Pam and I left Bourbonnais at 2pm with Ben as our chauffeur. It was a fun ride catching up with him. We walked in checked in our bags, breezed through security, and were waiting for our plan within an hour. Both flights went great and were ahead of time. The transfer was short and quick. The second plan was def newer and much more comfortable. When we got to our baggage (which came out immediately- mom had to have been praying!), we called Jeff (fellow conferencer) to see if he had arrived and wanted to share a cab. After we found, him we took about a fifteen minute ride to Palm Beach Atlantic University and landed right in front of the library. Security came and took our luggage to the OceanView dorm (no oceanview that I can see) and showed us how to use our access keys. We arrived in our rooms around 11-11:30pm. Made our beds and settled in for a sleepless night.
The next morning we went to breakfast and then headed to the beach. They told us it was 1.2miles straight over the bridge but I'm pretty sure it was longer than that. It was really hot and really humid! When we arrived to the beach we got right into the ocean. It was awesome! There were some decent waves and there was a yellow flag which meant medium danger. We swam for about an hour and then started the trek back. My shoes must be worn too thin bc the bottoms of my feet felt like blisters. We went back a couple of blocks south which was shadier. Then just before crossing off the island we sat on a bench under a tree and cooled down to rest my feet. As we were crossing the bridge a boat came so they had to lift the draw bridge. It was really cool! I can't believe how high it raised the entire road - lamppost and all! Then this dumb little boat went through - not even sure why they had to lift it!! Anyway we went back to the room and collapsed before we had to go to the opening dinner at 5pm. It was pretty much like eating Sodexo. Then we went and sat outside while everyone introduced everyone else and we had an opening prayer. Some students came and did the PBA cheer which was cute. I met a couple of people and then we had ice cream which wasn't very good. I headed back up and got some work done and went to bed around 9pm - another rough night's sleep.
Tuesday we spent at sessions and eating more Sodexo style food. We met a lot of people. I enjoyed visiting with Ruth Kinnersley during one of the meals. I also met Fern, Barbara, and Karen. Wednesday, it was more of the same except we went to two business meetings: Liberal Arts and Nazarene Meeting and our poster session. I met alot of people at the poster session. Played with QR codes with Karen and Libby. Talked LibX tool bars with David from Indiana Wesleyan. Thursday am we skipped an am workshop and walked back to the beach. It was glorious. After that we went to workshops and meetings. Dinner was in the Art Museum. It was good but we didn't have much time to visit the museum bc it closed at 9pm and the dinner went late. It was sprinkling on the walk home but Pam and I had a nice chat with Tammy Condon.
Friday, we went to MacArthur State Park and kayaked. Steve, Karen, Linda and her sister, John, Pam and I took off for a couple of hours. John, Pam, and I paddled around the entire island that opened up to the waterway. Everyone else hung around inside the "cove." After we finished we took the "tram" (golf cart) to the beach. It was incredible. It was like being at a zoo. We walked out of the Mangrove forests to the beach - it was a completely different environment. The water was beautiful and felt incredible. As you entered there was a "cliff" of shells that you almost had to jump off to go further in the water. When the waves rolled over it you could hear "chimes." It was beautiful. The water felt great and a couple nice sized waves came and knocked us over. We weren't even in for five minutes when Steve said we had to go. It was disappointing but I had probably already gotten enough sun for the day. We headed back to campus. Pam went to the Flagler Museum and I went up to the room. I "im"ed with Hannah for awhile and started to watch Netflix but kept passing out. I didn't even hear Pam get back. Around 5pm we met John for dinner and the three of us walked to a Taco place. After that we went to Sloan's for ice cream and walked along the waterway on the trip back. It was a nice evening. Pam and I watched the Adventures of TinTin and then went to bed. I was up at 2:30am bc it was storming outside and the bathroom sewer stunk so bad that I ended up calling Security. The guy that called had a name tag that said C. Bible. I told him he had a cool name. :) He was going to report it and somebody must have done something bc it wasn't too bad in the morning.
Later Saturday morning, we packed up our rooms ran into Craighton at the library and worked on the computers for a while.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
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