Leg 2 Begins with a Strikeout!

July 29, 2008,

Well, here it is, Leg 2 of this extraordinary journey around the world in “less than 80 days."
Today is my oldest son’s birthday. He is no longer a “teen-ager”. Yea!
Todd is NOT with me as Houston PD is so shorthanded that he was told he could not go. He is very disappointed and I am not sure how things will go without him.
My family is “in the middle” of moving to Austin. I have to be there within a week of my return and my wife Donna is still getting the house ready to sale. I just heard yesterday that our loan is approved for the “new” house in Dripping Springs. WAHOO!

NOW BACK to this journey. I am sitting in Houston Airport awaiting my flight to Detroit and then on to Manila. Let’s see, it is hot in Manila, Malaysia and Jakarta. Then on to Southern Hemishpere, where it is winter time and COLD in Africa, South Africa, Johannesburg & Cape Town. Apparently, we will have a 1 day SAFARI. Wow, that sounds like fun, we will see.
Anyway, a lot to do and so little time and no one to share it with this time. My wife, Donna is not here and my bro, Todd, is not here for a Passion event, strange!
Sign off for now, no pictures yet and I hope I can do as well as Todd did on the blog for the first leg. I like to write the adventures, just usually, never find the time.

On the plane, Northwest Airlines; going Northeast from Houston...to get Southwest to Manila; strange. Go figure! And gas is at a premium?

I have 2 of the best bosses in the business. (I hope they read this). We are always short-handed and to lose a Regional Supervisor for weeks at a time. I know it makes things a little more difficult for everyone involved. I know I had calls from a State and Local agency that I had to pass on to someone else. Maybe I will have to let my bosses beat me in golf next time out. Speaking of golf, I have to play with some of my brothers again to rid myself of this "pink putter." For those wondering. When any of the (5) brothers play golf together, the highest score of the day has to keep the pink putter in their bag until he beats one of the brothers the next time to get rid of it. This was my first time with the pink putter and hopefully the last.
Well, we are descending into Detroit, MI for about a 2-3 hour layover before my trip across Western US and the Pacific to Manila. I have some work and emails to do before I leave the US and hope I can blog and post this before I leave with perhaps a couple photos.