for those of you who missed the previous reports (mostly because i didn't post them) here is a brief recap.
work trip driving to nashville for utah opera. not for an opera. just a set they built for a convention.
day one. woke up late. left salt lake 2 hours later than expected. drove to sydney nebraska. -3 F plus wind chill. a wee bit brisk.
day two. woke up. mustache froze in 30 feet between hotel door and truck door. truck takes way too long to warm up. drove to independence missouri. encountered some snow. encountered some idiots. the two do not mix well. must have been a car off the road on average of ~1/mile. drove 700 miles. you do the math.
while in middle nebraska, heard a local sherriff doing a radio bit about driving safety. talked about people needing time to get "snow-legs" back. the said, "in the first storm of the year, you expect people to need a little time to adjust. but its january people."
when stopped in independence, could barely open rear truck door. snow buildup added ~75lbs.
day three. woke up. drove to nashville tennessee. some time east of independence, i-70 eastbound was closed for an accident. barely missed getting caught in the parking lot. got there just after the police officer who started shunting traffic off the exit. moving at 5 miles an hour down the frontage road was much better than sitting and waiting for the accident to clear. and it was entertaining to watch the 53' trailers and fed-ex doubles trying to make the 90deg turns on a narrow rural frontage road. took 45min to clear the 4 miles of parked vehicles behind the accident and get back to the freeway.
nashville had an inch or so of snow. whole city shut down. restaurant next to hotel closed an hour early. not happy. had to order pizza.
day four. woke up. went to lunch. checked out of hotel late. picked up boss from the airport. entertaining doing so in a box truck. trying to figure out where i could go through the terminal was almost a disaster. fortunately i learned to read so noticed the sign that allowed me to pass through.
checked into opryland hotel. hotel is bigger than most small cities. finding your room requires a guide, map, and several pack animals to carry your luggage to the far reaches of the world.
evening brought the load in of the two separate sets. one for the product showcase, a small wall and floor combo piece. then the larger set for the main stage of the conference. there were some issues, but ultimately we got out of there with a pretty decent finished product. at 3am.
day five. woke up. eventually. boss and me went to breakfast, then took him to the airport. didn't feel so good so went back to hotel and took a nap. woke and had mediocre dinner. still no feeling so good. hopefully i will sleep tonight. naps can throw that off.
more to come. later. maybe tomorrow. maybe not.
out.
