Jet-Setting

Somehow the month of March has passed us by…

Following our wonderful weekend in Boston we managed to stay at home for a week…then it was back to Boston to catch a flight to San Diego.  It was time for the annual American Society for Healthcare Engineers and the American Institute of Architects Planning, Design & Construction Summit. 

These summits are often times for me to speak or do presentations, but this year I was able to get by with simply presenting the Vista Award for teamwork in a healthcare construction project.  I Chair the selection jury and as the Chair had the privilege of making the presentation at the opening ceremonies (in front of approximately 2,000 attendees).  The presentation went off very well and then I had time to simple attend the summit, pick up new ideas, and network with others from around the country.

Much of my time was going to be spent at Summit events, but we planned ahead for Jess to come over from Phoenix to spend days with Cheri and all of us being together in the evening.  Also, since it was San Diego we decided to head out on Saturday arriving late in the evening.

Jess joined us the next morning and following breakfast we each headed out our own ways…me to play some golf, Jess and Cheri to take a tour of the Southern California wine country.  I am not sure who had the better deal, but we all had a good time.

 

That evening we decided to take advantage of the Old Town area of San Diego and headed out to the Coyote Cafe, a Mexican restaurant.  We were able to sit out in the courtyard, but having the propane heater did help…along with the margaritas… Even while enjoying pool time, Jess was multi-tasking with her Kindle and her Blackberry.

Monday  seemed to involve quite a bit of time in the sun for Cheri and Jess while I went off to make the  Award presentation and attend some sessions.  That evening we caught up with several of my friends and their wives from around the country for a good time at Joe’s Crab Shack.

The trip followed this planned theme for a couple of days with Jess and Cheri heading off to tour and bike while I went to presentations and exhibits.

The summit ended on Wednesday and Cheri and I spent the night—instead of catching a red-eye flight—which gave us a little more time with Jess to do some sight-seeing before getting her onto a flight.  We headed out to Point Loma and the Cabrillo National Park and Monument.  The weather was beautiful, once again, and we had a great time hiking around the Park and the lighthouse before sending Jess on her way.

It was a great trip overall being able to spend some time with professional colleagues from around the country and to top it off by spending time with Jess.

After arriving back in Connecticut we were fortunate to have uncommonly warm weather which allowed us to do work cleaning up the yard over the next few weekends—spending time with my newest toy.   It also allowed us to begin eating out on the deck while enjoying the weather.

The nice weather took us into April and the Easter Holiday…the month of March has passed us by.

Coming soon to the Adventures…a guest writer telling tales and showing pictures from her travels to the genteel South with her friend Gail.