{"id":162,"date":"2007-05-30T23:27:36","date_gmt":"2007-05-31T06:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gregbaker.ca\/blog\/2007\/05\/30\/my-trip\/"},"modified":"2007-05-30T23:27:50","modified_gmt":"2007-05-31T06:27:50","slug":"my-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gregbaker.ca\/blog\/2007\/05\/30\/my-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"My trip"},"content":{"rendered":"

As most of you know, I just spent 5 days in North Carolina.<\/p>\n

The only course I’m teaching this semester is a three-hour block on Thursday nights. I took a red-eye out on Thursday, and came back today. This was part of the reason I wanted an evening course for the summer, and it worked out pretty well.<\/p>\n

Kat and I spent the weekend in Wilmington, NC with Lisa and Brian. For those who don’t know (that includes me a week ago), Wilmington is on the Atlantic, near the South Carolina border. We spent Saturday on nearby Topsail beach<\/a>. Major thing I learned: I don’t get<\/em> beaches. “So, I’m just supposed to sit here, slowly getting skin cancer? No really… what are we going to do?” Maybe I’m a little more Type A than I thought.<\/p>\n

I did learn an excellent group-vacation strategy: I refused<\/em> to make any decisions. “Where should we go for dinner? I don’t care: you decide.” “When should we leave for home? Whenever.”<\/p>\n

It was awesome. My input would have lengthened the discussion and contributed very little. I just blissfully followed along and enjoyed myself. I chose my own meals from the menu, but that’s about it.<\/p>\n

Other than that, the trip was pretty uneventful. Air Canada successfully got me there and back. That might qualify as a notable event by this point. Canada Customs didn’t believe my $0.00 declaration, but they relented when I explained I go regularly and didn’t have anything else to bring back.<\/p>\n

Oh, and I really like frozen custard<\/a> and am annoyed I can’t get it in Vancouver. And being able to update your Facebook status by text message is a nice, lightweight, realtime travel blog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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