{"id":3878,"date":"2024-10-16T15:37:30","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T20:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kristine-smith.com\/?p=3878"},"modified":"2024-10-16T15:42:39","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T20:42:39","slug":"wfc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kristine-smith.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/wfc\/","title":{"rendered":"WFC2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

WFC, I AM HERE!<\/p>\n

::pauses to pop an ibuprofen::<\/p>\n

I split the drive over two days, which I think was a good move. I was beat by the time I made the crossing at Port Huron (So. Many. Semis.) and was so happy to spot the usual cluster of hotels just on the Canadian side.<\/p>\n

Note: this morning’s breakfast was one of the best hotel breakfasts I have ever had. The simple stuff is really easy to mess up and no mess-ups here. I mentioned it at the front desk and learned their chef has been there 25 years. I got the impression they’ve heard good things about her before.<\/p>\n

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That’s peameal bacon, which is very good stuff<\/p><\/div>\n

Anyway, the Sheraton FP Edward Sarnia. Good Classic Breakfast.<\/p>\n

Back to the drive. Good stuff: fall colors. If the trees in Michigan and Western Ontario haven’t reached full color yet, they’re close. Last night’s moon\u2014not yet full but still huge. The biggest rainbow I have ever seen, a sky-spanning arc between Lansing and Flint. Brilliant red. I could even detect violet.<\/p>\n

Bad stuff: the three crashes along the way. I didn’t see them, but they all happened on two-lane highways and the delays were significant. Today’s must’ve been really bad because a semi was involved and it was a wreck–the left front was stove in and the tire was shredded. I assume another semi was involved because of the extent of the damage, but it must’ve been towed by the time I reached the accident site.<\/p>\n

More good stuff: first person I ran into at the hotel was Scott Zrubek<\/span>, who I have not seen in years. He’s running the Art Show and I am looking forward to stopping by.<\/p>\n

Tonight I need to time the story I am reading tomorrow, an SF horror piece entitled “Don’t You Love Me Anymore, Marie?” Not sure if I can finish it in 30 minutes (more like 25 with intro etc), so I need to determine a good stopping point. And I’ll see if I can register.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WFC, I AM HERE! ::pauses to pop an ibuprofen:: I split the drive over two days, which I think was a good move. I was beat by the time I made the crossing at Port Huron (So. Many. Semis.) and was so happy to spot the usual cluster of hotels just on the Canadian side. Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[202],"class_list":["post-3878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conventions","tag-wfc2024"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kristine-smith.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kristine-smith.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kristine-smith.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kristine-smith.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kristine-smith.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3878"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.kristine-smith.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3882,"href":"https:\/\/www.kristine-smith.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3878\/revisions\/3882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kristine-smith.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kristine-smith.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kristine-smith.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}