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<p>The lady and I went to Long Beach, WA last weekend for three days. It calls itself the longest beach in the world, but I never bothered to look it up, haha. It was a fun trip. We had Thai food, took pictures and sunbathed on the beach, and I went go-karting for the first time. Sadly, I got smacked with a headache on day two, but we managed to make it go away in a few hours. I'm prone to migraines, so I have to treat every headache as if it could ruin my day... because sometimes it will.</p> <p>I felt like Bowser in Mario Kart, since I'm a tall, heavy-ish guy. The little engines in those things can take off pretty well, and the inertia from my weight made some of the turns feel a little dangerous, so I had to use the brakes a bit. Overall I had a ton of fun and would love to go to a larger track for adult karting.</p>

<p>The lady and I went to Long Beach, WA last weekend for three days. It calls itself the longest beach in the world, but I never bothered to look it up, haha. It was a fun trip. We had Thai food, took pictures and sunbathed on the beach, and I went go-karting for the first time. Sadly, I got smacked with a headache on day two, but we managed to make it go away in a few hours. I'm prone to migraines, so I have to treat every headache as if it could ruin my day... because sometimes it will.</p> <p>I felt like Bowser in Mario Kart, since I'm a tall, heavy-ish guy. The little engines in those things can take off pretty well, and the inertia from my weight made some of the turns feel a little dangerous, so I had to use the brakes a bit. Overall I had a ton of fun and would love to go to a larger track for adult karting.</p> <p>There were enough things to do on the peninsula to warrant coming back at least once or twice. Sadly, there were some attractions that were closed due to COVID-19; one of which was a pretty big arcade. Shame we couldn't check'em out.</p> <p>Most of our spare time was spent hanging out on the beach or snuggling and watching TV in the motel room. We went all three days and stayed longer on the last day. It was almost painful leaving the beach, since I hadn't visited one since November 2018. I miss swimming so, so, much. Washington beaches aren't really swimming beaches. The water had to be at least 45-50°F. Super chilly considering it was at least 84°F outside. No bueno.</p> <p>Still, the heat was comfortable overall and it was nice to get away from home life for a few days.</p> <hr> <p>I recently bought a second Raspberry Pi 4 -- this one with 8GB of RAM! -- for the Personal Creativity Assistant project. My old screen isn't suited for the Pi4 the way I need to use it, so I'm looking around for screen chassis that can house a Pi and a battery, for a complete mobile Pi4 solution. Vilros makes a neat 10.1" screen, but the reviews I saw were mixed. It will need more research. If you have any suggestions for cases, screens, or more, feel free to reach out to me.</p>