A Bloy and his Blog

Despite the continuing below-normal temperatures, I needed to connect with the outdoors today. Late this afternoon, I visited a frozen Lake Monona.

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Dad came with me on my trip (he wanted to spend some time at the National Cathedral and the National Archives). It was good having a traveling companion along.

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While I was in Washington DC for the Computers in Libraries conference, I took a couple vacation days to see some of the sights.

Unfortunately, the cherry blossoms peaked about a week before I was there.

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While I was in Illinois last week to see Cahokia Mounds, I also stopped at a few other historic places.

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While I was in Washington DC, I was able to do a little sight seeing.

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Yesterday I returned from a trip to San Francisco, where I attended a users group conference for the catalog software my library uses. I was able to take some free time in between the conference programs to see some of the sights.

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When we were in Washington D.C., my father and I stayed at the dorm of the College of Preachers next to the Washington National Cathedral. It was nice going back to a local, quiet neighborhood at the end of every day, away from the hustle and bustle of the mall.

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