Welcome to the McDowell Western Trip Blog.My wife and I are going on our long awaited Western Trip to the California coast and back. We will be going out a northern route and returning on a southern route. Along the way we will be seeing several national parks and visiting with family and friends.The photo shows me working as a Receiving Inspector in TR-20 on the Carrier Corp. campus in Dewitt, NY. I worked for Carrier for over 30 years until I was laid off and my job was sent to Singapore. As part of my severance from Carrier I was given four years of full educational benefits hence my newly completed career as a college student. I graduated on May 14, 2006 with a Bachelor of Science in Information Management and Technology degree with a minor in Anthropology. I have had so much fun that it should have been illegal. That is not to say that I spent my time goofing off I completed my education with a 3.667 cumulative GPA and graduated Magna Cum Laude.