Ah, it's good to be king--or at least that how it feels to receive a royalty check. After a great summer of book sales, I finally reaped the first reward from Best Summmit Hikes in Colrado. It was respectable money and it came at a good time, so hurray for the book being officially "in the black". The whole project technically began around September 2005 (when I got the contract and did the first hike of the book, Mount Alice) so I figure the hourly rate is about .00036 cents per hour. Today is a busy work day so I can't dink around much on the blog, but a few quickies. I made it to the top of French Mountain (13,940 ft.)which is a good challenge in the pre-winter conditions (and fun 4x4ing in the 4Runner!) I also ordered a "blast from the past" PC game, Heroes of Might and Magic 3 complete. Even though the game is probably dated by modern standards, the 2000-era of strat-RPGs was a golden time and plus, I've never played any games in the "Heroes" series (and double plus, of course it was dirt cheap).
And also--I get to watch Mystic Weds-Friday this week while Sheila is away at a conference-- woo hoo! It'll be fun to romp around with my canine buddy.
