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April 17, 2007
Consulting from a Campsite
This may be one of the stranger blog posts I ever write. I'm in Lakeland, Florida, in a pup tent (thanks mom and dad - first use is going great). I am not on vacation. My client is based here. While I normally stay at the Marriott, this week Lakeland is the site of the second largest annual aviation fly-in event (second to Oshkosh, Wisconsin). The event is called Sun-n-Fun, and is Lakeland's only real claim to fame. Lakeland is about 40 minutes outside Tampa, half way between Tampa and Orlando. This project is only a few months long and just happened to fall across the week of Sun-n-Fun. So I'm camping here among the plane-tent pairs and the RVs, rental car parked next to my tent. This may be the greatest cost saving measure I've ever done for a client, although cost-cutting is not at all a reason I'm doing this. I'm here to see the planes, booth, and airshows! Rebecca and I have both wanted to get into private (light aircraft) aviation, so I couldn't pass up this opportunity. Besides the fact that she gets hardly any days off, she can't come because this weekend is her big Read-a-Thon she organized to benefit John Wood's Room to Read organization.
A little snafu with registration meant I had to be inventive to secure my camping spot for tonight. Tomorrow morning will be the real test. There are very primitive showers here with no real changing area. I only brought a 1.5 x 1.5 foot backpacking towel. Lucky Lakeland. And my sleeping bag is pink, so I'm tryig to hide it from people.
Posted by Jeff at April 17, 2007 06:52 AM
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