Travels with Lar

Warren, New Jersey

January 10-16, 2010


The tale of getting to Warren. Yes it has to do with sitting around at an airport – the Denver airport – for much longer than I had planned. I caught the shuttle at 7:00 AM and got to the airport with plenty of time – more than plenty. I actually went for a walk – all three concourses from one end to another. That is over 2 miles. Finally we got on the plane and got settled in. The door closed but we never backed out. The captain speaking – “We can’t get the door to arm (lock).” After about an hour of maintenance men, they took us off of the plane. They did get us another plane. We boarded about 2 ½ hours late and pushed back, and taxied and – then we parked. When you get delayed like we were, you lose your place in the grand schemes of things. Newark couldn’t land us, because we were late and because in Newark, for some reason, they were only using one runway. So we sat in Denver until things cleared up enough to squeeze us in. All in all it was a long 3 ½ hour delay in Denver. Once we took off, then all was okay with the trip.

Now why Warren? That is a real good question. I worked for Mentor for 9 years and never had to go to Warren. But now I have gone twice in the space of two months – with two more trips planned in the very near future. Go figure. There is nothing to do in Warren, so it is okay that it is winter and dark.

I went to Warren to teach a class - just a plain old class – five days of standard material. There were five students – all of them bright and motivated. So by that standard, the trip was successful – but it wasn’t as stimulating as it could have been if there had been anything – I mean anything meaningful to do.

I did do a treadmill 10K on Monday evening – and then another one on Friday evening.
The flight home was fast – I mean fast. After spending 3 plus extra hours getting to New Jersey, the Pilot made up 45 minutes coming home.