10/14-16 - Trip to New Hampshire

I had a "short" - but very long trip to Newcastle, New Hampshire. This was my first time to the New England area. I was looking forward to it, expecially since this is the time of the year of the leaves changing colors. On Wednesday, I left my house at 3am to catch a 6am flight out of Billings, with stopovers in Denver and DC and arrived in Boston. From Boston, I rented a car and drove for about 1 1/2 hours. I arrived about 7:30 at night. Did not see much of the scenery...it was dark. On Thursday, the conference began, it was the Telergee - CFO and Controllers conference. After the meetings, I walked around a bit outside. It was cold, so I did not venture far. At night, they put on a "Lobster Bake" I have had lobster before, but never been to a lobster bake. They had clams, and whole lobsters. It was messy, but good. That night, I awoke with a terrible stomach ache. If I got 2 hours of sleep, I would be surprised. On Friday morning, I went to the meetings. It ended at 11am. I drove to Boston to catch my flight. Taking the shuttle from the rental car agency to the airport, I figured out I left my wallet in the rental car. So I took the shuttle back to the rental car agency. Luckily and thankfully, the wallet was still there. I was to fly home from Boston, to JFK to Denver to Billings. I was worried about the connecting flight at JFK because I would have had to change from American Eagle to United, in a small amount of time. Luckily, the gate agents called me up and said that the flight was running late, and that they booked me at a 5pm United flight from Boston to Denver and then Denver to Billings...getting home at the same time. Even though I was still not feeling well, and that I had to stay at the airport for a total of 5 hours, I was grateful for the change. I arrived home at just after midnight. The conference was ok. I wish I had seen some more of the sights and the weather was better. The area was nice, even though the fall colors had not hit the coast area as much as other areas. The homes and landscaping are very well taken care of. It really did remind me of "Murder She Wrote". I stayed at the "Wentworth by the Sea" hotel, of which you can see a picture of. One picture is from my hotel room, and the others are within walking distance of the hotel.

My gut still hurts...but I am home.