Trip to Atlanta - June 2-7, 2012

I left for the Omaha Airport at 4:30 am on Saturday morning for my non-stop flight to Atlanta to attend the 2012 WindPower show. Fortunately the flight was on time and thanks to a hefty tail wind, the 2hr 15min flight was reduced to 1hr 35min so I arrived in Atlanta before 11:00. Once I checked in to the Omni Hotel, I went to the convention center to set up my booth. When I arrived at my booth there was no carpet and several large crates that didn't belong in my booth. After a couple hour delay I was able to set up my booth by around 4:00.  Dinner that evening was at Max's Coal Fired Pizzaria - gooood stuff!  I was able to get my run in around Olympic Park across the street from the hotel. Four laps around the park was just over 3 miles. On Sunday I found out my boss, Doug, was not going to be able to join me due to some illness in his family so I handled most of the show alone.  Sunday night I ate dinner at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse with the guys from PWP.  Monday evening I met my friend Ray and his associate Paul from LES and we ate at Legal Seafoods - very good fresh fish and seafood.  Tuesday evening I ate with Tim & John with PowerSales at STATS, a huge sports bar near the hotel. Very good barbecue there. My last night in Atlanta was spent dining alone back at Ruth's Chris where I had a salad and a plate of petit filets topped with grilled cajun shrimp. YUM.  After a slightly delayed flight out of Atlanta on Thursday, I finally ended up back home to Sharon around 1:30 - it was soooo nice to be back home after six days on the road.

Memorial Day Weekend 2012

The weekend was great weather for all the local memorial day festivities.  Sharon and I went to the farmer's market on Saturday morning and had a wonderful time as usual.  On Sunday morning we went for a long bike ride and rode through the cemeteries in town - it is always inspirational to see all the flags flying in honor of the heroic citizens who have served in our armed forces.  On Memorial day we went on another long bike ride then drove to Garland to see Sharon's family plots (the Kettenburg graves). We then jumped back on our bikes and rode to the Seward Cemetery to attend the memorial service.  The Firehouse Five band played with one of the VFW commanders giving the address and Mel Bolte playing taps at the end. It was a good service.  Ben and his friend Kevin came out in the afternoon to swim.  My Aunt Ruby  and cousin Joleen from Colorado stopped by for supper on their way back from Iowa.  We all ate burgers and beans - yum! Hannah returned from her 3 weekk trip to Germany on Memorial day so she, Annie and Derek stopped by on Tuesday since I had the day off. Hannah and Annie modeled some of the new shirts I have designed, the "Nebraska Black Skirts" which are for female Husker fans.