Rafting

On our day off this week, we thought we would go rafting.  When I heard the word rafting, I assumed it would be much the same as the whitewater rafting I’ve done in the past.  Quick-paced, constantly getting wet and generally entertaining watching the other people in the raft.  How wrong I was.  First, the water was just about frozen solid.  I understand the concept that water in winter is cold, but it’s a controlled release river so I figured the dam and plant that are controlling the water release would use the water for some process that would make it less cold.  In the end, I just didn’t realize how far above where I am the water was released.  It has a LOT of miles to go and cool off before it ever even came near the part of the river we were on.  Second, the water was moving at 200 cumecs which is a virtual standstill.  Third, only the rafting guide paddled.  The four people riding in each raft were just along for the ride.  It was a nice trip with a great view of some cool scenery, it was just a little different than what I had envisioned in my head.

I’ve been looking online for a stage piano on craigslist.  Apparently that’s where to get EVERYTHING in this town.  You can’t talk to a single person here who didn’t get their house, apartment, car or other large item in the veritable onslaught of online classified ads.  There is one that I’m looking into that I hope I can get (it being sold at a 65% discount) so I’ll keep you posted on that one.

When we moved into the house we’re staying in, we were excited and relieved to have Internet speeds that were approximately 100 times faster than it was in the places we were staying earlier.  Then, we realized that putting three people with at least six computers on the same (moderately quick) Internet isn’t as fast as we would like.  We called the Internet provider to see if we could get an upgrade on speed and found that the area we are in is limited to 1.5Mbps.  You all know my built-in rage for slow Internet speeds.

There was an update to the Kindle software a few months ago that was supposed to increase the battery life of the Kindle and I would like to report that it has done that in spades.  Now, I have to charge it about every third week instead of every week and a half and I don’t think I’ve really changed my reading habits.  Anything that gets me two times as many hours from the same battery is okay in my book (no pun intended).