Weekly Update #1

View of Ithaca Falls from Lake Road

Hello everyone!

I'm going to start having a weekly post, hopefully every Friday, that will sum-up how life's going in my new environment. Expect other posts as well as things come up, but you can count on a summary at the onset of each weekend of how the week went.

This being week one, I spent the majority of it unpacking, putting up blinds, and setting up furniture. We have discovered that we have many books, many movies, and many clothes. And we now have furniture to hold the first two of the three. The extra bedroom has really come in handy as a storage closet for now.

On Tuesday, I returned "Intrepid" (our nickname for the Penske truck that Spencer and I drove to get here). I Brought my bike for the ride home and did a little exploring of the area. Ithaca is a nice mix of a small town (29,000 people compared to SB's ~90,000) but with the amenities of a much bigger area (big-box stores like Target, Walmart, and Lowes). I also stumbled across Ithaca Falls on my ride.

Ithaca Falls

I then decided to ride up to the street that is barely visible above and to the left of the falls. Wow ,what a vertical ride that was, but I've done worse. 

Ahead for the week is a trip to NYC this weekend with possible some time at the US Open, assuming Hurricane Earl blows through nice and fast (I wanted weather right?). And then there is a possible trip to Niagara Falls next weekend that I need a passport for and thus need to stay in the city so as to attend an appointment at the Regional Passport Agency in Manhattan.

That's all for now!