In November, my coworker, Janet, and I got selected to go to Baltimore for a Society of Women Engineers conference. The conference was packed with women who managed to make "man" a three syllable word.
"Why is it whenever I suggest something, it's not a good idea. But if a
maaa-aaa-aan says it, it's a great idea?"
So the women's power thing wasn't my thing, but the sessions were interesting and I got to tour the Army's materials research lab. As it turns out Baltimore is a really neat city. We stayed at the Hilton Baltimore in the inner harbor overlooking in the Orioles baseball stadium. Janet and I used one day to go touring. We went antiques browsing in Fell's Point, rode a water taxi around the harbor, and toured the 150 year old USS Constellation. Also, a 100 year old Norwegian ship, the Statsraad Lehmkuhl, pulled into port during the week while we were there.
It was a beautiful ship and fun to watch the crew work the deck in their white uniforms.
Last month, my friend Dayna and I drove up to Clarksville, Missouri for some Bald Eagle watching. Clarksville is a little antique town overlooking Lock and Dam Number 24 on the Mississippi River about 90 minutes north of St Louis. During the winter months, the area surrouning the dam is the only part of the river that doesn't freeze over making it prime feeding location for Bald Eagles. It was amazing. There were hundreds of them flying around the dam and napping in the trees along the river. Dayna and I had a great morning photographing them. Once we had enough of the cold, we headed inside to eat at the corner diner followed by an afternoon of shopping in the antique stores. It was a great little road trip!
In November, my coworker, Janet, and I got selected to go to Baltimore for a Society of Women Engineers conference. The conference was packed with women who managed to make "man" a three syllable word.
