John's Adventures
Hello! I'm John Grayson and I hope you enjoy reading of my adventures as much as I enjoy participating in them. I am one of those technology professionals whose interests lie outside of technology. Instead of checking out techie stuff, I check out history, nature, sports, and alcohol. Have Fun!Monday, November 08, 2004
Hike and Annual Meeting
After the excitement on Saturday. I had fallen asleep between 4:30 and 5 AM Sunday morning. This of course means you wake up early on Sunday morning so it was with some surprise that I woke up at 9:30 AM Sunday morning. I had spent the night in Baltimore and it must have been the police cars speeding down the road with siren blaring.
Ben, Rebecca, and myself went out for breakfast where I discovered that somewhere along the way I had misplaced my ATM card. I remembered having it at Geckos because I atttempted to get cash from their machine but it didn't have much in it. After that I didn't notice it missing until breakfast. I checked my clothes from the previous night but still didn't find it. Then I checked my account and thankfully there wasn't a large amount of money missing.
Forget about it for a while. I have friends in Baltimore who might like the idea of going on tour of the bars I was in Saturday in search of the missing card (my guess is they would have enjoyed the beer more then the search though).
Instead of going on tour myself I went on a hike with the AMC's Washington DC Chapter. It was a nice 5 or 6 mile stroll along the North Branch of the Anacostia River to Lake Artemesia. We circled the lake and then wandered back down to College Park where we had dinner at the Calvert House.
We had the annual meeting last night to take care of business and socialize. The business was elections for next year and a presentation on conservation efforts by the AMC. I was confirmed as Young Members Chairman for next year, but I will be joined by Julie as Co-Chairwoman. She will continue to organize social outings and will also train to become an event leader this spring.
The social part of the evening was worthwhile too. One of the AMC staffers is interested in helping us with advertising to a wide range of other young people who like the outdoors. This is her line of work and I'm more then happy to let her handle this. It was also nice to meet some other people and discuss other place to visit.
Ben, Rebecca, and myself went out for breakfast where I discovered that somewhere along the way I had misplaced my ATM card. I remembered having it at Geckos because I atttempted to get cash from their machine but it didn't have much in it. After that I didn't notice it missing until breakfast. I checked my clothes from the previous night but still didn't find it. Then I checked my account and thankfully there wasn't a large amount of money missing.
Forget about it for a while. I have friends in Baltimore who might like the idea of going on tour of the bars I was in Saturday in search of the missing card (my guess is they would have enjoyed the beer more then the search though).
Instead of going on tour myself I went on a hike with the AMC's Washington DC Chapter. It was a nice 5 or 6 mile stroll along the North Branch of the Anacostia River to Lake Artemesia. We circled the lake and then wandered back down to College Park where we had dinner at the Calvert House.
We had the annual meeting last night to take care of business and socialize. The business was elections for next year and a presentation on conservation efforts by the AMC. I was confirmed as Young Members Chairman for next year, but I will be joined by Julie as Co-Chairwoman. She will continue to organize social outings and will also train to become an event leader this spring.
The social part of the evening was worthwhile too. One of the AMC staffers is interested in helping us with advertising to a wide range of other young people who like the outdoors. This is her line of work and I'm more then happy to let her handle this. It was also nice to meet some other people and discuss other place to visit.
posted by John Grayson # 9:46 AM 
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