in Google Maps.

salisbury, minto, new brunswick, bridges, cemetary, post office, virtual hikeFinally here is downtown Minto. You can see the post office with the name of the town on the sign and the Canadian flag.

There was no specific reason to choose Minto as a destination, but it was along the route back to the US. I am setting shorter distances between destinations for better motivation for my daily walking.

My current plan is to make my way toward northern New York through Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. Perhaps I will find some interesting stops along the way. I already have an interesting stop planned for just over the border.

Steven

Images in this post are from Google Maps and Street View.

Posted in Blog, Canada, Culture, Travel, Virtual Hike | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment