Today's post is about the trip and pre-day for GP Tech 2019. It's my annual trek to Fargo, ND, to the home of Dynamics GP! I always look forward to this trip.

Saturday - the trip in

With limited flight choices on Sunday, I flew in a day early, on Saturday, and early enough that I had hoped to have a chance to golf one or both days. The Saturday ended up being a thorough rain-out, so golf was out of the question. I arrived in Fargo mid-morning, way earlier than most hotels considered giving me a room. Thankfully my hotel had a room ready for me right away which was awesome and very much unexpected. I had planned on dropping off my bag and then visiting the mall across the street. I did wander the mall for part of the time but it was great to be able to chill in a room and unpack etc. a lot earlier than normal check-in. Thanks, Delta Fargo for that early check-in!

Sunday "Fun Day"

Sunday was a great day! First, the weather was awesome, sunny & warm. Compared to Saturday, that was a bonus! I spend a large chunk of the day with 3 of my favourite people - Belinda Allen, Shawn Dorward and his son Taylor Dorward. We went golfing on a local 9-hole course and we had a blast! It was Taylor's first round of golf since his drowning accident last July 4th, and he did awesome. Here are some pics from the day:

Taylor Dorward
Taylor Dorward is on the tee.
Shawn Dorward
Shawn Dorward is on the tee.
Belinda Allen
Belinda Allen is on the tee.

It was so much fun. We were all impressed with how well Taylor did despite his limited vision (although no longer legally blind). I hope next year we may have more golfers out for a fun day of golf. There certainly have been a few more people since Sunday suggesting they'd like to golf next year if we go again.

After golf, we went for a late lunch/early dinner and then went our separate ways for a quiet night in our respective hotel rooms. That evening, eOne Solutions had a "Pizza, Plonk, & Popdock" party, although I think I'm still missing one of the "P's"! This was more of a "marketing" event, with a planned demo of their latest version of Popdock along with a bit of social time for the partner community. Although it has a dubious name (in my humble opinion), the tool itself seems quite promising. It's a cloud-based reporting tool that can integrate different sources of data as well as embed itself in various applications as a widget, like a "Smartlist for anything".

That's it for the "pre-day" activities for me…