David's Spot

I made it to Tahoe after a LONG delay at the Phoenix airport. I flew into Reno and had to drive to Lake Tahoe. Before leaving Reno I went to one of my favorite catalog's outlet stores, Sierra Trading Post. The drive to Reno took me about an hour.

The conference is at the Harrah's Casino. My hotel is at Harvey's Casino. They are both Harrahs hotel/casinos, but are divided by a busy street. Thankfully there is a tunnel between the two hotels. The conference check in started at 7:00 PM so I walked around Tahoe for a couple of hours. The weather is great!

At 7, I came over and checked into the conference and to use their wireless internet connection. (Harvey's doesn't have wireless! Ugh!) Several of the vendors where setup and giving away cool gifts. Google, Yahoo, CPU Magazine, IT Conversations, VIA and several others are the big supporters. Checking email and visting vendors only took about an hour. I then went over to the Hard Rock Café for a hamburger and was in bed before ten. Too bad I woke up at 4:00 AM and couldn't go back to sleep. I guess by body has gotten used to only sleeping 6 hours a night.

This morning the conference truly starts. I am sitting here waiting on the speakers to get setup. They are about 30 minutes late. Thankfully there are Starbucks in both hotels.

Posted by: David R. / 10/01/2004 08:54:00 AM