Back from Canada. It was a fun trip, but it involved a lot of driving - a little over 550 miles in five days - and I'm rather tired and don't really want to drive for a while. This afternoon I drove Mom to IKEA so she could check it out (Dad didn't want to go and stayed home reading), and just the drive down really tired me out and gave me a headache. I think the driving was so tiresome because there was a lot of long-distance driving, a lot of driving in hilly/mountainous terrain, and a lot of staring past oncoming headlights on the way home last night.
Anyhow, we did have a good time. Vancouver's a really pretty city and seems like quite a cool place. We went up to Whistler, which also seems like a very cool place to vacation. The ferry to Victoria (well, Nanaimo) was fine and I didn't feel ill at all. I got to spend some time with my good college friend T. Davis, who has been known to comment here once or twice. Victoria's also a very pretty city, though I think I wouldn't want to live there, just visit, whereas I would consider living in Vancouver. The ferry ride from Victoria over to Port Angeles wasn't so nice, the ferry was smaller and the straits were rougher, and it made me feel ill. Fortunately that was only for the latter half of the trip, and I recovered quickly. The ferry ride from Bainbridge back to Seattle was the best, as it was very smooth, very quick, and the approach to Seattle at night is quite cool. However, the drive along the peninsula from Port Angeles to Bainbridge isn't so great, at least at night.
Mom and Dad leave tomorrow night, and then I have a bunch of things to do over the next three weeks before my sister and her girlfriend show up for their 12-day visit.
Just as a footnote, one good thing about the trip to IKEA was that it reminded me of the loft bed option as a way of maximizing space in a condo unit, if the ceilings are high enough. That would make a smaller unit more feasible for me. I think I've been getting hung up on working with my existing furniture - which makes some sense, as I won't be able to spend a lot on new furniture - and I have to remember that I do have options like that. (Yes, I know there are drawbacks to loft beds, such as climbing in and out getting tiresome, but as a solution to the space problem, it's a good one.)
Anyhow, we did have a good time. Vancouver's a really pretty city and seems like quite a cool place. We went up to Whistler, which also seems like a very cool place to vacation. The ferry to Victoria (well, Nanaimo) was fine and I didn't feel ill at all. I got to spend some time with my good college friend T. Davis, who has been known to comment here once or twice. Victoria's also a very pretty city, though I think I wouldn't want to live there, just visit, whereas I would consider living in Vancouver. The ferry ride from Victoria over to Port Angeles wasn't so nice, the ferry was smaller and the straits were rougher, and it made me feel ill. Fortunately that was only for the latter half of the trip, and I recovered quickly. The ferry ride from Bainbridge back to Seattle was the best, as it was very smooth, very quick, and the approach to Seattle at night is quite cool. However, the drive along the peninsula from Port Angeles to Bainbridge isn't so great, at least at night.
Mom and Dad leave tomorrow night, and then I have a bunch of things to do over the next three weeks before my sister and her girlfriend show up for their 12-day visit.
Just as a footnote, one good thing about the trip to IKEA was that it reminded me of the loft bed option as a way of maximizing space in a condo unit, if the ceilings are high enough. That would make a smaller unit more feasible for me. I think I've been getting hung up on working with my existing furniture - which makes some sense, as I won't be able to spend a lot on new furniture - and I have to remember that I do have options like that. (Yes, I know there are drawbacks to loft beds, such as climbing in and out getting tiresome, but as a solution to the space problem, it's a good one.)
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Anyway, thanks for the details about your trip to Vancouver - it sounds like a great place =)
-Marcel
As a person who is increasingly prone to motion sickness, I have a few tips depending upon how long you're gone, what kind of motion (forward or side to side), etc. Dramamine is great in that it knocks you out. DON'T MAKE ANY PLANS. Bonine is good, too-- similar to Dramamine, but without the drowsiness. So far, though, the Hyland's homeopathic tablets are my favorite:
http://www.myhealthcare21.com/HY471/Motion-Sickness.html
Hot ginger tea is good, and ginger ale is also good (though the sugar can contribute to the queasiness).
This is probably waaaay more than you wanted to know about motion sickness remedies (and you didn't even ask!), but my heart, er, stomach goes out to anyone who's ever suffered from it.
--Alkelda the Gleeful
As for Dramamine, I didn't get around to buying the non-drowsy kind before I left, and didn't want to take the regular kind and then attempt to drive. Also I was hoping it wouldn't be that bad: I've discovered that I don't really need Dramamine when I fly cross-country on large jets, only the smaller shuttle ones make me ill, and I thought perhaps the ferries would be large enough that the motion wouldn't be too bad. I did notice the movement on the first, largest ferry, but I could still read my book and not feel ill. I think the second one was just in rougher, more exposed seas, and also may have been travelling fast to make up for leaving late.
well sorry about the driving...
I'll post myself later... I've switched tasks at work, and I'm trying to get into this mode of thinking... and then I'll really post.
-j
think ahead... you gotta find one of those bed that folds up intoa wall or something... they still have those right?? : ) they rule!
As for the Murphy beds that fold up into the wall, yes, we did look at a new condo that came with a Murphy bed, and I immediately said no. It's a far worse idea than having a loft bed.
I just keep thinking about sq footage, when I was looking for apartments in LA. I was looking at nothing less than 700 sq ft, and I thought those were small. to hear 440 makes me wanna freak out. as my great grandfather used to say, you can't change your mind in something that small. : )
I know, its whats in the budget, and I totally understand. its just... small, small small, king of it all
Don't get me wrong, I still feel that anything under 500 square feet is going to be too small, and at 440, even a loft bed probably won't make enough of a difference. That said, I looked at some places that were just a little over 500 and a loft bed would make a difference.
I'd say that my current place, at 725 sq.ft., is not small, it's just about right. Anything over, say, 750 is going to feel big; and even places around 700 with a different layout than mine will feel big.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murphy_bed
I really had no idea what they were called, I'll go read the origin and prepare for sparring in the future,,,