It seems that we barely got acclimated to Delaware and environs when I got the news that I was being transferred to the larger Harrisburg, Pennsylvania branch. Wow!
I began commuting from Wilmington to Harrisburg by train on Monday mornings, came home on Wednesday evenings, back to Harrisburg on Thursday morning and home, late, on Friday.
Dear wife and I took a different tack on housing in the Harrisburg area. We looked at partially-built "spec" houses that could be re-configured to meet our needs. We ended up in the suburb of Camp Hill, with a beautiful home that backed up to cornfields that were inhabited by deer, foxes and geese.
The Harrisburg branch covered fourteen counties in central Pennsylvania. The "hot spots" for business were the state government and Pennsylvania State University. During the six years I spent in the area, I ws twice awarded a President's Cup for outstanding performances. This meant week -long trips to a ranch in Santa Barbara, California, where golfing, horseback riding and plenty of food and drink - mostly drink, were available.
One year there was a disaster caused by the flooding Susquehanna River over its banks and into our offices. I was able to convince the Company to re-locate to higher ground. There I had the pleasure of leading a ribbon-cutting ceremony to our new building, which icluded a message from Pennsylvania's Secretary of State. It was a heady time.
More, later.
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