My Newest Time Wasting Vice.

So the other day I was asking a friend about a place we hiked together because I couldn't remember exactly the location. I do like to know where I've been. Anyway my friend offered to send me a file using Google Earth with the trail outlined for me. Having never used Google Earth before I went right to the old internet, found the program and downloaded it. Well, I have to say that I'm reminded of a Dr. Seuss title, "Oh the Places You'll Go". This afternoon I took a break from online browsing for a lighter weight tent, to looking at the places we plan to hike this summer. Then I realized that I could look anywhere in the world. So I moved around the globe to France and visited each city where I lived when I was a young missionary. It was really amazing. I saw the topography and the images of places I haven't seen in a long time and I remembered all the narrow stone streets I'd walked and the beautiful landscape I'd seen out the train window. I suppose it would be easy to spend hours looking at the world in images. So, I'll have to remember to stay on task when I have computer errands to do. As if facebook isn't a big enough drain on my time, now this.