Biking Across Iowa- At the Airport

Well things never go quite as planned. After a frantic day getting ready to go that included new advertisers, new sponsors for a super new promotion in September, an appearance on Media Talk, a great discussion with my good friend Tommy Duncan with Sticks of Fire, a great chat with Wayne Garcia of the Weekly Planet, and some high powered vodka at Whiskey Park and 717 South, it all comes down to the airport where my flight to Chicago is about an hour late forcing me to take a later flight to Des Moines.

Checking a bicycle along with camping gear, three cell phones, lots of camera and computer gear and other stuff has to make the day of all the security guys. Fortunately their was a super efficient curbside checkin for American Airlines that made the task a pleasure.

But now while on the run, I have alerted others I am meeting that are flying in from most everywhere that I will run late. Seems like they are all running late too. Must not be such a great day for flying.

As we all took our shoes off for the security screening I had to ask one of the attendants "see many holy socks ?" She just replied with "you wouldn't believe what we see." Probably says it all.

Of course, at the last minute all kinds of clients need stuff.
Tampa Marketing Company is now doing so many web projects, direct mail projects, print projects and more that it is really getting exciting to see where we are going - AND YOU AIN'T SEEN ANYTHING YET.

The refeshing feeling of a 7 day, almost 500 mile bike ride is going to be great. BUT look out when I get back. I will be wired for action. Lots of events happening in late July and August. But I have to admit, my thoughts keep going back to the Armory project because it is going to have such an impact on SOHO and West Tampa. The recomendation from the committee to the City Council could come on Wednesday, July 26, but I think it could get delayed for another meeting.

I know I have been harping on this for awhile, but I hope when you saw the super article from the cover of the Weekly Planet that you will know I am not crying "wolf".

By late Sunday or Monday, probably when I hit the 100 mile mark on this trip and star up some hill that looks like Everest, I will really be into RAGBRAI. But for now I am still thinking of you all and the work that remains that I am leaving behind.