You can tell how visits went by the post-visit communications. From P&W, an unmarked tube of drawings and relative email silence. I expect that they expect we're here in Ann Arbor sitting quietly around some desks in the nerdery with our calculators. From Knoll, a great email about summer fun in the Lehigh Valley and some product brochures highlighting the company. I expect that they expect we're here in Ann Arbor wrapping up a tough semester and getting ready for an awesome summer.
It turns out that I'll be living less than five miles from the country's top velodrome in a cycling-crazy region, so I am decidedly stoked about that. (Plus there is an ice cream stand at the top of a huge hill south of town.) All in all I think living in the Lehigh Valley will be something of a return to roots, not that A2 isn't, but a chance to live a 'normal' life and take fuller advantage of the sporting goods that I enjoy using so much. Hiking and biking seem like they will be great options, as do evenings in the towns scattered among the valleys. I'm as much looking forward to finding a grassy spot to listen to the city band in Allentown as I am to getting on the bus to zip north to New York or south to Philadelphia.
Wednesday, March 29, 2006