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<p>States visited:New JerseyAlabamaTennesseeTexas After Christmas in Texas, we drove up to New Jersey to spend a week with the Yankee side of the family. We dodged the first big snow-storm of the year on our trip down to Scottsboro, AL but the second big storm caught us in Tennessee. We drove to Memphis and toured<a class="more-link" href="https://thefieldtechlife.wordpress.com/2024/02/01/finally-some-real-winter/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">&#8220;Fina

<p>We spent the first week of December in Omaha, Nebraska. The first few days were beautiful, sunny, and warm but winter finally caught up with us on Friday. It clouded over and sent rain and sleet down on us as we were trying to pack. Every time you think &#8220;Oh, I could like Nebraska&#8221;, Nebraska<a class="more-link" href="https://thefieldtechlife.wordpress.com/2024/01/01/nothing-like-a-warm-christmast/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">&#8220;Nothing

<p>November found us in the tiny town of Cottonport, LA. We spent a week there enjoying the last warm days of our Autumn, before spending a damp, drizzly week in Bossier City, LA right next to the casino/horse racing track. From Bossier, we made the short (7 hour) trip home to Boerne to spend Thanksgiving<a class="more-link" href="https://thefieldtechlife.wordpress.com/2023/12/01/winter-closes-in/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">&#8220;Winter Closes In&#822

<p>This October, we got a major bucket list experience. After a week in Alamogordo (and our required trip to Pistachio Land), we got to go to the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta! We got up at 3am to see the Dawn Patrol, and were back at 5pm to see the Sunset Balloon Glow. After a year<a class="more-link" href="https://thefieldtechlife.wordpress.com/2023/11/01/the-land-of-enchantment/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">&#8220;The Land of&nbsp;Enchantme

<p>Man. I blinked and September was over! We spent the first week of September at home in Texas, just chillin&#8217;. We did get out to the rifle range in the 110* heat. My poor New Jersey husband was suffering, but he was a good sport! After almost two weeks hanging out at home, we made<a class="more-link" href="https://thefieldtechlife.wordpress.com/2023/10/02/woah-what-happened-to-september/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">&#8220;Woah.. what happened to&

<p>The most expensive mistake Michael has ever made was to convince me to like sushi! While in New Jersey, we went to Miso Sushi, a tiny little one-woman sushi-shop and got some of the best sushi in Edison. During August we had two classes in New York, one in Westchester and one on Coney Island.<a class="more-link" href="https://thefieldtechlife.wordpress.com/2023/09/01/an-unexpected-vacation/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">&#8220;An unexpected vacation&#8

<p>After a month of &#8220;where in the world am I going next?&#8221;, Michael and I successfully got to spend the 4th of July together with my family! We followed the classic Boerne tradition of &#8220;we&#8217;ll do absolutely anything to avoid the traffic at the county fairgrounds&#8221; and watched the fireworks on the parking lot of<a class="more-link" href="https://thefieldtechlife.wordpress.com/2023/08/01/back-in-the-van-with-my-favorite-man-3/">Continue reading <span

<p>In two weeks in Detroit, I had two days off I took the opportunity to visit the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation. Greenfield Village was booked up, but the museum itself is worth a visit even without getting in to the village. The next weekend, I finally crossed the Canadian border. I visited Windsor,<a class="more-link" href="https://thefieldtechlife.wordpress.com/2023/07/04/detroit-to-marthas-vineyard/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">&#8220;Det

<p>You know that feeling when you forget you have a blog? Well, a lot has happened since my last post (in June of 2022. #oops) Let&#8217;s see if I can remember where I&#8217;ve been since then: Summer 2022:Ft Campbell, KYBrooklyn, NYClarksville, GAMemphis, TNOmaha, NEDeming, NMBainbridge, GA Fall 2022:Cheyenne, WYHill City, SDLincoln, NEAnn Arbor, MIWarren, NJWestchester,<a class="more-link" href="https://thefieldtechlife.wordpress.com/2023/06/24/well-its-been-a-while/">Cont

<p>Places Visited:Omaha, NESan Antonio, TxAustin, TxDeming, NMSanta Fe, NMAlexandria, LA In August, we stayed in Omaha, Nebraska just a few blocks from where dad spent a few of his childhood years. We also made our first trip to an Aldi&#8217;s and bought an embarrassing amount of chocolate, because how can you turn down $2 chocolate<a class="more-link" href="https://thefieldtechlife.wordpress.com/2022/09/16/the-end-of-summer-2022/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader

<p>Mike and I finally did something &#8220;tourist-y&#8221;. We visited Carlsbad Caverns on our way out of New Mexico. I had been to the caverns twice before with my family, but this was Mike&#8217;s first time in a cave of any kind. It took about 2 hours to hike down the natural entrance and around the<a class="more-link" href="https://thefieldtechlife.wordpress.com/2022/07/15/new-mexico-to-new-jersey/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">&#8220;New Mexico to N

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<p>Well, I know it&#8217;s been a while but I think I have a good excuse: I got married! Mike (the new husband), travels for a living so we have been living in Holiday Inns all across the country. This past week we moved from St. Louis, MO to Alamogordo, NM. It&#8217;s amazing how quickly the<a class="more-link" href="https://thefieldtechlife.wordpress.com/2022/06/24/on-the-road-again/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">&#8220;On The Road&nbsp;Again&#8230;&#82

<p>Weekly Stats:Tickets: 10Miles: 591Listening to: Yours Truly, Johnny DollarReading: Death and Life of Great American Cities &#8211; Jane Jacobs Well, I&#8217;m finally back to the Texas Hills! The kid brother and I made the long drive from Auburn, Alabama on Sunday, September 12th. I rolled straight from there into a week of Certified Fiber Optic<a class="more-link" href="https://thefieldtechlife.wordpress.com/2021/10/10/im-baaacckk/">Continue reading <span class="screen-re

<p>Weekly Stats:Tickets: 1Miles: 439Listening to: Moving Pictures – Terry PrarchettReading: The backs of my eyelids&#8230;. There are pros and cons to making 30 hours of overtime 5 weeks in a row. The pros, of course, include making enormous amounts of money in a very short period. The cons, on the other hand, are that you<a class="more-link" href="https://thefieldtechlife.wordpress.com/2021/08/28/12-hr-shifts-are-technically-half-days/">Continue reading <span class="screen-r

<p>Weekly Stats:Tickets: 1Miles: 400Listening to: The Last Continent &#8211; Terry PrarchettReading: 30,000 On The Hoof &#8211; Zane Grey Man, it&#8217;s amazing how a two-week project has turned into a month of work. Dad and were on site from 7am to 7 or 8pm every day this week, Monday to Sunday. We spent most of the<a class="more-link" href="https://thefieldtechlife.wordpress.com/2021/08/10/wait-were-staying-where/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">&#8220;W

<p>Weekly Stats:Tickets: 1Miles: Basically none, except for a trip to AtlantaListening to: Dead Ringer &#8211; Louis L&#8217;AmourReading: The instructions in these fiber cable enclosures&#8230; So, if you work an 80hr week and then a 60 hour week without a day off in between, is that a 140hr week? Dad flew in Monday evening, so I<a class="more-link" href="https://thefieldtechlife.wordpress.com/2021/08/01/is-it-legal-to-have-this-much-fun-at-work/">Continue reading <span clas

<p>Weekly Stats:Tickets: 1Miles: 1,110Listening to: The Rider of Lost Creek &#8211; Louis L&#8217;AmourReading: The Life and Death of Great American Cities – Jane Jacobs (and also 30,000 on the Hoof &#8211; Zane Grey) At the end of a 70 hour work week, last weekend seems like it happened two years ago, but this is how<a class="more-link" href="https://thefieldtechlife.wordpress.com/2021/07/26/wait-you-mean-it-rains-every-day/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text"

<p>Weekly Stats:Tickets: 2Miles: 2,726Listening to: Shadow on the Trail &#8211; Zane GreyReading: The Life and Death of Great American Cities – Jane Jacobs (and also Kilrone &#8211; Louis L&#8217;Amour) Well, things went pretty well this time, right up to the time we were leaving for the airport. The flight that was due to leave SA<a class="more-link" href="https://thefieldtechlife.wordpress.com/2021/07/17/196/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">&#8220;I&#8217

<p>Weekly Stats:Tickets: 2Miles: 3,432Flights of Stairs: 10,92,281Listening to: Little Women &#8211; Louisa May AlcottReading: The Life and Death of Great American Cities – Jane Jacobs Kerri and Kerry got to start the week together, drilling holes in this cute Corgi&#8217;s walls. She did NOT like that at all. So then Tuesday I took off for<a class="more-link" href="https://thefieldtechlife.wordpress.com/2021/07/10/where-are-you-working-this-week-super-girl/">Continue reading