7 flights in 7 days and homecoming!

Well, for those of you who missed me over the last week, I was traveling all around! I literally flew in 7 flights in 7 days.

Destination 1: Washington State. All photos are here
I went to Washington to visit my friend Leah. She has been stationed out on Whidbey Island for the last 8 months or so, and keeps telling me how beautiful it was there. So I took advantage of going to the west coast already, and went to visit for the weekend. We spent one day visiting areas in her neck of the woods - specifically Deception Pass State park where we hiked a trail to a cool lookout point and saw this really cool bridge. The same day, we also went to the base where she is training. It was nice getting to catch up with her. Then Sunday, we went and acted as tourists in Seattle, going to the space needle, the original Starbucks, Pike Place Market, and a wonderfully hilarious and interesting tour of the history of underground Seattle.






Destination 2: Las Vegas.
Having not been to Las Vegas since I was about 18, I was looking forward to this trip. I was going for a packaging trade show that happens there every other year, and I had to meet with about a million vendors for a project I am working on. I spent all day for three days talking about equipment. But after dinner, we were on our own, and we took advantage of it. A couple of my coworkers and a few of our former coworkers and vendors and I went out walked around lots of the hotels, got drinks, listened to bands, and caught up. It was fun. However, the week did not include nearly any shut-eye, which by day three was catching up with me. The only picture that is proof I was there is the one here.

Destination 3: Bakersfield, CA
I was going to Bakersfield for work for an on-site visit for an ice-cream project I am working on. As expected, the plant was FREEZING, but I am looking forward to this project since I am working with a new client for me, and with new coworkers as well.

I finally headed home Friday to make it back in time for the GT JSU reunion. I had been trying to get this planned for a bit, and finally compiled a list of alumni. It was homecoming weekend this weekend, and the perfect opportunity to have a JSU reunion! Even with the somewhat late publicity and the lack of email addresses for alumni, about 10 alumni came along with about 30 current students. It was a lot of fun, and we all got to catch up a bit with each other. It brought back memories to my days at GT. I also dropped by Buzz Bash that evening and ran into a million old friends and classmates.

Then yesterday was the GT/Army homecoming game. My company was having a tailgate, which was actually more of a tailgate for Army alumni than one for our company, but it was fun. I brought my dad along, and we then went to AEPi for him to catch up with his cohorts from his days at GT. The game was pretty good, with GT almost beating the anticipated spread with a 34-10 win. DZ and I went to campus in time to watch the Ramblin' Wreck Parade, which is a homecoming tradition and a lot of fun to see.