Being in the New England area, we are lucky that we can go whalewatching easily, but like most busy people, we never made it happen. However, it was on our to-do list for years, and the right time came through one of those Groupon deals from Captain John Whalewatch tours starting from Plymouth, Massachusetts into Cape Cod.
On an August day that couldn’t get better for being on the water, we set sail after lunch. The whole trip takes around four hours, and we forgot to ask before we boarded, so my advice would be to confirm this before going. If we had known this, we would have packed healthier snacks and bought our own drinking water.
Other than that the boat ride is very smooth and these folks make sure that you see the whales. We were lucky to see so many of them that day that at one point all the whales in Cape Cod conspired to perform a show for all the boats. You can get really close to them. Definitely recommended for anyone who loves animals.
I have two engineering degrees and for all practical purposes I am at least a 50% geek, but I was still overwhelmed when HDTVs became so affordable that almost anyone could buy them. While I do watch some TV, I am not crazy about it and that is why Lorena and I were happy with our old Sanyo set that worked just fine.
It so turned out that Xfinity forced us to upgrade our cable to a program that has high definition by default. In other words, we were paying for HD but watching standard television. That is when I finally found time to put my research skills to choosing a television.
Our television is in the family room, a huge room with 10 foot high windows and doors. In other words, plenty of light during the day and we tend to sit on a couch about 15 feet from the set. Our research showed that we would be better off with LCD (plasma is not appropriate and LED is overpriced right now) and anything between 45 and 50 inches would be a good compromise because we could use this one for a few years and if the technology changed significantly we could upgrade without feeling too bad for the sub-$1,000 expense.
Vizio offered everything that we were looking for and the price was very competitive and we couldn’t be happier. Everything about the TV is great and we are very pleased.
