On Sunday June 1st I met with two of my co-workers and we drove to Jacksonville for the Southeast Regional Educause conference. At the last-minute suggestion of my director I had submitted a presentation topic and was accepted to do a poster session on the remote training solutions I helped develop for UCF.
We hit the road about 9:30 a.m. and the weather was beautiful. Our first rental car had been used by a smoker, so we switched to a PT Cruiser. We stopped for breakfast at a MacDonald’s in Daytona and I picked up a breakfast sandwich which I later regretted (I can make better ones at home!).
We reached the hotel just before noon, checked in and then explored the town a bit. There were many funky little antique shops and import stores. We had Chinese food for lunch (I wasn’t especially hungry so I just had veggie steamed dumplings) and then we walked through Memorial Park, which was very pretty. I bought a disposable camera and if some of the pictures came out well I will post them on Flickr.
We then went back to the hotel, swam in the rooftop pool (the hotel overlooked the river, so it was a gorgeous view!) and then loafed around a bit until one of my coworkers went out for dinner with local friends. The rest of us watched movies and had subs for dinner, then called it a night.
