Note to self: when traveling, always take your laptop power supply with you!
I got back last night from a whirlwind business trip to Indianapolis,IN and Columbus, OH. Found out how frustrating it can be not to get online. Even the crummy hotel I stayed in at Columbus had no business center and thus no PC.
Driving from Indianapolis to Columbus, I could not help but detour to Dayton just to see where my heroes Orville and Wilber Wright launched the aircraft revolution (that is, really launched the aircraft revolution, as opposed to what we North Carolinians like to consider). I arrived at their home and shop right before dusk and walked around them, fascinated. Of course, the actual buildings are no longer there after Henry Ford had them carted over to his museum, Greenfield Village. I don’t know what Orville Wright or the city of Dayton were thinking when they allowed that to happen. Might be just as well, as the cops slowly rolling by in an unmarked car and the shifty characters on the streetcorners led me to believe it isn’t just the Wrights’ house that isn’t the same in the old neighborhood. At least as long as the Wrights’ house is at Greenvield Village no one will be smoking crack in it.
The rest of my trip was mostly uneventful. I barely made my flight home (typical) and was too late to say goodnight to the kids. The good news is that this was the last trip on my calendar for the forseesable future.