My Vacation, Part 8 of 9 -- Tuesday, July 28, 2009

It's our 25th anniversary today (July 28, the date in the entry title, not the date this was posted)! I wanted to lounge about a bit in the lovely motel room and read back issues of Successful Farming, thoughtfully provided by the management, so I sent Roy to have breakfast at the Red Rose Diner in Towanda, which he did (many photos on his Blackberry but I don't have any). Roy very kindly took his time, taking a few more pictures around Towanda, so I got the deliciously late start I'd been craving for several days.

We drove south on Rt 220 from Towanda, through many lovely small towns, looking for signs of railroads past, especially in DuShore, where I also photographed St. Basil's Catholic church.

( more photos and text behind the cut )

My Vacation, Part 9 of 9 -- Wednesday, July 29, 2009 and Wildflower Census

I surprised myself, and Roy, by being ready to take off at 9:00, after breakfasting on those odd Frisbee-like "cheese omelets" at the Hampton Inn. We did a quick driving tour of Millionaire's Row in Williamsport. But it was rainy and we were through with being on vacation, so we didn't stop to take any pictures.

( but my wildflower appendix, with all my wildflower pictures, is behind the cut tag )

Which science fiction novel was this?

It has been a very long time since I read much science fiction, but I have a plot fragment rattling in my head and it badly wants to be reunited with a novel title and author.

It is a long voyage, I think, and there were tanks for regeneration, and some woman was headstrong and didn't do it right and someone came out a dripping mass of goo, like an interrupted metamorphosis. Or a half-formed arachnid.

Any idea? For a minute I thought it might be Cities in Flight, but I don't think that's right.

EDIT: Piers Anthony, Macroscope. Thanks to friends-of-friends.