Tag Archives | Atlanta

security screening

Touring Airports & Atlanta with Flat Stanley & Farmers

By on January 29, 2011 in ag awareness, agriculture, children, cotton, popular culture, travel

DATELINE: Memphis, Tennessee Airport (644 miles from home), flying to Atlanta, Georgia (327 air miles from Memphis) Hey Jake, You know how much I travel for work? Well, I had a great trip recently and got to take Flat Stanley along! It was so much fun traveling with him and I got some special opportunities [...]

Continue Reading • Comments { 0 }
Atlanta airport in snow & ice

Keeping Your Patience In Tact While Traveling

By on January 16, 2011 in travel

If someone were to ask me about top tips for traveling, my biggest one would be don’t sweat the small stuff when things go wrong. We’ve all seen the people gritting their teeth as they go along. A flight delay becomes reason to scowl. Weather issues &  turbulence make the teeth grip tighter. And a storm that [...]

Continue Reading • Comments { 0 }
Atlanta streets icy conditions

Southern Hospitality Leaves Me Smiling All Day

By on January 11, 2011 in personal insight, travel, weather

Monday was a day I think will stay with me a very long time. The Atlanta area was shut down. Although many of the farmers attending the Farm Bureau’s annual meeting are very familiar with snowy weather, the reality of a major difference in a Southern city was striking. The state of emergency even led [...]

Continue Reading • Comments { 11 }
Farm Bureau Blog AFBF11

Posting A Lot of Info to the Farm Bureau Blog

By on January 11, 2011 in social media

I  was thinking…. I’ve been doing a WHOLE LOTTA BLOGGING and some of you may have missed it! So, here are links to the blog posts I’ve written the last several days as a guest blogger during the American Farm Bureau Federation’s annual meeting.  There have been lots of new experiences since so I’m sure [...]

Continue Reading • Comments { 2 }