Here’s an update from Rochester, New York. Yup, I’m out of the office this week and I’m presenting at some LabVIEW Developer Days in Pittsburgh, PA and Rochester, NY. Everything has been going well so far and it has been fun. The most excitement was the second leg of my flight from Cleveland, OH to Pittsburgh. I had seat 8F, which you might have guessed it was a window seat but probably wouldn’t have guessed that it was also an isle seat in the last row. Yep, that’s right. It was a twin propeller plane with 8 rows with one seat on each side. (I’m not sure why the seats were "A" and "F".) But we were sitting in the airport and they announced that there was a ground hold but it looked all clear outside so I turned to Noel who was traveling with me and said "That’s odd, usually they only hold for weather but it looks clear". That instant a downpoor started. That was kind of ominous. It passed and we were cleared to board and take off, but we had to fly right through the storm. I’m generally pretty calm, even on a rough flight, but we got thrown around pretty good. I have to admit that I even grabbed the arm rest once. But we made it without any major incidents.
We did our seminar in Pittsburgh and then drove over to Rochester and are doing it again. Then I’m staying through the weekend and I’m going to try to squeeze in a little time snowboarding. Luckily I’ve had internet access and have been able to video chat with Jenny, Olivia, and Red. I’ll update you on how the slopes are, but my thought was that the snow here has to be better than in Austin!
(Here’s a picture from the first leg of my trip which I took on my cell phone.)
Hi Uncle JR
We are glad to hear you are having a good time. We have been chatting with Jenny too!! She seems to be keeping busy without you. Have a good time on the slopes. Hope you have good weather.
I had not heard an acutal amount, but we are expecting a “significant snow event” here in Nebraska. Rumor has it we could see 18-20 inches by next week. Wouldn’t that be something?
Hope you have a great trip. We look forward to hearing more!
From the Lyons Den
Sounds like you are having fun. I wish I could be there in New York to see a game. I just got done with state speech. My OID got second at state!
Hope you get home okay. We are in the middle of a blizzard here at Dwight. We did have our soup luncheon today. Dad took Fr. to Bee for Mass at 8:00 with the 4-wheel drive pickup. This might last til Tues. and then we’re to have more on Wed. and Thurs. Now all we’d need is mountains and you could snowboard here!!!
Your plane story is only one more reason I hate flying
Mom