Lessons Learned/Re-Learned today

1. Try fiddling with fishtank heater's plug prior to declaring the heater broken and trotting off to buy a new one.

2. Look for trail maps prior to driving partway up the mountain to nice looking parking area that seems like a likely place for a trail head unless we are O.K. with gross boring hiking straight uphill for 20 minutes. I generally hate hiking but actually this trail was beautiful so it was O.K.

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3. I actually really like baseball. Now it's football/basketball/hockey season. Sigh.