Construction Ahead
I’m in Wisconsin now for a user group meeting where I am giving a couple of talks about ODS. Anyone that knows me at all knows that bad things always happen to me when I travel: delayed flights, cancelled flights, guaranteed hotel rooms not being available when I get there, etc. If it doesn’t happen to me on the way to my destination, it gets me on the way back. I didn’t figure that this trip to Wisconsin would be any different.
The line at the airline I was at was so long that it actually went through the door to the outside. I made it through the line in about 45 minutes, which was better than I expected. Fortunately, I got through security rather quickly so I made my flight pretty easily. Once I got to Milwaukee, I had a rental car waiting for me. I decided to splurge for the Garmin GPS navigation system since I heard rumors about heavy construction in the area. Boy, am I glad I did. The directions that Google Maps printed ended up being useless because the main exit that I needed was closed. However, the Garmin navigation system easily navigated me around the construction. Absolutely, brilliant!
I got to my hotel for another bit of drama. As I approached the front door to the hotel, I noticed an ambulance right outside the door. Apparently, an elderly woman had fallen on the front steps and she was still laying there. She was conscious, but they had her strapped to a backboard.
While it wasn’t uneventful, my trip here went fairly well. I guess that means I’m in for trouble on the way home.
