Quality Inn Dothan

This morning the inevitable, but highly unexpected happened. When jumping in the driver's seat, I discovered that my car wouldn't start. Given the fact that I installed a dual battery system and special circuitry to avoid this exact situation, I was a bit annoyed. I think the problem stemmed from the way the installing technician wired the devic...

OK, so I'm hopelessly behind with my blog - been having far too much fun to get it caught up, but here goes!

Back in Louisiana about 3 weeks ago.......

On Thursday morning Nancy, Paul, Mum and I set off on our road trip to drive the 600 miles back from Louisiana to Safety Harbor in Florida. So that it wasn't a ridiculous amount...

My flight from TLH to Shanghai was going to be a test of endurance. The itinerary was something like this:

TLH -> Newark, NJ (few hour flight + couple hour layover)
Newark -> Shanghai (14.5 hour flight!!! aahh!)

Obviously, the Newark to Shanghai flight was a doozy. It was Continental's newly opened direct flight to Sh...

As always happens with our plans, we decided to make a change. Having woken up to a bitterly cold morning (54 degrees Fahrenheit) and a real snowy chill in the air, we decided to head south. Even D was keen to make this change and he has bitterly missed the snowy English weather! This involved not travelling to Georgia (bang goes the trip to the...

Departed Miami (actually Coral Gables) @ 6:54 am EDT. Arrived Dothan, Alabama 7:18 pm EDT. The route proved interesting. The ramp up to I-95 (it starts in Miami) brought about a view worth recalling. The new glass and mirror skyscrapers reflected the early morning light in hues of aqua, green, and blue. Framed by towering cumulus clouds, the Mia...

This morning I awaken pleasantly enough. I pick up the book I started on the ride over: Life is so Good by George Dawson and Richard Glaubman. I am so pleased that despite this book having been sitting on my desk for several months after a colleague at work suggested I read it, I finally decided to pick it up and give it a shot. It is George Daw...

Well another day of great golf. Grand National Lakes course was another great test and a lot of fun. The course was a little bit shorter and tighter but beautiful and fair. It was a bit of a tale of 2 nines - I had a good first nine and Dad was again hot on the backside. The day was highlighted with the 1st Eagle of the tour. I sunk a 35 foot tw...

It took me forever to get to Warner Robins in the first place. The traffic on I-75 leaving Atlanta was atrocious. We finally packed up our things up and left for Six Flags around 5:30pm. Needless to say it took even longer to get through the 75 traffic the second time. So if you're planning on visiting Six Flags Over Georgia, leave early and dri...

A sweet summer-like Memorial day weekend. I arrived in Montgomery and we headed to the lake. Brandon's grandparents have a little house on Lake Martin. I got there and was thrown into the family -- but with that Southern hospitality it's quite tolerable. We went tubing, swimming, and relaxed to the utmost! Even with my lack of sleep, I was so ha...

Greetings from Alabama, The trip to Mobile, AL was short and without much to look at; evidence that we have left the mountains, the plains, and the deserts. We have come full circle around the US and we were back with swamps and pine trees. We did not know what to expect in Mobile because they also celebrate Mardi Gras, but on a much smaller sca...