Such is the life of a traveling instructor.
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Getting Home may be the hardest part...
Such is the life of a traveling instructor.
Monday, September 16, 2013
Typical "Travel Day" ...
The alarm went off this morning at 3:00am. Beth got up with me.
She fixed me a "to go" cup of coffee and a fried egg sandwich and I was out the door by 3:30am.
Stopped for gas, and made it to the airport by around 4:45am.
Checked two bags, my instructor case and my suit case, picked up my boarding passes and made it through security by 5:30am.
Boarded the plane to Denver at 5:50am.
Had a two hour lay over in Denver, created this blog and added the first post, then got on the plane to Wichita, Kansas.
Arrived in Wichita at about 12:15pm.
Picked up my baggage and a rental car and made it to the hotel at about 1:30pm.
Checked in and got my bag to the room, then called my contact at Experitec at about 2:00pm.
Stopped at a convenience store for some chips and a soda pop on the way to the Experitec offices.
Arrived at the Experitec office, met my contact Randy, he showed me where my equipment carts were and the box of books and other stuff shipped from Marshalltown for the school. Began unloading equipment and setting up the classroom at about 2:30pm.
I got to a stopping point at around 4:30pm.
Stopped by Twin Peaks and picked up an order of "Pulled Pork Nachos" and a "Cold Pop" on the way back to the hotel.
Finally got settled in the room at around 5:30pm.
That was just the travel day... The rest of the week I work. LOL
She fixed me a "to go" cup of coffee and a fried egg sandwich and I was out the door by 3:30am.
Stopped for gas, and made it to the airport by around 4:45am.
Checked two bags, my instructor case and my suit case, picked up my boarding passes and made it through security by 5:30am.
Boarded the plane to Denver at 5:50am.
Had a two hour lay over in Denver, created this blog and added the first post, then got on the plane to Wichita, Kansas.
Arrived in Wichita at about 12:15pm.
Picked up my baggage and a rental car and made it to the hotel at about 1:30pm.
Checked in and got my bag to the room, then called my contact at Experitec at about 2:00pm.
Stopped at a convenience store for some chips and a soda pop on the way to the Experitec offices.
Arrived at the Experitec office, met my contact Randy, he showed me where my equipment carts were and the box of books and other stuff shipped from Marshalltown for the school. Began unloading equipment and setting up the classroom at about 2:30pm.
I got to a stopping point at around 4:30pm.
Stopped by Twin Peaks and picked up an order of "Pulled Pork Nachos" and a "Cold Pop" on the way back to the hotel.
Finally got settled in the room at around 5:30pm.
That was just the travel day... The rest of the week I work. LOL
Headed to Wichita!
Headed out to Kansas for a three day class. Tuesday thru Thursday I hope to be home Thursday night.
I’ll be teaching “Valve Maintenance with DVC Calibration- Handheld” Yes, I will be holding their hands, but the name of the course refers to the use of a handheld communicator. The DVC is a “Digital Valve Controller” which is a pretty sophisticated device that makes sure an automatic control valve is positioned exactly where it I supposed to be. The DVC is controlled by an embedded CPU. The handheld communicator is a beefed up PDA used to talk to the DVC via a language called HART .
Hopefully, Cessna will have a museum in Wichita since their world headquarter is there. If there is one I'll try and get some pictures and post then here.
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