Friday: Off to Camp Buckner

"Kids are essential" - Buckner


After what seemed to be a quick dash to San Antonio to visit family and the newest addition to our family, "Kiddy," our newborn calico female, I was off for what would be my first on-road assignment. It's definitely amazing to get out of the office walls for a change and "get my hands dirty" in the field, which for me would be Camp Buckner in Burnet, Texas. No where that is? Neither did I. Thank goodness for Mapquest and my mom spoiling me with a GPS :)

So with Mapquest, the GPS system in the car, and the Maps app on my blackberry, I was off taking numerous shortcuts and FM roads to Burnet. I'm not the biggest fan of driving, but this trip today was an exception. I'm so used to driving on I-35 and other interstates that I never really get a chance to just drive on a one-lane highway for a while and just enjoy the views. From seeing houses of the rich and famous in the Dominion to seeing big houses in Smithson Valley, to my most favorite, at the top of a hill overseeing the LBJ lake, was simply breathtaking. And to think I was on a assignment, go figure.

So I finally made it Camp Buckner, as the pictures barely gave this place any justice to be there for real. Elaborate wooden cabins, state-of-the art facilities, I even think I saw a mechanism that reminded me "the biggie" from the old school disney movie, fat camp. Definitely could tell that I was in for a great weekend. We'll see what happens tomorrow. Until then, stay tuned.

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