Iowa or Bust

Monday, October 24, 2011

Traveled to Des Moines, Iowa to get things set up for the LWS PhaseRaiser seminar and field demo.  On my way through Lincoln I hooked up with Ben for lunch at Ali Babba's, then took a quick tour of his new cubicle at Bailey Lauerman - cool.  After picking up my poster and banner from Kinko's I was on my way, arriving in Des Moines around 3:00.

Our meeting room at the Hilton Inn at Des Moines

Our event was held at the Hilton Garden Inn, a fairly new hotel in the newly developed suburb of West Des Moines. Since I was the event planner I got a nice suite with a living room, kitchenette, bathroom and king bedroom.

I got our reception room set up by around 4:30 and attendees started trickling in about 5:00. We had a nice reception & dinner for about 15 people from various utilities and contractors. 

CIPCO raising a 230kV structure 5ft near Adair, IA

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Tuesday was a busy day that started early since I had to set up the meeting room with our booklets, pens and projector set up.

After the meeting, the group of 18 people traveled west to the demo site near Adair, IA. The demo took about two hours and I was headed home around 3:00, arriving around 5:00.

Sharon and I had a quiet evening watching TV for several hours before bedding down around 10:00.