CIA visit

This is old news, but I finally have photos! I had the opportunity to visit the CIA in May with two co-workers: Angela and Bandar. The tour - along with pictures - was arranged by one of my clients - Ross - who is standing on my right.

No red tail

My flight on Sunday from Minneapolis to DC might have been the last on a NWA-branded plane.

My flight from DC back to Minneapolis is on a Delta plane. Delta does have nicer seats.

On an unrelated note - Al Franken, our new Senator, is on my flight. A woman just thrust her baby at Al and asked if she could take his picture holding her infant. (Update - this made the Drudge Report - courtesy of an article written by the baby's dad.)

Red Tail?

I am sitting at MSP (Minneapolis - St. Paul airport) waiting for my flight to DCA (Washington National airport) and am wondering if the plane will be NWA (red tail) or Delta.

(BTW - I know lots of airport codes, but that can be a different post.)

Delta airlines is merging (translation - absorbing) Northwest airlines. I get about one e-mail per week from NWA about the merger. Growing up in Minnesota - the world HQ for NWA - I am a little sad that brand is going away. I now take a picture of my plane every time I fly. I have been doing this for several months now. Eventually, I will be on a NWA-painted plane for the last time, and I want to be sure and capture this historic moment.

I have a picture from my last flight ready to upload in case tonight's plane does not have a red tail.

The United States of America

I am done with my inventory of the states I've visited so far. I am missing 4:

Louisiana
Alaska
Maine
New Hampshire
...and the US territories. Some of which, apparently, are quite tropical so I do want to go those places too.

I will soon start blogging about my trips outside of the US.

Wyoming

I went to Yellowstone National Park (in "the book") as a child. I think it was the same trip as SD.

I really do have pictures of this; however, they are stuck in one of those old sticky photo albums and the pictures do NOT want to come out. I'm not sure what to do with them.

My "fondest" memory is the one of my brother acting as if he is going to push me into one of the bubbling pools of goo. Big brothers suck!

Wisconsin

Ahhhh, my cheese-head friends next door. WI is the closet state to the Twin Cities of Minnesota. I've spent a considerable amount of time in WI, or driving through it.

They have 3 entries in "the book" (which is 2 more than my great state of MN - no competition though, really.). I should go to one or more of them.

I've been to Frank Lloyd Wright's house, which I think should be in the book. I can probably find a picture of this, but it was back in the days of film cameras. (In the meantime, thanks Wikipedia for this picture.)

I've been to lots of places in WI. Someday I might blog individually about trips and those will provide more detail.

West Virginia

What can I say about West Virginia?? Nothing...really. No offense to West Virginia, but I don't have any specific memories about my time there.

Check it off the list.