Saturday, October 16, 2010 - Travel Day to Dallas

Though our client had originally thought she would be home to look after the animals, things came up at the last minute, so we spent Wednesday through Friday getting caught up on paperwork, getting enough hay out in the pasture for the horses to survive for the week, and finding a place to put the dogs up near the airport in Colorado Springs where we would be flying out to Dallas. We left the ranch early, stopped for breakfast at IHOP in Pueblo, dropped the dogs off at the kennel and had an uneventful flight to Dallas. Our Dallas client had arranged for a town car to pick us up at the airport, so we were whisked to the hotel with no worries. After we arrived, I had the hotel shuttle take me out to a grocery store and a liquor store so we were stocked up for the week. Since the room had a refrigerator and a microwave, (and since previous experiences with the restaurant at this hotel have been less than stellar) we decided to stock up on fresh meals and eat in our room, so the nearby Tom Thumb grocery (affiliated with Safeway) was just the ticket. I bought several fresh packaged dinners, bread and coldcuts for lunches, and bacon and grapefruit for breakfast. One of these days I'll carry a microwave egg poacher with me, if I can find one! So now we're set for the week food-wise. Settled down for the evening, looking forward to a day off tomorrow, though I thought I read they had a pool, only to discover they don't, so sitting in the sun isn't an option. Probably just as well, I need to get organized for our Wednesday seminar.