No, I have not flown to Asia. Instead, this week I have begun what will be my last work trip. After an uneventful series of flights, I begin Day 1 …
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Category Archives: travel
Wearing Leather While Flying
Way early on this blog, I wrote a number of posts about “air travel with leather gear.” I wrote those posts as a service to Leathermen who may be flying to attend events like Mid-Atlantic Leather or International Mr. Leather. The posts and website content have been based on my experience in flying over 2 million air miles in my lifetime, as well as “kinda liking” to wear leather garments.
Those posts linked to my website where I…
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Upcoming Travels in Retirement
The Spouse and I are planning ahead for travels after I retire at the end of the year. Come 2020, my boots will see the following (and most trips with The Spouse!)…
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Air Travel Tips
I have a close friend who told me that he had to travel by air to attend a funeral in another state. He had not traveled by air in some 20 years. Since then, lots of changes have happened with getting through check-in and to the gate, and also on board an aircraft.
Here are some thoughts I shared with my friend, based on having over two million miles on thousands of airline flights during my lifetime….
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Home Again…
Man, that trip to Alaska was brief! I almost spent as much time in the air and at airports as I spent meeting with my colleagues!
I sure enjoyed it, though. Our nation…
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Final Alaska Work Trip
I have been rather quiet on this blog for two reasons: 1) the usual “I’ve run out of ideas to write about” and 2) very busy wrapping things up at work before I retire.
Today, however, I am in Alaska. Why?
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Something To Dream About
I have to admit — making the decision to retire is daunting. I know it’s time, but nonetheless, thinking about why I am making this decision now and what I will do after I leave the full-time working world has kept me awake at night.
My Spouse knows me all too well. After yet another discussion about this life-changing transition, he suggested,
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Back Home, Going Again
I had a tremendously busy yet successful trip to two states on our West Coast last week. Good that I am a seasoned road warrior, chaining together three airlines with several one-way and one round-trip flight to four locations that are rather remote.
The travel included going to and through two major cities…
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Travel Continues
I am on business travel this week. I spent a night in San Francisco and enjoyed dinner with…
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Losing Track of Where I Am
I’ve had an intense week on return from work travel. All the past week, I …
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