The Beginning

Starting is the hard part. You start at the beginning, but how do you decide the point at which the beginning began.

The beginning of this story started about three months ago, when I started the job that has me on the road (or in the air) at least three days a week. I have had several adventures already including three canceled flights, several delayed flights and a week with no luggage. The 'no luggage' ended up being a great learning experience. I survived with very little STUFF that week, so why drag it around the rest of the time. I take only essentials that I will actually use now. Shoes are always the hardest part. They take up the most space and are the heaviest, so I wear my athletic shoes and choose one pair of shoes around which to select the clothing for that week. Traveling by car is better. Then I can load up the trunk with what ever I want.

I decided that I would try to take in a little of the interesting sites at the places I visit. Traveling for work is not sight seeing, it is work...the commute is just a little longer. By the end of the day I usually just want to eat and watch TV in a mindless fog. Reruns of Friends and Law and Order are the best, as I have seen them all and don't have to think. But that approach wastes the oppportunity to see things, so I have made a vow to check things out whenever I have an evening that I am not on the road to the next place. I visited Mount Rushmore (and want to go back in the evening to see the light show). In Columbus, OH I went to the exhibit of The Bodies--actual cadavers discected to show the inner workings of the body. (Quite fasciniating, but every now and then it would hit me that these were PEOPLE) In Canton, Ohio I checked out the Football Hall of Fame (Of course). And my last trip to South Dakota found me driving into Wyoming to see Devil's Tower.

So now I have started this blog to keep track of my adventures and to enable you the share them with me. As soon as I get a digital camera, I will add pictures. Aren't you all excited?