Wow – what an awesome 16 night cruise we had on the Island Princess! So much has happened since the last post and with the amazing sites we saw on the cruise it will take me at least a week…
July Road Trip to Roanoke!
It’s now July 17th and Steve DOS and I have been to my hometown of Roanoke for a week now. This is the first trip we’ve taken since March, when we were last here and flew home in the midst…
Spring time in the Wisconsin Dells
This week I was in business in the Dells area of Wisconsin. I should say ‘we’ as Steve (DOS) tagged along on this trip with me, thanks to the complimentary Southwest Airlines companion pass. While I worked during the day,…
Party week in San Diego
It’s Thursday night as I write this, and am packing up and heading home to get some sleep before taking my early 6:20am flight in the morning to Phoenix and connecting to Orlando at 8:55am. I’ve been in San Diego…
St. Patrick’s Day blues
What a week this has been! After spending the weekend in Roanoke visiting my family, I flew back to Tampa, Florida where I worked this week again on business. This week I stayed in the historic Ybor City area of…
March weekend in the Star City
We spend a nice Spring weekend in Roanoke, Virginia, visiting my parents and brother and his partner. My parents are 84 years old, and recently moved into a new home up the street from my brother Andy. We wanted to…
Inauguration week in Philadelphia
I can’t believe it’s already January 19th and Christmas and New Year’s has come and gone. This year seems destined to pass as quickly as last year did if the pace of the year keeps up as has so far.…
Labor Day weekend 2016
My work-week ended Thursday afternoon in Montevideo, MN, and I then drove the nearly 3 hours back to Sioux Falls airport, where I spent the night. I stayed once again at the Sheraton Conference Center, which is a nice hotel…
Mom’s Birthday weekend in Roanoke – part 1
My Friday started out in the Holiday Inn Laguardia Airport, where I had stayed last night due to a flight cancelation at Islip Airport on Long Island. I had a quick but decent one night’s stay there, and it was…
Spokane on the way . . .right before holiday!
Started my Monday morning with a 6am checkin for my US Airways flight to Phoenix, connecting to Spokane, Washington. As US Airways flight numbers will officially cease on Oct 17th, this will be my last US Airways roundtrip flight. I…