I've been in the Raleigh/Durham area of North Carolina since Sunday. I really did want to do a travelogue style series of posts but this business trip has been, well, busy. I'll just jot a few thoughts down now and more later.
There are a lot of trees around here. I got to my hotel around 8pm Sunday night and after I unpacked (more about that and the Department of Homeland Security later) I went to the lobby and asked the desk clerk where a nice place for dinner might be. He gave me directions with handy exit numbers and all so I figured I'd find may way there. My significant other will tell you I have a negligible sense of direction. It's a good thing I had some sense or I'd still be travelling the highways looking for the Homewood Suites.
Trees make it hard to see if there's anything out there beyond the highway. As I said there are a lot of trees around here. I couldn't fix on many landmarks and that's mostly how I travel. I drove about for over an hour, finally found a place to eat in a well lit and not deserted strip mall anchored by a Kroger's grocery. Ruby Tuesday was the place, the waiter was very nice and the food was just fine. I ate my salad and steak fajitas watched a closed caption episode of the Simpsons and headed home to Homewood Suites on exit 281 on I-40. Well not quite. I did circle around quite a bit but finally found it. It was quite a relief to see the lights of the hotel!
I had checked the extended forcast on Yahoo! before I left so I would pack the right clothes. It said that things would be cool, cloudy, chance of showers. No day over 65 degrees. Well we've had 2 sunny days over 70 so far and my heavy wool clothes are a bit warm. Thank goodness all the business stuff is going much better than my personal life!
More later, have to get ready to go in and do a presentation.