Happy Birthday Hogan and Matt! On our last day, we finally managed to get on the road by 9am. This was also the first day that the St. Louis’ van needed to pay to get into the park! As we drove towards Old Faithful, we saw either a wolf or coyote cross the road. We’ll … Continue reading “Family Vacation Day 9 – 6/10/2011”
For our last full day in Yellowstone, we started off with a big breakfast of pancakes and french toast. We made our way into the park with partly cloudy skies. the next thing we know, we are driving through hail and sleet. About 5 minutes later and it is snowing — 5 more minutes and … Continue reading “Family Vacation Day 8 – 6/9/2011”
Today was an early day. We needed to get to the Whitewater place by 10 am and it was about an hour and a half drive to the north. Hogan, Danelle, and a a few others were awake before 7am. By 8am, the 9 of us going on the trip were loading into the car. … Continue reading “Family Vacation Day 7 – 6/8/2011”
Once again, Corvin woke about an hour before the rest of us, except Bob. Corvin had slept through the buffalo last night. The tow of them were playing a game of Sorry when Danelle woke up. They had been through a whole deck when Danelle joined in. It was a fun game — very close … Continue reading “Family Vacation Day 6 – 6/7/2011”
Corvin was the first one up in the morning again. Danelle got up around 8:00 am to see Corvin laying next to Grandpa Monster on the sofa. Danelle was just about ready to take Corvin to the grocery store to try and get a start, but then everyone else started stirring. After waiting a couple … Continue reading “Family Vacation Day 5 – 6/6/2011”
At the Super8, Danelle and Sonora shared a bed, Hogan and Corvin shared a bed, and Bob took the floor. In the morning, Bob was up early. Danelle woke with Sonora’s feet in her back, only a few inches from falling out of bed. Hogan and Corvin were face to face, allowing for some great … Continue reading “Family Vacation Day 4 – 6/5/2011”
This morning, we did our first load of travel laundry. The lodge is very nice; too bad its stuck in the midst of a bunch of farm fields with a busy-ish highway on each side. It makes it a bit difficult to appreciate the scenery and bird calls when another pickup truck comes by every … Continue reading “Family Vacation Day 3 – 6/4/2011”
I got up at 5:00 am when my alarm went off and got right to getting ready for the day. Next I woke up dad around 5:30am. From there, the rest of the troops started waking up. I’m a bit of a task master when it comes to traveling and wanted to get a good … Continue reading “Family Vacation Day 2 – 6/3/2011”
We decided to do the big family vacation this year with my parents and as many siblings that we could get to join us. I also had two uncles with us. Our destination was Yellowstone national park. We left St. Louis after work with the two back seats of the van folded down and tons … Continue reading “Family Vacation Day 1 6/2/2011”
If you asked me a couple of years ago if I would ever outsource, I would tell you no way. I had seen an outsourcing project go quite wrong early in my career and never wanted to repeat that experience again. I should not have let one experience jade my view of outsourcing, but I … Continue reading “Rethinking Outsourcing”