Today started out pretty smoothly as I got out of the house a few minutes before planned. With the errands I needed to do and topping off the gas tank I ended up putting myself 15 minutes behind my planned schedule. This got me to SUNY Purchase 15 minutes after I had intended. It wasn't a huge deal as I didn't have any confirmed meetings. Two of the six people I contacted let me know they wouldn't be available but are interested in connecting.

I tried my luck at Admissions and Liz welcomed me and set me up with an impromptu meeting with the Dean of Enrollment Management, Caitlin Read. She was kind enough to answer my lengthy list of questions. I feel I have a better understanding of how our students would fare transferring there, but I really won't know how well until I get to talk to the instructors in the different disciplines. Purchase has quite a few great options for the right student, and it appears that even with the curriculum the way it currently stands, DAT students would be able earn a degree within two years.

I took a little while to walk around the campus and I was truly impressed with the amount of space dedicated to dance, theater, and music. I walked the 400 foot halls (give or take 100 feet), and in one area saw dance studio after dance studio filled with people. On my return the opposite direction, I saw an equal amount of classrooms dedicated to acting. I hopped over into another building and there I found practice rooms galor with piano music flowing out of many of them. Since I didn't have a tour guide I didn't get too nosy. Before heading out I popped over to the Center for Media, Film, and Theater but chose not to venture too far as the facility list on the wall said alot.

When I travel I try to take photos of all the state signs that I pass. Unfortunately coming into New York there wasn't a safe spot to stop so I let it go. Same thing happened with the New Jersey sign. It came up so fast and was above the highway so there was no way I was going to get that one. Since I got off the highway and took a less traveled route over the Delaware River into Pennsylvania the sign didn't exist. I enjoyed the diversion, but I have to say that bridge was sketchy. I don't know how they made a one-lane bridge into a two-laner. Later I managed to safely pull over in Delaware to get the photo. Maryland was an experiment with high ISO, as the sign was in the median and I had to cross the state road to grab the photo.

I was hoping for over 40 MPG average, but I was very disappointed as I started out and it was closer to 35 MPG. Thankfully it's the long game, so by the end of the day it turned out to be 39.5 MPG. That's horrible when my winter average is 46 MPG, but it's pretty darn good considering I've got a lot of weight in and on this car with all my gear.