Back from a cross country trip.

My blog posts are almost exclusively technical related, but I thought I would share a little about my cross country - Las Vegas to Orlando - trip helping drive two large Penske trucks that were also towing cars behind.  It was good to get our daughter and her husband back to Florida where we will be able to visit more often.

Expectations

Despite having taken the trip in the opposite direction just over two years before, I told myself that it would be an opportunity to get some work done when not driving and reflect on my life.  I was looking to come away a better person and get caught up on things.

Reality

Looking down at a computer or iphone for too long while in a bouncing truck cab can make you want to vomit.  It is also too noisy to do any sort of normal communication.  Once I gave up on the idea of real work, my driving partner and I had many deep and serious conversations over the three days.  After raising my voice to talk for three days, my voice sounds like 'Mr. Ed'... the talking horse.  (Is that dating me?)

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