Tom's Travels

I attended the second meeting of the Metropolitan Forum in St. Louis. I drove down Sunday afternoon in time for the opening session and dinner. Following the conclusion of the meeting on Monday I returned to Rocheport.

Elises birthday was on April 5, but we celebrated on the weekend. On Saturday (April 8) I drove to St. Louis and picked up Sylvia at the airport. We drove to Urbana and spent the next 3 days there. Rob and Robyn Wagoner were there when we arrived and stayed until mid-day Sunday. Sylvia and I stayed until Tuesday. I drove Sylvia back to the airport and she returned to Boise. We had a great weekend.

This year's meetings of the Southern Regional Science Association were held in St. Augustine Florida. I flew down to Jacksonville and meet Judy Stallmann, and Georgeanne Artz and here husband, and we drove down to St. Augustine together. We stayed at a beautiful old hotel in the center of the historic district (see photos).



On Thursday we started with a meeting of rural development researchers from around the country. In the afternoon the paper presentations started. I presented one paper and reviewed three others. On Saturday morning after my last presentation was over I spent some time seeing the city and geocaching. I found 4 caches in the vicinity of the hotel.