Cow Training

Work sent me and one other tech, Tim, to South Carolina for training on the computer on wheels. Rioux, the company that makes our COWs, wants us trained on the device. This allows us to work on them and not void the warrenty.

Day one(Tuesday) - travel

The flight was at 11 something in the morning. I got to airport at 9 something. There was no line so it took less the ten minuste to get all to the gate and I spent the two hours play AOE. We flew into DC with no problem. While I was at DC I called Amy and confused her a bit. We got in the plane and it took them a while to get the fuel in the plane and then when the plane was waiting in line to take off, the piolet announce that they were told to shut off their engines and that air traffic was suspended and we sat there for over an hour. We got into Columbia about two hours late. We stayed at the Wingate hotel. This was a decent place to stay.

Day two - First day of training

Training was ok. They had us go through the different stations assembling the devices. They took us to Red Robin for lunch. Then we had a short class and a test. It was interesting. After we got out of there we went to the state capitol building. During the Civil War when Sherman came through burning everything this build was being built. A few cannons were fired at this building and when it was finished, Stars were place on the building to show where the cannon balls hit. There was a monument to the Confederate army in the front and a Confederate flag was flying there. My phone died and I dont have my cameria. We saw a few mansions and a few other points of interest. We saw the statium for CSU. That is one huge statium. It is a good three or four times the size of the one UB has. After that we went on a hunt for new hats. Drove around for hours and did not find anything.

Day three

More training. today we did more of the trouble shooting side of things. The took us to a place called red bowl, which was a asian restarant. After lunch we talked with the owner and got our certificates and they let us out early. We went to the airport from there and found a place to gets hats on the way. So I got my hat. Hopefully we will not have any issues on the flight home.