Woke up a couple of hours ago still clearly on east coast time...Am very glad that we were able to make our way out on Tuesday and have a chance to sleep in today. The hotel is excellent and so far the staff at both Southwest, Holiday Inn, and Enterprise have made everything very smooth and easy. I love it when customer service runs smoothly and the system works! Also read a good book on the plane entitled Talent is Overrated that has a pretty controversial thesis that there is little evidence to point out that humans possess innate talents for certain tasks - they might be genetically predisposed to being more successful at certain activities (height for a basketball player and height for a gymnast) but that the key factor in success may very well be how early we start and what do we do. Great comparisons of Mozart and Tiger Woods along with German violinists and chess masters. There is even an example of the Army men's rowing team...The argument is that even though Mozart and Tiger Woods have been considered child prodigies capable of producing world class work incredibly early they did so AFTER 10 years of intense, focused, and directed work that helped develop them into something world class. I also thought the picture of them side-by-side is particularly funny.
We'll likely head to a local shopping mall to hang out in the mid-morning before heading to the course to rig and register. The weather looks pretty un-California-like if you ask me...
