It’s now the middle of July, and I’m temporarily staying in my hometown of Roanoke, Virginia. After the wonderful July 4th holiday in the Naples area with DOS, I headed up to Roanoke (alone) for a month or so…
Welcome to Calgary!
After a busy work week in frigid Wisconsin, I flew up to Calgary, Canada, to meet up with Steve (DOS) and start our 10 day trip around the world to Singapore. DOS got in Thursday afternoon from Sarasota (via Dallas)…
Pre-Christmas Weekend at Jekyll Island 2017
This past weekend we had yet another wonderful stay at Jekyll Island. In what has become an annual tradition for the last few years, we stay for a 3 night weekend during the month of December, and get an early…
It’s The Most Wonderful Time of The Year!
Yes, just like the song, December is generally the happiest month of the year for me. Tucked away somewhere between the work travel, Christmas shopping, creating and mailing greeting cards, decorating the house with outdoor lights, setting up the Christmas…
Catching up with posting, and Columbus Day week Trip to Beijing
Wow – it’s Oct 5th and we’re sitting in the Orlando Admiral’s Club waiting for our 7:15pm flight to Charlotte. From Charlotte we are flying on to Toronto, Canada where we are spending one night, before continuing our journey to…
Weekend in Roanoke visiting Family
On Friday afternoon I finished up my work-week in Chicago, and flew nonstop to Roanoke on a United Express jet. It was a nice flight, and quick too at just under two hours. So quick in fact we arrived 25…
Solar Eclipse in Chicago
Well not quite, but with an eclipse covering 86% percent of the moon on Monday, it was not your every day work trip. While parts of the country would experience a total eclipse, here in Chicago at 86% it was…
Birthday week: Steve UNO turns 55!
Well, I turned the double nickel this week; another year older and another birthday out of town for work. I actually had a very good week away as I worked in rural Central Pennsylvania, not far from the Pennsylvania…
A bit of serendipity in Pennsylvania
This week I worked in the Lebanon area of Central Pennsylvania. As I had a semi-early morning flight, Steve (DOS) and I stayed at the Hyatt Orlando Airport on Sunday night, one of our favorite hotels. I woke up at…
Journey to St. Augustine – in search of a barrel!
We haven’t been to St. Augustine in years, so this past Saturday was as good a time as any I suppose. Ideally we would have made this a weekend overnight trip as it’s a couple hour’s drive from Orlando, but…