Dan and I went to a conference. We visited some towns and battlefields. We ate some excellent food. We visited DC. We got in fights at interchanges. We swore we would not forget the GPS next time. Amen. Rayburn Building, Washington, D.C. Annapolis, MD Annapolis Cemetery Gettysburg, PA Gettysburg, PA Hagerstown, MD Just off the C&O Canal, Maryland Antietam Baltimore, MD

Yesterday, my alma mater tore down my favorite building on campus to make way for another multi-million dollar glassy modern building. My favorite classroom was the top floor, furthest right. Nearly all windows. I cried a little. My major, my academic advisor, and some of my favorite classes were housed in this building, including my capstone thesis class. It was held on the top floor, and in late April and early May, the antiquated rooms sans a/c could become an oven of historical theory and literary study. It could also put you to sleep. Then someone would take the initiative to go around and open the windows that went around 3/4 of the room, and a light breeze would swing in down the Salt Lake foothills and carry the hot air out the window and deposit our misery in the West Desert.  The adobe roof tiles reflected the heat away and, all things considered, the building did alright without modern air. It also had the most charming women's bathrooms you've ever see...