I need a kick in the arse

I need to get my priorities straight and get back to the blog!

... In a few more days.

Boy Z, Idaho

Idaho? No, Udaho.

The city of Boise reminds of me of the Panhandle. However, as soon as you lift your head up, mountains can found.

Foothills? Mountains? Terrain Undualation? I don't know, I'm from the Third Coast.

Yesterday, I installed our system on the helicopter and after all problems were sorted out, we were on our way to Atlanta. Supposedly, the client, Atlanta Gold, has owned and operated this non-working mine for many years. They make their money by creating interest in the possibility of gold which people willingly invest in. I would say this does not make any sense, but the rep from the company told us this. Hmmm? The town takes about 3 hours to get to by dirt road and there are actually people living in it. I don't even want to know what goes on there. Dueling Banjos perhaps?

The flight out there wasn't too bad. We just followed the canyon.



We landed at the Atlanta Airstrip, you can call it that b/c it had a dirt strip and a wind sock. It sure is prettier from the ground and it smells nice to boot (once again, I am from Houston).



I love how my company calls this terrain rolling foothills and conveniently chooses the economical R44. It's easy to make those calls from an office I suppose. It's kind of like renting a Chevy Cobalt to go 4x4ing. Don't get me wrong, these things are perfect for the majority of work we do.

The World Cup Baby!

I don't even know the rules of soccer. I couldn't even tell you what the lines on the field mean, but I do know that I'm totally into it. Countries have put their civil wars on halt and postponed presidential elections for the game. It's amazing to me how HUGE the World Cup really is. It reminds of the Tour de France except on a larger scale. I'm off to Idaho, later.

PS - I just watched the US get stomped by the Czech and now they get to play Italy next, ouch.

Note to self...

Always be aware of the time zone in which your departing airport is in.

*** End not to self.

I have been to Indiana 4 times, Ohio once, Kentucky 3 times, and Illinois once in the last 6 days.

The iQue M5 got'r done.



Topping the Sonata off with a little GoGo juice.

I heart Continental but not Lacona, IL

Well my luggage found its way to me Tuesday that night around 3 am courtesy of a selfless Continental lost luggage driver.

The next morning after my luggage arrived we headed North to Lacon, IL about an hour and half out of Chi-town. The town is beautiful. Its mostly farmland with rolling green hills and a big sky. I was also going to talk about how nice and down to earth everyone was in Lacon until yesterday afternoon. Until one of the punks in the hanger ganked my GPS handheld receiver. On the brightside it wasn't my new iQue. If it was, I probably would have burnt the place down and then shoved potatoes in the mufflers of all the employee's cars. Usually I would blame myself for such an incident because I tend to lose things daily. However, the only two places I went was the hotel and the airport. The only other option is that it fell out of the chopper which is highly unlikely. The pilot was going to ask the guys this morning if they have seen it so I may have to take this post down if it pops up and then feel bad.

Now that I am done with my rant I can tell you that I am in Harrison, OH near Cincinnati. We have been putting in some mega miles (almost 1000 in 4 days) and there are still more to be driven plus a small possibility I will be driving Kentucky to Htown.

View from the Suuuuuuuper 8



PS - Ivan Basso is going to x2 it and win both the Giro d'Italia AND the Tour de France. Period.