Wauwatosa, United States Travel Blogs

Heading Back
Feb 16, 2009

I figured I would get this entry in now as I will be getting up in the wee hours of the morning tomorrow and hopping in the truck for another four hour drive to Rock Island where I will be working until Saturday afternoon. Or as the description ...

Back Home
Feb 14, 2009 (2 photos)

I was able to get my access card today so now I can enter the building freely without having to call someone to let me in.  It came with this fancy "Rock Island District" lanyard as well so now I can swing it around my neck if ever I need to. The ...

Waiting
Feb 10, 2009 (1 photos)

Awaiting word on when I am suppose to report to Rock Island, henceforth to be referred to as "Rock", for a six week work related project. While it is not really a vacation, I will be commuting back and forth between Milwaukee and the Rock as it is a ...

Packing
Jan 21, 2009 (1 photos)

Well I have check in online and I have printed out my boarding passes for the trip tomorrow, all that remains now is to do some packing for the five day trip.  It looks like the temperatures here will be back in the single digits over the weekend so ...

Pre-Trip Post
Jan 2, 2009 (1 photos)

I decided that it was a good time to go home and visit my folks at the end of January, so spending some of my frequent flyer miles, I was able to get a roundtrip flight for about ten dollars and a little less than half of my miles. Awesome! Maybe I will ...

Two More to Go
Mar 8, 2009 (26 photos)

One full six day, ten hour a day work week down and now, two more to go. I can see the bend in the corner and barring any unforeseen dealings maybe the long drive and long hours will be over soon.

Official Word
Jul 3, 2008 (1 photos)

Just received word today that I would be heading back to Manila to do some follow up work on the U.S. Embassy project that is going on there. Four weeks and I'll be back in time for Irish Fest!  I guess it was too much to hope that I wouldn't have ...

Pack & Prep
Jul 14, 2008 (2 photos)

Gearing up and prepping for the trip back over, I dug my luggage out of the closet and over the course of the week I'll fill it.  I checked the weather and the day I land this is what the forecast says.  It is going to be a bit on the warm side ...

Departure
Feb 22, 2009 (3 photos)

Danielle and I departed Milwaukee under sunny skies despite the eight inches of snow that fell on Saturday.  The driveway was clogged full of the chunks snow and/or ice that the snow plows lovingly piled for us.  Despite all of this though, we ...

Home!
Feb 27, 2009 (3 photos)

The trip back home was pretty smooth and was much better than the trip back from Punta Cana when we were stuck at the airport for nine or ten hours. We were greeted by rain when we landed which is much better than snow though there was a bit of a ...

Pre-Vacation Planning
Aug 6, 2007 (3 photos)

Yes, planning begins as the reality of the trip draws ever closer.  Danielle is looking through and gathering information on the trip and I am doing what I can to assist her.  So far we've been sending links and emails back and forth as I am ...

Official News
Feb 29, 2008 (1 photos)

Official word from the boss and I'm off to Manila to relieve my buddy Patrick for a couple of weeks as he heads back Stateside for his brief rotation.  It should be an interesting trip as I have never been to the Philippines and that's where my mum ...

Back Home
Sep 23, 2007 (3 photos)

All done! Good sights, good food and good fun! For all of the pictures, check out the album on Flickr!  :) http://flickr.com/photos/25372535@N00/sets/72157602146970785/

Almost Time
Nov 14, 2007

The bags are packed, last minute preparations are underway and then we should be good to go.  We're hoping to be in Chicago with more than enough time to go through the check-in, the infamous security line and whatever else may come up.  ...

Going No Where
Mar 9, 2008 (3 photos)

Headed to the airport bright and early today to catch my flight to Los Angeles and begin the jump to Manila, there was a light snow falling when we left and getting to Mitchell International I fell in line with the rest of the Midwest Airlines consumers ...

Packed & Ready to Go!
Sep 20, 2007

Well the bags are packed, small ones, not the big ones for this small weekend trip to Philadelphia.  Danielle attended the National Planning Convention last Spring and it was in Philadelphia so she and her stepmum got together and planned a trip out ...

The I.D.P.
Oct 19, 2007 (1 photos)

... were in Ireland.  The good thing is that the Italian drivers are on the same side of the road as they are here in the States.  After that, I doubt that there will be anything the same, I think I'll go and watch "The Italian Job" again just to get ...

The Itinerary
Nov 3, 2008 (4 photos)

Our five year wedding anniversary is coming up soon and I spent the last five months planning something special for it.  I was planning this because the wedding ceremony that we had was not the one that my wife had envisioned.  What she wanted ...

packing...
Jun 22, 2005 (1 photos)

so i just started packing today for my 6 week trip...smartness. anyways i just wanted to leave the inaugural journal entry and see how this works. nighty night [soon i hope]

Prep & Pack
Nov 13, 2007 (1 photos)

Exciting night!  Spent some time today packing and running a couple of errands in preparation for the big day tomorrow.  Danielle is going to pack tonight so she's going to pass on playing volleyball, I'm going to go and play just to ...

The Countdown Begins!
Apr 14, 2008 (1 photos)

Heading back across the Big Blue at the end of the week on the second round of rotations to cover the guys coming home from their tour of duty on the Manila Project.  Pretty much the same routine as last time, but with the warmer weather, I'm sure I' ...