Daytrip to Boston

The past couple of days have been spent in the car, driving to Boston and back, and topped off by an interninably long afternoon in drugstores.

The trip to Boston was to get replacement Superfeet insoles. Brian had been on the phone with the Superfeet company a couple of times since we arrived in Monson. They had committed to making good on his insoles, but unfortunately were having a hard time finding insoles in his size (BIG), a working customized chair, and a qualified fitter to customize them. We had managed to get a rental car and started driving, assuming we could go to Bangor (about an hour away) but eventually it transpired that the closest place we could get all 3 pieces in place was in Boston, and even then, it had to be that evening, because the certified fitter was flying out on vacation for the 4th July weekend. So Boston it was. A rainy afternoon's drive later we arrived at the REI store, and the rep met us there with replacement insoles. We ended up getting 2 pairs each. Obviously they are not easy to replace around here, but hey make such a great difference to walking that neither of us wants to be without them.

On the subject of making a difference, it appears that not hiking, or at least sitting still and confined to a vehicle, is actually more painful than hiking. My knees are stiffer now than they have been since we started out.

The final part of this odyssey was the attempt to copy our digital photos onto CDs to be spent home for safe keeping. It was a horribly long and slow process, made even longer by slow and malfunctionning CD writers. Happily, we eventually did get backup copies and can nw clear off our memory cards.

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