The Day Trip

The one day business trip is always an adventure. When you have to get on an airplane to go somewhere you should stay more than a few hours. Preferably, you should get a hotel room and a nice dinner, but in these fast paced, austier days, you have to get in and out as fast as possible. Today we went down to San Francisco for a presentation that went from 11 AM to 6 PM. It was great to see the people we were presenting to in-person, but you also tend to try to pack everything you can into the short time you are together. I was especially disappointed that I didn't get to spend any time in San Francisco. Our client's offices are in the Persidio, which is an old army base, and it is a great area. It also has a great golf course I would have loved to play. As we drove out of the park through Pacific Heights, I marvelled at the amazing architecture; there are so many great, old Victorian houses and churches, as well as a few cool modern buildings thrown in.

The flight back was pretty quick, but the Horizon plane we were on was small, so even though I was in an exit row I didn't have much leg room. All I could think about was how great it was going to be to get home and watch a little Sportscenter before bed. Of course, that was not to be as I had left the lights on in my car and my battery was dead. The good news is PDX has a fast and free jump start service, so I was out of there within 20 minutes. Still a long day.