pain in the neck
We went to the water park yesterday, and I have two observations. First, the iPhone has already proved its worth: we four adults set off for the day knowing no more than that the park was in or near Portsmouth, NH (and not even everyone in the car knew that), and only the mighty powers of Safari and AT&T's EDGE network enabled us to locate the place, with only one minor wrong turn. That one wrong turn we can chalk up to the slow loading of pages on EDGE and the difficulty of precisely targeting links on the iPhone's small screen, especially in high-pressure situations. "Do we want Rt. 1 North or South? Quick! Well, we're going North." It turns out South would have been the better choice, but it was a matter of moments to get ourselves turned around and headed in the right direction again.
Once we got to the park, it was clear we had made an inspired decision in our choice of day to attend. And despite my modesty, I must take some credit in our good fortune, since I was the one to insist most vigorously that we go ahead with the trip, despite slightly threatening skies. 30% chance of thunderstorms is 70% too little to deter me, even when it's coupled with low clouds and fog. In the event, the weather at the park was very pleasant indeed: the cloud cover only served to prevent too much sunburn, and except for a few breezy moments the air temperature was just what you would have wished for. More importantly, the cloud cover and the threat (is it even worth calling it a threat?!) of thunder kept most other folks away, so not only did we get to park mere feet from the entrance, we also enjoyed a near-complete absence of lines the whole day.
That of course means we really got our money's worth, which in turn means that we were very tired all day today. I noticed it most in my neck: to get the most impressive results from each of my 57 runs down the solo waterslide required adopting a luge-derived posture which put considerable strain on my cervical vertebrae. Is that what the ones in your neck are called? I should ask Leah, but she's already been asleep for a couple hours. Outings are tiring work!