Hello from Sacramento, CA
Friday morning, September
19, 2014 (First post of this travelogue)
Posted: Sunday evening September 21, 2014
As happens too often, I started this post and was not able
to finish it till I got home.
I traveled to teach a four day class. The first two days were bearings and
lubrication and the last two days were shaft alignment. This is a “regional” class which means that
it is held in a hotel and the students are from various companies. I really prefer this type of class (as
opposed to an “on-site” class held at a company with their employees
attending). In the public class, you often
get better discussion because of the varied backgrounds.
The class is being held at the Holiday Inn Express (here). The meeting room was very large for our small
group (5 students). That is great, as we
have to set up the shaft alignment labs and that takes a fair amount of space.
In the past, the shaft alignment class used rather simple
tools (straight edges, calipers, and dial indicators). When the class had somewhat experienced
students, it was difficult to fill the full two days. We recently added laser alignment equipment
and that really makes the class powerful and fun!
For a change, the travel went well. The flight out was typical, but I had a good
seat. When I went to pick up the rental
car they said that the company had reserved a premium car. That is not the norm, but the lady that does
the scheduling had a special offer and gave it to me. The bad news was they did not have a premium
car so I had to “settle” for a Camaro {big grin). Sure wish I had had an opportunity to “open
it up”. The flight home was about half
full and I had a great exit row seat.
My fun rental car
I arrived in Sacramento early Monday afternoon. That allowed me to drive the Camaro up to
Nevada City to have dinner with a great friend.
It would have been a good route to have some fun, but the traffic did not
permit very aggressive driving.
That is all for this trip.
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