GFD-MB Day 2

The day started early with a hot buffet in the hotel. It was not spectacular. I reached back to my knowledge of Brandon to recall where to get gas. I didn’t reach far enough back to recall there is a good breakfast place there, but didn’t have time for that either. I hustled over to the site, arriving before eight and found a customer already waiting there. Despite living two hours away, he was forty minutes early. Wonder if he even slept. More customers piled in and enjoyed the coffee and donuts my colleague provided. We had good discussions and they went off to look at the products. Some had questions for me and I spent way longer chatting with the different groups than expected. I only had a small window of time to take my own notes on the material we hadn’t covered the night before. I left close to my drop dead time and got on the road, hoping to make up time on the fast paced Western highway. I had to detour around a closed section which didn’t help. For sustenance I didn’t want to stop and lose time so I nibbled on several donuts. There were plenty left, and nearly all the muffins. I had dumped out the coffee before I left and just had the box to dispose of. People never eat much of these treats, that’s why I used COVID as an excuse to stop the wasteful practice. Thirst was going to be a bigger issue for me now. I stopped to top up the rental, toss the trash and continued to return my rental car. I told the attendant that I had the leftover donuts and offered them to him as a treat, rather than toss them. He was happy to indulge, not the usual reaction. I got through security, got a proper snack, since there would be no dinner and settled in to wait. I met up with our corn breeder, also traveling in the area and had a chat. They were on a different flight so it was a short chat. Then it was time to pee quickly and board the plane.

The flight was uneventful. It was dark when I landed and I slipped out of the airport quickly, with only some minor stress from paying for the parking at the exit rather than inside. The ride home was intense. Everyone drove like maniacs and I had put on intense and loud music to keep myself in the race. I was home just after ten, much sooner than expected and sleep caressed my brow before eleven bells struck. One of the legs of my travels was concluded.