The Day with THE SOFTWARE

31 July 2008; 2215hrs Bozeman, Montana (USA)

The second workshop started today. It was about THE software. I really hated it… Actually the classes were useful, but I hated being made fun of because my jet lag for the past few days made me so tired during classes. I was always asked questions, and getting comments like, “Good, you are still awake.”

Oh, come on… It’s not that I wanted to sleep! It’s the bloody jet lag and that their lessons are a tad boring! Plus I already know about that stuff. And they know I know them too.

After class, some of us went for a short hike up to Palisade Falls at Hyalite Canyon. It was a good 40 minute drive to the start of the trail, and we saw a nice emerald green lake en route. But the real Emerald Lake was above the falls; and we didn’t hike up that far.

The falls was amazing. We don’t get these kind of things in the Dot, so even a small falls like this was wonderful. To me, at least. It felt so good to be up there, with all the negative ions generated by the tumbling waters in the air. It was extremely refreshing; both mind and spirit.

We even saw a Paca (some mouse like thing) and a few deers. Too bad the light was poor and we couldn’t manage to get in any good shots.

It was all fun stuff though. I’ll never get the chance to do these kind of things in the Dot. These people are simply so lucky.

On our way back to the carpark, we met this group of teenagers who told us they sprayed bear repellent into the air and that it would be a bit choking. Oh yes it was. All of us started to cough almost immediately, and it burned the throat badly. I wonder why those kids did that. Even I know bear repellent is not used as a preventive measure but as a form of defence when one meets a bear. But kids will be kids I guess.

Needless to say, we scrambled into the car and drove away. Into the sunset at 2100hrs.