When I first started blogging in late June of 2006, I was in the process of changing jobs. As some of you remember, my first day at work for DPA was in Hermosa Beach, Ca.
Every summer DPA takes all of it's employee's and locks all of us up for 3 days. Over the course of those 3 days we are force fed different flavors of Kool Aid. Just kidding!
As I have written before, these retreats are used to bring the organization toegther. Since we have 8 offices all around the country, it affords us the opportunity to talk about our policies and programs, our vision and our mission.
It is pretty impressive to be in a room with 57 employees whose goal in life is to make a difference in the lives of thousands upon thousands of people around the world.
Though peole think we are all a bunch of pot heads, that myth is just that, a myth. Actually, most employee's don't use. In the end, most of us have some personal connection to the ill effects of the war on drugs.
Personally, I lost my father to his involvement in trafficking of arms and drugs.
Due to the scheduling of training for me this year while I am there AND a DPA member reception I am co-managing, I fly out Monday morning and return the week after. The trip is a total 9 days. Our good friend Billy W is meeting us on Wednesday.
On Monday night Covis and some friends are taking the world's longest tramway to have dinner at an elevation of 10,378 ft at the High Finance Restaurant.
Next Friday morning Clovis, Billy and I will depart on the adventure portion of this trip.
We are traveling to Ghost Ranch, Bandalier National Monument and the Georgia O'Keefe museum. We are also going white water rafting. We are staying at the Ojo Caliente Mineral Spirngs Resort and Spa.
I will try and post pictures and blog a journal during the week.
I am very excited to be visting such a beuatiful part of our country.
Raf
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