Archive for July, 2008

New Experiences

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

So, here in list form is recorded some of the fun of visiting Taiwan for a week.  Additions as well as an actual literary rundown may happen. General: Typhoon – disappointing.  The gov’t got all worried after underestimating the last one, so this one was all the rage… at least in print, in reality it [...]

Great Lakes Sea Kayaking Symposium ’08

Monday, July 21st, 2008

I just returned from the GLSKS up in Grand Marais, MI.  It was a highly successful weekend, as judged by me. Doug and Corrina headed up early Wednesday on Doug time – meaning they left about 1:00 in the afternoon.  I didn’t want to take the day off just for driving, so I headed up [...]

Fourth of July

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

Alticor has voted holidays – meaning that there are six days each year which are chosen as additional vacation by general consensus.  This means that I had Friday off for the fourth and Monday off just because. Friday afternoon, I headed up to Traverse City to visit the family and have my yearly exploration of [...]

East Race and the Chip

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

Josh’s wife was out of town at a food science competition for the weekend and I guess most of this week.  That meant that Josh had a burning desire to get out kayaking.  So we did. Saturday Josh, Doug and I headed down to East Race for some man made whitewater goodness.  We didn’t get [...]