I’ve been trying to setup an IP phone at one of the owner’s houses in Idaho since I started working at Krekow Jennings. He has been avoiding doing it until recently, and in the process of trying to walk him through the setup over the phone, the whole house network went down. Time to fly me to Idaho!
Now I know what you’re thinking, whoop-de-do, Idaho, but I found out that the Sun Valley area isn’t your normal Idaho. This is a community for the rich in the famous. It’s got all the amenities of living in nature (ski resorts, hiking, mountain biking, privacy) with culture (private schools, theater, live music, mansions). I may want to live there once I’m rich and famous.
I did have to work for a while, but the rest of the time was like being on vacation. Karl and Kathleen were very hospitable and cooked nice meals for me. They were constantly busy, running errands, making phone calls and taking care of their kids, but in between all this we had some nice conversations.
I had to spend the night since there’s only one flight back to Seattle everyday, and I had my own guest house to retire to at the end of the night. They had 800 channels of TV but I couldn’t find Comedy Central so I gave up on TV and read before bed. The next day was beautifully sunny and we went on a hike near the Ernest Hemmingway memorial.
I slept on the flight back and got back to Seattle just in time to go home for the weekend. I can definitely handle occasional travel for work, but I think consistent travel would be exhausting and frustrating. It’s always nice to mix things up and not be at a desk all day though.