Shuffling to Buffalo

Up really early today, thinking about where I need to go. Can you believe I am going to drive to Albany this morning then continue on all the way past BUFFALO?

I am just back from my trip to Italy Sunday, but obligations call me to Niagara Falls. It is for a worthwhile reason, though, it is the Travel Media Showcase.

We enjoyed super luxe accommodations in Tucson, where this gathering was held last November. TMS brings together hundreds of tourism boards from all over the US and many more travel writers where we have 15 minute meetings to hear about destinations and discuss doing stories. That is fun, plus being with so many other journalists and tourism folks is fun. This kind of networking is why we are always sending writers for GoNOMAD.com out on trips. We get the opportunity to hear about cool new destinations and we meet the people who organize the trips.

So I will bring a pillow, snooze a little bit, listen to the Ipod and Kent’s satellite radio in the car and shuffle past Buffalo all the way to Niagara Falls today.