Sacramento, Again

Posted Thu Nov 12, 2009 in Travel

Here I am in Sacramento again. Early this week I got an email from a USGS acquaintance. He needs a peer-reviewer for a project and the choices of date were either Tuesday (nope) or Friday. So, here I am over here again.

It was a day. I had a 0700 conference call and needed to be prepared, so I rose early (0400) and got my homework done. The call took longer than I expected (but was very good), so I was late to the office. Fortunately, the meeting that was scheduled for 0830 was delayed, but delayed too much for me. Nonetheless, I blew through the things that had-to-be-done before I left, then sat another meeting at 1130, then drove home for a bite with Wife and to gather up my necessaries for the trip.

I managed to escape the house by about 1400. I’m glad I waited to leave — there was snow but the roads were clear. I guess there might have been three or four inches along the passes.

It was a good drive. The mountains are starting to look really pretty now. There’s snow on all the high peaks. I love the contrast of the evergreens and the white and gray of the snowy mountains.

I had no problems and arrived here in Sacramento about 1630. Now I’m just puttering a bit while I let the day’s activities settle in. I’m about to call it and hit the rack. Tomorrow will be intense, but interesting. I’m hoping to make a few new contacts as I expand my area of influence so I can develop work. I need more work.

Good night!