Nice drive

I recently had a nice long drive from Jacksonville FL to Toronto ON.

The purple line represents the driving route that was taken. This was a five day excursion for work that included stops in Atlanta Georgia, Raleigh North Carolina, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and then onto Toronto Ontario. This was for the NHL arena installs that we do for work. The best part about this trip was flying from Buffalo New York to home. Of all of the cities that we stopped in Toronto was by far the most interesting. The pictures that I put in this posting are from left to right, Toronto's Air Canada Center, Atlanta's Turner Field (Braves) and The Igloo (Mellon Bank Arena) in Pittsburgh. Despite the very long trip and very very long hours of work the trip was uneventful. I did have the privelage of riding with the Michigander from work who did not drive one mile of the trip since he is not 25 or older. This made the trip feel a bit longer but atleast we made it without injury or crash. I don't know if I would be up for another one of these ironman trips any time soon.

Wrigley Field, Chicago / Blackhawks

I was in Chicago this week for the Blackhawks and the United Center. This was pretty cool but I was able to get really good tickets for the Cubs Game!! Thanks Turbo.. Chicago was nothing but a good time with the baseball game to the food. Chicago is one of my favorite towns to visit but it can get expensive. The pictures that I was able to get with my camera were great. I was able to get a pic with Michael Jordan (statue and the United Center) and a some great pics at Wrigley Field.

Minnesota Wild / Minnesota Twins / Bridge Collapse

I was very lucky this past week in my visit to Minneapolis St. Paul. I was in town to install equipment in St. Paul for the Minnesota Wild (NHL). This was the day before the bridge in downtown Minneapolis collapsed killing many. The coworker that I was with told me to take a picture of the city skyline on our way to the Twins game. The picture above was taken on the very bridge that collapsed. Travel has its bad days but if I would have been on that bridge it could have been one of my last. I am very thankful that I am able to type this blog and see my bed after that incident because there are many now that can't. The pictures below were taken also the day before the accident. From left to right, Me at the Minneapolis Airport acting goofy, next was the Twins game and the one on the right is the Minnesota Wild hockey ice being taken down. I had never seen this and found it interesting. They used everything from Zamboni's to four wheel drive trucks with scrapers to get rid of that pesky painted ice.