The Road Less Traveled

I've often lamented about the plight of the holiday business traveler. While I will, no doubt, be one of those travelers this winter, I did manage to avoid the crowds this year over the Thanksgiving holiday. I will also, no doubt, be catching up with all of the road warrior adventures in my other blogs and websites. This time I decided to employ a different approach to the travel game. I sent my young friend James home for the holiday - from New York to Los Angeles. With the complications of the different planes, trains, and automobiles (no relation to the movie) today, I am still working on the adjustments to his itinerary as he is in transit.

Being on this side of the computer screen is really different. Instead of just thinking about all of this and doing the scheduling, I have this strange desire to be out there as well. I've always liked being on the playing field when it came to the road warrior game. With all of the travel disruptions that I've fixed en route so far, I kind of miss the adventure in some sort of twisted way. It also probably relates to the fact that James is the closest thing I have to a little brother of my own. That overprotective tendency is starting to kick in.

All of the delayed flights, early and late trains, missed connections, and other crazy travel disruptions are an integral part of the road warrior path that I have traveled quite often. So this time, while I play scheduler behind the scenes, this road less traveled may be something nice to do when I retire. But I'm not quite ready for retirement yet, so it's time for me to schedule another twisted adventure for myself out there. Let the road warrior game continue...

See ya.