Month: August 2009

While doing errands downtown I realized I’d gone all summer without having an IceCap.  But when I went to pay I didn’t have enough cash and then the girl at the next cash said, “here’s 75 cents, there ya go” and how nice is that?!?  It was then extra delicious.

While it was being made I saw this on the TV:

august 12 2009

I have to have the best story of 3500+ and I win $5000.  I can upload photos (I’ll start with this one) and videos (they’re already in so many of my episodes) and in my head it’ll be a nice segue into “Oh hi Tim Horton’s I’m Keri, please be my sponsor”.  Contest ends August 30th.

Here’s the top story I have to beat.

I stuck my fanny pack under my coat to protect its contents and tada, a new look was created. august 11 2009

august 10 2009
16 blog posts updated today, maybe a record for me.  This is why taking time off is kinda pointless: you gotta do the work sometime and it just piles up if you don’t do it daily.  Also, I can’t beLEIVE it’s already mid-August.  I don’t even wanna talk about it.

august 9 2009

Well I should say what a successful test.  From these hypothesis, the conclusions:

– moving every night will be too much.  Plan on two nights in one place, then move
– I did a not bad job packing… really I need just one pair of jeans, one T-shirt, a sweatshirt, a dress I can roll up very little, a suit jacket and an outfit to run around in the woods.  Toiletries, my laptop and camera, a book, I’m done
– yes bringing my bike is key, and I think it’ll work if I keep it in the backseat and use my trunk for my crap
– blogging remotely is totally possible… the internet access at the resort was fast, free and stable.  Still gotta look into a Turbo stick from Bell
– still have to test out CouchSurfing.com too
– eating reasonably well should be doable, provided I try; that’ll be the hard part
– some tools need to be added to my trunk… a crowbar, a screwdriver, a bigger flashlight, a flare gun
– I can cover and explore less in 2 days than I thought, and that’s just on my blog nevermind video too.  More work, design and thought has to go into that
– I tagged this post with ‘scientific method’

august 8 2009

There’s golf, skiing and snowboarding here and a treetop canopy tour I won’t have time to do but would’ve liked to.  This test is really helping in designing my cross-country trip.

Here’s an old Keri trick for you when traveling alone: because most people at such a place have come with friends or family, befriend the staff who live and work in the area.  They’ll be insightful as to what local things you should be seeing before you leave, and they are usually good at partying too.  

And you can’t beat fun for a good time.