I just got back from a three week vacation in Colorado, where I visited family and friends. I did some contract work while I was there, so it wasn’t all fun and games. I drove my GMC Yukon this time, rather than flying. It worked out quite well. I actually enjoy road trips, and even more so now that I have a nice vehicle. And it was very convenient to have my own vehicle to get around Denver (and Colorado Springs), rather than borrowing one from a friend or renting one.
Since I knew I would be doing a lot of computer work, I took my desktop system (Athlon 64 3500+, 21 inch LCD), rather than depending on the laptop. This worked out quite well.
My mother was getting dissatisfied with her laptop due to its speed (very slow) and Windows crashing a lot. We probably could have solved the latter problem by reinstalling Windows, but it wouldn’t have sped it up all that much. She bought a new Compaq Athlon 64 desktop system that was on sale at Costco, and I installed some of her software. She seems to be really happy with it.
The main thing wrong with the vacation is that it wasn’t long enough. And I had to leave one day before my niece Juliana’s birthday party.
On the way back, I stopped in Cedar City, Utah to visit my friends Tod and Ana and their daughter Aubrey. They’ve been in Tanzania for the last year, so this was the first time I’ve seen Aubrey. The pictures of Tanzania and stories are amazing.
As I was driving southbound on I-15 just past Las Vegas, I caught a brief glimpse of a traffic accident on the northbound side: the smoking remains of a bus. Almost the entire top of the bus was burned up. The fire department was there, and the fire had already been extinguished. I’m not sure whether another vehicle was involved. The northbound traffic was backed up for almost 30 miles. I haven’t found any mention of it in the news, though.
i am soooooooo glad you had a good vacation!!!!!