Sunday, July 5 :Last Day in Atlanta

Well after staying up super late last night, or can I woke up a little bit late. It was for 7:50 AM when we finally

Uber to Convention

did get up. Went down to get a quick breakfast and I called Uber and they showed up about two

Got It!!

minutes later. Chris got himself a big breakfast so we kind of had to wait for him get his large protein

Convention Ends

made him breakfast. The Uber Driver was very pleasant and he was a runner who ran in the Peachtree race

Folks All Over Were Over

that happened yesterday. the last meeting was was to be held from 9 to 11 AM. This would be the

Cool Spot

closing meeting the entire convention. Well it was easy to find her feet and Chris and I were on the first level

level 100 that is. Identified in just before the third speaker to meet my friend from Rapid City South Dakota

Olympics 1996 Held Here

now. And very fortunately her seat was basically straight up one level. As I was coming in, she was

Fun in Atlanta

coming back from the ladies room and we gave each other a hug and then she show me where she

Feeling Fine

was sitting I sat on the steps and listen to that last speaker. She was from Canada and she was pretty fun.

On to Airport

After the meeting she and her two friends at the split right away since they were driving back to rapid city

Train to Airport

North Dakota. ( As of last night at 8 PM they were already in Illinois) why decided to go down and get my

Waiting in TSA Line

recordings of view the meetings and a poster. I waited in line for about an hour and a half. After getting

TSA Line

my stuff I met up with Chris and we mosey toward the Marta station. We are both flying out the same time

Boarding  Da Plane

but he was in the South terminal and I was in the north terminal. I proceeded to go right to my gate.

Leaving Atlanta

 I next got a burrito @ Chopilte. That was quite a satisfying sandwich that I had there. I then went back to

Closer to Philly

Gate 25 & took a snooze for about an hour. That's knees felt very good and when I woke up there

were a bunch of people waiting for the 5:25 PM flight. Met a few people from the convention and we talked

Delaware River

a bit and then we got on the flight and the flight went very smoothly. Arrived at the terminal at Philadelphia

Waiting for the 8:12 Airport Train

international and then I took the airport train. I decided then that I would take you Uber when I got to

From Pitman

17th and arch and I just missed a route 48 bus. I met Sharon at the bishops and we hung out there

Airport Route to Home

for a while and then we went home and tried to watch soul plane on YouTube. I see now that they've really blocked movies from YouTube

Sunset at Philly International

you have to do all this bullshit. So we only got to watch it in bits and pieces before going to bed. It what's a good day. Now back to the work week. Time to move along.

Saturday, July 4:Independence Day in Atlanta

View From Hotel

Well We and I woke up around seven and then got her self ready and went down to the free breakfast

Breakfast

at the holiday Inn Express provided us. It was a pretty tasty breakfast going to say. We had a Danish coffee

Uber to Convention Center

banana and hot cereal. The coffee with serviceable and they are issues wasn't bad. We next called Uber

Where Most Meeting Held

because it was pouring rain this morning at around 8 o'clock.  We got there pretty quickly but of course

Welcome

when we got to the Georgia Dome in with a slight issue with the security in this no mans land near the parking.

HALT

I found out later we could've easily just been dropped off in front of the  Georgia conference center.

More Coffee Please

Well we got there and we went to our first meeting. this meeting was about H.A.L.T. This stands from

CD's Please

hungry angry lonely and tired these are states of mind which can lead one to act badly be rude to others

Cool

or possibly have a drink. Most all of us or anyone I know has go through periods where they feel one or

multiples of each of them. The speakers weren't bad all three of them. Anyhow we tried to go to

Where the Action Was

second meeting and we're not successful. It was called satisfactions of right living. It was full

Quite a Crowd

so I went out and went to the registration picked up my materials that did not make it in the mail. We next went to We Agnostics and that was a really great meeting.

I'm going to order the The meeting on

Chillin Before Big Mtg

MP3 and a seating. It is worth hearing again. There is  a freethinkers conference in November 2016.

Countdown

It might be worth attending if I can remember that far away. We ran into some  of our people and

then we waited in line @ the Starbucks. It was fun because we chatted up and discovered that the

Not a Glum Lot

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We then hung out with some people from Phil and Chris and I went to the sober village to get some food.

Despirate so I Went to Domino's

it was a Philly cheesesteak. they were not mad at all. Actually they were needed and cheesecake

Friday, July 3: Off to Atlanta

Well I allowed myself to sleep in this morning. I then hung out with Sharon after her death last night

Butters in the Morning

and we talked and it was a very fruitful. I then attempted to call over to take me straight to the airport

Waiting for Uber

but the woman appeared to be lost and was going to wrong way. So I grabbed a cab and lose a nice

Spastic Uber

amount of money but I got here on time. Thanks. I had a scare at the airport. http://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=vle9yLhNTuc

The automatic kiosk did

Cab over Platt Bridge

not work and then they couldn't find the flight because it was restricted but now I'm OK I'm in the

TSA Line

homeland security line. Well metric a little longer than normal but I got through. I had to walk on the

Getting My Backpack

way to terminate me grab the banana and I'm finally settled. My phone is charging but the battery percentage is still going down which is

My Flight

pretty bogus. Flight leaves at 2:10 PM and supposed arrive

Details

at 4:23 PM. US Airways an American emerging so let's hope it doesn't affect the flight. Well, Its now

Flying Above Atlanta

Route to Hotel

is going to run out of power in 5 min. One hour left! Well I got there on time and figured out the train schedule

I ALMOST Lost My Bag

to get to the hotel. Everyone is going smoothly toy realized that I left my backpack at the airport

The Airport Train

train station. I doubled back and fortunately somebody had returned it to the employee shack that was there at the airport. That was

View from Hotel

such a relief I couldn't even believe myself. Brian arrived

Food and Stuff are Here

at the hotel about 12 miles away and I was exhausted and I was tired but mostly I was hungry. In the hotel

Towards the Convention

room Chris gave me a Cliff bar in that help me survive till we went to take Uber down to the Georgia Dome.

Many Countries Were Represented

We saw a bunch of different things such as a place called "sober city". Period next year we went to the

Cool Flag Ceremony

Georgia Dome and realized I had to get my badge so we went to the other part of the area. There's a series of buildings that make

65,000 Strong

up The convention center here in Atlanta. well I got my tag & replaced  my program.

It was a pretty awesome experience. We couldn't quote from Philly

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when we arrived because we arrived there a little bit late to get a seat. We just stood up. They had a

Awesome

parade of flags from every country that is here in Atlanta. I don't know how many countries that were but

A Philly Friend

there were quite a few let's put it that way. It was quite a spectacle for sure. I have never been to a convention before and this convention was like NO other.  Real good stuff