Inside or outside?

I managed a bit of both today. For my day job I traveled to one of my remote offices for meetings dealing with the usual managerial type deliverables (you know, spreadsheets, reports, etc.) but did get a chance to help out on an internal wiki project – it was nice to see HTML code again.

I finished up my day at the dance studio waiting for my daughter as I often do on Wednesdays but instead of the usual sitting inside on the wooden benches I spent a few minutes writing this blog post from my perch at the picnic table.

Definitely a nice change of pace.

Actually, Trudy thought she heard something.

Up until now just about every time I took a photo with my iPhone at night the picture comes up rather grainy but for some reason tonight’s photo came out fairly well.

Trudy, our faithful hound, decided just before heading in tonight from a brief walk up and down the driveway to pause and stare out into the darkness – don’t know if she heard anything at all but for a couple of minutes she stood almost still and I manage to snap a quick picture (did I mention my iPhone is with me just about every minute of the day?).

The other nice aspect? A few minutes of quiet before heading back in to try and get kids to bed.

Or in this case a SUV.

So if you follow me on twitter (http://twitter.com/scotnewbury) you know that I’m in Pennsylvania and as I’m traveling with a couple of other folks we needed a bit bigger of a vehicle than normal – so we went with a Ford Explorer.

For me, it was a bit of an adjustment as I normally drive a Saturn which is smaller, has less power and definitely sits lower to the ground but the ride is nice and it’s a welcome change of pace.

So, when you travel do you try out different vehicles or do you stick by the old standards?