Ok, so I didn’t go across Middle Earth but I did go across the country.  I had a meeting for work that was in Cambridge, MD.  The meeting was a User Group meeting for Traction Software.  We just started using it at work.  It is an Enterprise blog/wiki/knowledge management package.

Anyway, I am not much of a people person and was going to be travelling by myself so I asked Kami if she wanted to go with me.  Despite her fear of flying she agreed that it would be fun.  We talked to Jake and Carolyn and they agreed to watch the kids for us for 5 days.  We owe them soooo much.

It was really nice to get away for a few days.  We left on Sunday morning, flew to Seattle on a small turboprop, then to Chicago and then to Baltimore.  From there we drove a rental car to Cambridge, about 2 hours away.  It was 1:00am EDT by the time we got to the hotel.

Monday and Tuesday I had meetings until 5 or so.  Kami drove around the town and did some writing.  You can read about it on her blog.  After my meetings we went out and got some food and then back to the hotel to hang out.  Wednesday was a short day so we had some time to see the few sites around the area.

Thursday we drove back to Baltimore and began the trek home.  This time we flew to Denver and then to Spokane so that was very nice.  We also got home by 9:00.  We really missed the kids.  They seemed to have quite a good time with their Aunt and Uncle.  I’m so glad we could work this out.  Thanks Jake and Carolyn.