After 3 days in Seattle, Steve (DOS) and I took Amtrak’s Empire Builder cross-country for 2 days from Seattle to Chicago. This was our second cross-country trek on Amtrak, with the first one being from Chicago to Emeryville on the…
Work week in Paducah Kentucky
Continuing from the last post . . . I finally got to my hotel in Paducah, Kentucky a little after midnight local time (1am EST), some 17 hours after my trip started from Orlando, due to mechanical delays and a…
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)…
Flight to Beijing in Flagship Business Class from Chicago
We started our journey from Toronto Canada, where we had overnighted last night from our first flight from Orlando (via Charlotte). As I posted in the last post, we had a leisurely morning touring the CN Tower and surrounding area,…
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…
American Flight 191 Memorial site
I’m in Chicago this week on business, staying at the Hyatt in Rosement, which is close to O’Hare International Airport. So close in fact, planes roar right over the hotel, and you can see them lining up for landing in…
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…
Work-week in Portland, Oregon
I’m writing this as I fly home from a quick week in Portland Oregon. Unlike most weeks, I left on a Tuesday, and with the all day travel Tuesday and today (Friday) I really had a quick workweek. Since Steve…
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…
Winter in North Dakota
I had another busy work week of travel; this week in Dickinson, North Dakota. Like last week I was quite busy all week, and between a 2am cutover on Wednesday and the 2 hour Mountain Standard Time, I was a…