Sunday, October 15, 2006

Annapolis


At lunch on Friday one of the guys from Defined Logic said that he had been told not to develop project plans with tasks that extend beyond December. This due to Pfizer’s plan to consolidate app dev work with Infosys. Wonder how this will affect Dendrite.

Went to The 35th Annual Powerboat Show in Annapolis on Saturday. It took about 2.5 hours to get there from Millville and it was a beautiful day. On the way down we stopped at Grasonville/Kent Narrows to make a reservation at the Holiday Inn Express for that night. $250 for one night. Supply and demand!

My bigger purpose for going was to find discounted pricing on Nobeltec Radar but after talking to several of the vendors it was clear that there was better pricing on the web. It was helpful though to lay out my requirements and get recommendations from these guys. The consistent recommendation was for a 4KW unit with a 3.5 foot open array.

I am also interested in FreedomLift which is a hydraulic lift that would allow the Seadoo to be docked and transported on the stern of the boat BUT at $18,000 this is quite a stretch.

K is very interested in getting a hard top for The Voracious Curiosity to staunch the dripping water on the upper deck especially while navigating in the rain or high seas. We were quoted approximately $7,000 for purchase/install. After talking about this at length we decided to talk to Eva about creating canvas flaps to cover zippers and the holes created where the sections join.

We went to Cantler’s for the traditional post show dinner. Kevie had “six large” while C and I stuck with the crab cakes. The food is great and we got celebrity seating: Senator McCain was leaving the table as we sat down. As we were cracking crabs I told Christopher that they walk from side to side instead of forward. I know this was quickly filed under Dad: Useless Information but it got reinforced when we went down to the dock and chased live crabs around the holding tank.

After dinner it was great to drive only 15 minutes back to the Holiday Inn rather than all the way home. The hotel is in a beautiful setting on the marsh. In the back there’s a Lagoon with geese and swans.

Sunday morning we walked around Mears Point and then left. On the way out we hit the Outlet Mall in Queenstown. K bought a top and I got a couple of shirts and a jacket.

When we got to New Castle we stopped for lunch and Christopher scored a Halloween costume at the store next door. This year it’s a rubber mask and a long black robe. Very scary!

On the way home we stopped at Scarecrow Hollow in Quinton and did the corn maze. We got all ten clues in only 2 hours. I think it’s because we’ve got a winning strategy. When one comes to a fork in the path send out a scout to look down the trail you don’t intend to take.

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