I arrived in Hillsborough for Bikefest 2003: Heritage Rural Tour at about 7:30. There were way more people registered for that ride than I thought there’d be. I checked in, and received an unexpected, complimentary pair of “Bikefest socks.” Odd free gift. I was rider number 325. The 20- and 31-mile riders rodeout at 8:00, … Read more
I left work at about 5:15 for the EAGLE reception being organized by Sondra at Satisfaction’s in Durham at 5:30. It was a bigger crowd than I expected, but still quite small for a free dinner. We left there at about 6:35. Robert spoke on behalf of TCW, as we sponsored Gender Euphoria, and then … Read more
I met Mary for lunch. Janet had a doctor’s appointment, Sharon’s in Ames for her dad’s funeral, and Suzanne was on vacation. We exchanged stories about my brother and her ex-husband. Interesting lunch. I forgot to give her money toward the flowers we sent to the funeral. I ran to Sam’s and dropped off our … Read more
I met Thomas Stellpflug (IBMer here on business from Germany) at the Ed Center, and we rode out to Elmo’s together. As we neared downtown Durham, Steve called to tell us that Elmo’s was closed due to air conditioning repair work. We met him (and Robert) there anyway, and we all followed Robert to T.K. … Read more
Today would have been Donna’s and my 25th wedding anniversary. Gosh. We talked briefly on Sametime today. “I have fond memories of the day…” I started. “Me too. HELP ME on your shoes, and Fred Stalnaker following us home.” “We were so young.” I responded. Later she thanked my for my postcard from the Grand … Read more
I met Joe and Patrick at the El Dorado’s (or is it El Rodeo’s) in Forest Hills. We called Steve to see if he wanted to join us, who was at that very moment calling me to see what I was doing for dinner. If he couldn’t reach me, he was going to try Joe. … Read more
We got up, and ate a delicious breakfast buffet in the hotel dining room. We left the hotel at about 9:00. We stopped for gas on the way to the airport. At the airport we followed the “rental car return” signs for about eight times through the terminals. The signs were only marked “rental car … Read more
We had the complimentary continental breakfast at the hotel, which was surprisingly good, and filling. There were a lot of people in there, though. We checked out at around 10 or 10:30, and headed down to Sedona. Oh my God! What a beautiful place that town is! The rock formations there are just stunning. Every … Read more
We spent a little time in the hot tub this morning, and Robert took some pictures of me playing behind the waterfall in it. They’ll probably not look anywhere near what I envision, but it was fun playing and taking them nonetheless. We ate the breakfast buffet in the hotel, and it was quite delicious! … Read more
We got up around 10:00, spent about 20 minutes in the hot tub in the courtyard just outside our back door, made 4:00 reservations for a helicopter ride into the canyon, ate breakfast out, and then headed up to see the Grand Canyon. Absolutely amazing wonder of the world! No sense going on about it. … Read more