Iowa...
I had to go to Omaha this week for a quick overnight trip so Mrs. decided to come along. I had hoped to be able to spend more time with her travelling and this seemed like a great opportunity. We drove out on tuesday and returned late in the afternoon on Wednesday. It was a fun little trip.

The truth is, driving from Wisconsin to Omaha, Nebraska is really boring. Iowa is pretty, in a farm setting kind of way. But seven hours of corn farms, cattle farms, pig farms, and open farmland is really not that exciting. I thought it was interesting to discover that Iowa at night is really not much different from Iowa in the daytime. Neither one will do much to keep you on your toes along I80.

Louisville Travel On Ice

Traveling to Louisville this week for Project Management class was supposed to be a nice break from winter. No such luck. So far it has snowed and iced over everything exposed for the last two days. The news says there is 400,000 homes without power in Kentucky right now. Thankfully our hotel is not included.

Last night we ordered pizza in at the hotel because the ice was treacherous on the sidewalks and we really weren't sure if anything was open. Most of the city appeared to have shut down. Tonight there were more signs of lifw so we ventured out to 4th Street Live - a really neat area a few blocks away. We had a great meal at The Pub there. The Hard Rock Cafe is next door as well.

The trees are covered in ice, so bad that many are breaking. Sidewalks are frozen yet, and the streets are in danger of flooding as drains are blocked with sluch that is now freezing to solid ice. Tomorrow will be the fourth day in a row that the schools are all closed. Hotel employees are staying at the hotel because they cannot get home. It seems to me like another winter day in Madison, except we are not in Madison...

I called the girls before bed time again tonight. It has been pretty smooth the last two nights, tonight was tougher though. Two are crying and "I miss you Daddy" was the mantra.

Business travel is overrated.