Library Nonsense and a New Trail

Today, I took a journey the M'ville branch of the SnoCo library to return some books and use their WiFi. I fixed the Robot Rodeo video on YouTube and added the Sumo Bot video, by the way. Did you know that library cards expire now?

That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Remember the crinkly piece of paper with your 6 year-old neanderthal signature? I used mine at the WiCo library until I was 13 and moved away. My first SnoCo paper card had a lame attempt at a cursive signature and it was good until it went electronic about 10 years ago. Apparently those electronic cards expire. Whatever.

To add to the nonsense at the library, the girl in front of me was asking one of the librarians if she had to log onto the WiFi or if it was public for any enabled computer. The librarian then asked her if she was talking about a computer chip, and looked really perplexed. Then the librarian told her she could use any of the library's computers if she had a library card.

I had read about the public WiFi in the Darrington paper, so I let the girl know she could just turn her laptop on to use the WiFi. Then the librarian looked relieved. Not much later, a really annoying cell phone ring echoed through the library followed by a shouted conversation. What's up with the library? I feel a little Idiocracy encroaching.

Speaking of SnoCo, the parks department is now 4 miles from our house on the Whitehorse trail. The parks department acquired the old rail road track as part of the Washington Rails to Trails program back when I worked at Kayak Point Park. I'm so excited that they decided to scrap the 3 phase option and blaze the whole trail this spring. I can't wait to go on a trail ride with co-worker MK. Our office manager lives down the trail and neither of us have a bike, so MK offered up some horses when the trail is finished. How cool will it be to go all the way into Arlington from my house on horse back?