ConAgra Travel Plans Set

Well, the time is coming quickly for the internship, and I have a few more details than I had before. I will be working specifically on the Orville Redenbacher brand, though I don’t yet know what I’ll be doing. I should find out later this week.

We’ll be driving out there next week, leaving on Tuesday. We had thought initially about doing the whole drive in two days, stopping only once, since we could save money on hotels. (That would equate to about ten and a half hours a day.) However, rationality has prevailed—after all, I have two little kids and a pregnant wife. So, it’s being spread out into four days.

We’re also taking a more scenic drive than we’d initially thought. The original plan was to drive through the boring, flat cornfields of Nebraska. When we looked up the route on MapQuest, it said “Get on I-80. Head east for 1029 miles.” And, you know, that sounded awesome. So, instead, we’re going to head up through Wyoming and South Dakota, and we’ll see such things as Mt. Rushmore, the Black Hills, Badlands National Park, and maybe even Jewel Cave National Monument. Who knew there was so much to do in South Dakota?

And what will I do when I roll into Minneapolis? Well, I’ll spend one night in my new apartment, then kiss the wife and kids and fly to Omaha! Neat!