Tuesday, September 1, 2026

Nashville to Pittsburgh, the Long Way

V-RodDBA on the Road

Nashville to Pittsburgh, the Long Way

Oct 7 – 11, 2026  ·  Music City Data + Day of Data Pittsburgh (#1163)

LAFAYETTE → NASHVILLE → TRIDELPHIA, WV → PITTSBURGH → LAFAYETTE

BEGIN TRAN
Five days; a user group, a Day of Data, four H-D stops, and almost 20 hours behind the wheel. Nashville first for a Music City Data talk, then a long haul toward Pittsburgh — with an overnight stop dictated entirely by a Steelers home game.

Wednesday · Oct 7
Lafayette to Nashville
5.5 hour drive · Music City Data User Group
Wednesday – Lafayette to Nashville
๐Ÿš— Out of Lafayette before noon, 5.5 hours south to Nashville. Straight into the hotel, no detours planned.
⛽ Buc-ee's, Smiths Grove, KY — a stop that needs no justification.
๐Ÿ›’ Meet up with Jason and Sheila Romans before the talk.
User Group
Music City Data User Group

Presenting Intro to PowerShell with dbatools for the DBA.

→ Event page & registration

Thursday · Oct 8
Nashville to Tridelphia, WV
7.5 hour drive · #V-RodDBA H-D stops
Thursday – Nashville to Tridelphia
๐Ÿš— 7.5 hours toward Pittsburgh, but Pittsburgh itself is a no-go tonight — the Steelers are hosting my Colts, For the Shoe, and every hotel in the city knows it. Tridelphia gets the booking instead — it'll be home base for the next three nights, an hour out from the Day of Data festivities each way.
⛽ Buc-ee's, Huber Heights, OH — fuel and a stretch break before the rest of the drive.
๐Ÿ Fink's Harley-Davidson and Valley Harley-Davidson — two more stops for the #V-RodDBA collection en route.
Friday · Oct 9
Into Pittsburgh — H-D Stops & Speaker Dinner
Hour drive in from Tridelphia
Friday – Into Pittsburgh
๐Ÿš— Hour drive in from Tridelphia — the first of what'll be a round trip each day through the weekend.
๐Ÿ Steel City Harley-Davidson and Three Rivers Harley-Davidson — more #V-RodDBA stops, this time on Pittsburgh's home turf.
๐Ÿฝ Speaker dinner — [TBD: location].
Saturday · Oct 10
Day of Data Pittsburgh
#1163 · Hour drive in from Tridelphia
Saturday – Day of Data Pittsburgh
๐Ÿš— Hour drive in from Tridelphia again, second day in a row.
Community Conference
Day of Data Pittsburgh 2026 (#1163)

Presenting Intro to PowerShell with dbatools for the DBA.

→ Event page & registration

๐Ÿฝ After party with #SQLFamily — [TBD: location].
Sunday · Oct 11
The Drive Home
6.5 hour drive
Sunday – The Drive Home
⛽ Buc-ee's, Huber Heights, OH — second time through this week.
๐Ÿ  6.5 hours back to Lafayette.

COMMIT TRAN

V-RodDBA · October 2026 · Nashville, TN & Pittsburgh, PA  |  Day of Data Pittsburgh #1163

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