I’ve been invited to be on one of the panels at the 5th Annual MilBlog Conference, in Arlington, Virginia, April 9th and 10th - and Blondie and I are intending to drive, since she will be on spring break! (Route tentatively planned as Dallas-Memphis-Knoxville-Harrisonburg)
Any other milbloggers from the San Antonio or Ft. Hood area also going to the Milblog Conference? Anyone in Arkansas, Tennessee or Virgina want us to stop and visit along the way? Recommend some good eats, or something interesting to see?
If you revise your route to come through the ATL area, I’ll buy you coffee/lunch/dinner.
As it is, you’ll be a little bit too far north for me, I fear.
Comment by AProudVeteran — 20100117 @ 1724
Still in the planning stages, PV - I am enamored of the Arkansas-Tennessee route as outlined, because of the places that it will take us through, and also I gather that negotiating Atlanta is… well, almost as much of a challenge as Houston, or New Orleans. I’ll keep y’all posted, ‘kay?
Comment by Sgt. Mom — 20100118 @ 1822
I’m not very far from Arlington. Sent you an email which probably got eaten by your spam filter, since that seems to be what happens to emails from a Yahoo address these days.
Comment by david foster — 20100118 @ 1947
Navigating ATL sucks. However, if you came across I-20, you’d go right by/through Vicksburg and that’s only a hop, skip & a jump north of Natchez, which has some beautiful antebellum homes. And the Vicksburg battlefield is an awesome sight, as well. You’d have the opportunity to traverse the Natchez Trace for a wee bit, as well (beautiful parkway between Natchez & Vicksburg).
As you approach ATL on I-20, you would shift to I-285 North before ever getting into ATL proper, then you could just pop up I-75 to Cleveland, TN and head on towards Knoxville. You’re only dealing with ATL traffic if you get there at rush hour.
But there’s no pressure from me… I *love* the Natchez/Vicksburg area, and I think they open up the old houses sometime in April, with folks dressed in period clothing, etc.
Comment by AProudVeteran — 20100118 @ 2101
Hi, David - never got your email, there’s something deeply bizarre going on with yahoo, the last couple of days. Love to stop by and visit. Will you be at the conference?
Hmm, Vicksburg and Natchez … oddly tempting…Will think about it all. April is like three months away!
Comment by Sgt. Mom — 20100120 @ 1239
I thought Yahoo was “just” getting messages put in spam folders, but now I’m starting to wonder if it’s actually losing them…
Comment by david foster — 20100120 @ 1410
No, it’s seriously loosing them - I checked the spam folder for your message - nada. My other employer also is using yahoo, and for a bit last week, all her messages going out were bouncing back - and how my messages to her are undeliverable.
I also haven’t gotten anything from a yahoo discussion group in days, and no auto-messages from my Open Salon blog, when someone posts.
At some point, I fear that all these messages will cut loose, and it will be like the gag in Motel of the Mysteries, where all the junkmail suspended in mid-delivery suddenly and catastrophically descends and buries everything under twenty feet of it.
Comment by Sgt. Mom — 20100120 @ 1630
Like I said, absolutely no pressure.
That’s just one of my favorite areas, and I thought it might interest you, as well.
Comment by AProudVeteran — 20100120 @ 2222