I just got home, about half an hour ago, salad in bag. Stuck overnight in Denver! After the diversion to Austin on Friday that makes two side trips on the main trip. It was a great hotel both in San Antonio (right on the Riverwalk, walking distance to the Alamo, all the touristy stuff to do on the side) and in Denver. Great workout rooms both places, and I'm glad to report I made use of them.

The one in San Antonio was on the 22nd floor, and I was doing my treadmill stuff at 5 a.m. so it was still dark and you were gazing out at the lights of the city. The one in Denver... well, let us say they had "free disposable headsets" for the guests to wear while tuning in to the personal TV screens attached to the treadmills.

Two things I noticed in Denver: snow on the mountains in May is more than I've seen in my past visits in September and in August. And Prairie dogs! I had forgotten that the prairie dogs build thriving communities between the lanes of the interstates... and there they sit, perched on the lips, poking their heads up as the vehicles whiz by.

San Antonio: What's to say, a gorgeous town. I got museum'd out. Lots of steps on the pedometer. And I was proud of my food choices, although I did get over-peopled, too. I'm ready to cave, only I have to go back to work tomorrow.

Meantime, kept spreading the word about the Yellow Ribbon family programs for the Army Reserve... it's a different challenge for reservists than it is for active duty folk. Events like the one I just attended in San Antonio hopefully will start addressing our geographical dispersion. We had people fly in from as far away as Maine and California, Wisconsin and Nebraska, to come together because our loved ones are serving together. Hopefully we've formed some lasting bonds and can keep in touch to support one another!

Kind of like... Spark... People? (Speaking of which, I was out there promoting Spark, just a bit... because people asked.)

Turtles, I promise to get to the moon miles... sometime!