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Tyler got the S’mores Milk Shake at Lola’s in New Paltz. Wow. 😮

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Painting on the side of a building in New Palz, New York.

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Biking Wallkill Valley Rail Trail

This morning we rented bikes from New Paltz Biking and took a 16.2 miles round-trip ride on the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail. It was a wonderful ride and the Trellis Bridge 160 feet above the Hudson River provided immense views. We turned around at the Ice Caves that felt like you were standing in front of a giant air conditioner.

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Ready to watch Dune, again!

Dune is perhaps my favorite sci-fi world. I read all six of Frank Herbert’s books in one summer and loved them. I saw Lynch’s 1984 version of the movie and watched it at least a dozen times on Laserdisc. I saw the Sci-Fi channel mini-series from 2000. I’m eager to watch the new 2021 movie.

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Recent NFT Activity

This block of updates from today’s Modern Finance newsletter on recent activity around NFTs blew me away.

Here are some fun NFT stats from the last few days:

I continue to see a lot of potential for NFTs, well beyond just the collectible space. However, it seems that the collectibles are a huge deal on their own.

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Vermont Road Trip Log: Day 3, Monday

Weather: Perfect.

Jump to day 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 of Vermont Road Trip.

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We are on a road trip and are playing Road Sign Math! Today we found a winner outside of Wurtsboro!

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Tyler created a cairn of his own at the site of the Woodstock stage. He even added a little flower to it.`

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The original site for Woodstock is just a little bit down the road from the historical marker. The original stage location has several cairns and peace symbols. It was cool to stand in that spot and look towards the hill and imagine 500,000 people! ✌️☮️

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While we were visiting the Woodstock site today we took the restored Bindy Bazaar Trail through the trees. I loved Carol Hummel’s crocheted shapes wrapping by trees.

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The Magic Bus in the Woodstock & the 60’s exhibit at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts.

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Tammy and I at the official marker for Woodstock from the National Register of Historical Places! This was an incredible place to explore.

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Vermont Road Trip Log: Day 2, Sunday

Weather: Brief drizzle in the morning. Clear weather through entire route. Drizzle and very cloudy in Accord.

Jump to day 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 of Vermont Road Trip.

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Today we have part two of the drive to get to our first real destination in Accord, NY. 475 miles. Should take around 8 hours. 🛣

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Vermont Road Trip Log: Day 1, Saturday

Weather: Slight fog in the morning. Good weather throughout route.

  • 5:00am: Up early!
  • 5:30a: Mazda odometer is 117 miles.
  • 5:59a: Depart! Sunrise!
  • 6:25a Enter Wisconsin
  • 7:16a: Son Volt “Trace”
  • 9:50a: Gas in Madison
  • 11:00a: Enter Illinois
  • 1:05: Enter Indiana
  • 2:00p CT/3:00p ET: Enter Eastern Time Zone
  • 4:55p: Enter Ohio
  • 7:40p: Arrive in Cleveland!
  • 8:30p: Dinner at 3 Palms.
  • 9:30p: Delicious Graeter’s Ice Cream.

Jump to day 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 of Vermont Road Trip.

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Spending the night in Cleveland, OH so we had to get some amazing Graeter’s French Pot Ice Cream.

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Today we “blast off” 🚀 our road trip to Vermont with a 760 mile drive to Cleveland! 🛣

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We head out on vacation tomorrow. I setup my email auto-responders on both work and personal accounts. Created Vacation deferral folders for Sanebox to use. And a new thing, I decided to make my own DIY Vacation mode for Feedbin to mark all new items as read.

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I sat outside for two hours tonight with my book club and now my eyes are burning. The air is very smoky.

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We just sent out the Summer 2021 edition of Reading Things! Here in the Real World, Think Again, My Eyes Are Up Here, Klara and the Sun, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and Radical Markets. If you enjoy books, check out our family newsletter.