Rockville, MD (USA)

[worked all day in Rockville - visited with Pat and Mike after work - drove home and spent the evening with the kids (trick-or-treating)]

Egg Harbor, NJ (USA)

[what a day! - up later than the other days - breakfast at hotel (Holiday Inn Express on Blackhorse Pike in Atlantic City) - arrived at conference room at 0830L - had to go help Bill get in before 0900 - very busy day (meetings and paperwork) - plan was to finish early, but we didn't - lunch at the cafeteria in our building - lots of worry about Hurricane Sandy... - finished at 1800 - skipped dinner and drove home (leading Sabrina, since it was dark) - used US-40, I-295, I-95 and I-495 and made it in just over three hours]

Atlantic City, NJ (USA)

[up very early - breakfast at hotel - went over to Tech Center to get some work done before everyone else arrived - very busy (meetings) all day - lunch at Chick-fil-A with Erica, Sabrina, Joseph - finished up late - sketchy people at the hotel - met Bill, Sabrina, Sharon for dinner at Jo Jo's (Italian) - later drove out to the Boardwalk - explored a bit before stopping at the Borgata - played craps for several hours - everyone did well - drove (via US-30 and US-40) back to the Holiday Inn Express on Blackhorse Pike in Atlantic City - got to bed very late]

Egg Harbor, NJ (USA)

[up early - breakfast at hotel (Holiday Inn Express on Blackhorse Pike in Atlantic City) - met everyone at 0830L (prep) - meetings all day - ate leftovers for lunch - after work, everyone met up for dinner at the Bonefish Grill near our hotel - done late - just a little email from work before sleeping]

Egg Harbor, NJ (USA)

[drove to Tech Center for a conference (via I-495, US-50 and Bay Bridge, US-301, I-95, I-295 and US-40) - teleconference right before I left, another one just as I was arriving in Mays Landing - saw utility worker strapped to helicopter on the way - after taking care of security issues, met up with Sharon to prep for meeting - finished around 1700L - dinner with Sabrina, Bill, Sharon at the Crab Trap - then went to hotel (Holiday Inn Express on Black Horse Pike in Atlantic City) - a little bit of work on the computer - watched the Presidential Debate before bed]

Chantilly, VA (USA)

[class in Chantilly all day]

Chantilly, VA (USA)

[class in Chantilly all day - executive dinner at Westfield Marriott]

Chantilly, VA (USA)

[class all day in Chantilly]

Columbia, MD (USA)

[couldn't get the kids up early enough, but it was a beautiful Fall day - couldn't stay at the house... - dropped off some drycleaning - thought about visiting Carolyn, actually, but she was too busy to get together this weekend - drove north via I-495 and I-270 out to I-70 - started looking for gas in Hagerstown (seemed expensive) - drove across into Pennsylvania on I-81 and figured out that they were a $3.999 per gallon (yikes!) - drove along some back roads (farms, fields, rolling hills) - saw sign for James Buchanon Birthplace, right along the Mason-Dixon line - drove back into Maryland and filled up the tank (brisk) - used I-81 (south) to get back to I-70 and then drove into the mountains - beautiful colors starting to appear in the trees - a little rain as I switched to I-68 and drove through .... Gap - kept going through beautiful scenery - found pretty Rocky Gap State Park (complete with mountain chalet) - soon after, saw a sign for a wood-fire pizza kitchen (Puccini's) - stopped for a late lunch (1400L) - watched football and had some great food with the locals - discussed ski areas, rail trail (bikepath) and C&O Canal NHP - took my leave around 1530L and drove west again, through the pretty town of Cumberland - everything meets there... - taking a hint from one of the locals I met, I drove as far as Frostburg to see the bright colors (it was true) - backtracked to Cumberland and took MD-51 to the border with West Virginia (crossed at Wiley Ford) and used WV-28 to drive south - lots of pretty views of the River and mountains - stopped briefly in Romney before turning East again (US-50) - very pretty drive through the mountains back to Virginia - amazing views - drove through Winchester (via VA-37) to US-18 - turned back towards home on I-66 - used Fairfax County Parkway (and Old Keene Mill Road to get home) - watched Notre Dame versus Miami football game - hard to believe it has been 25 years since the big matchup that won the National Championship (see OCT 1988)...]

Oxen Hill, MD (USA)

[working a booth at the 57th ATCA Conference - also had time for other work before Gilbert Awards Banquet with business unit VP and Directors]