Dec
25
2009

White Christmas

(Add / View Comments) (1)Friday, December 25, 2009 - 04:36:42 pm
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A little under 12 hours after first setting out this morning, we finally made it to St. Louis. The fact that we got our flights changed to St. Louis worked out quite well, in the we didn't end up getting caught up in any terrible snow storms.

And hence, we flew into a dark cloudly, lightly snow covered St. Louis airport. Walking out of the airport was a special type of cold, with that sort of bite that says "just so you don't forget, it's cold!".

It's certainly a novel thing to experience both the cold and the snow, but given that we left days average 20C degrees, I can't imagine surviving in this type of weather for months on end.

In any case, we're staying in Union tonight, and then heading to Warsaw tomorrow, a day late, but a lot better than the worst case scenario that could have happened today.

Feliz Navidad!
Dec
25
2009

Smoke 'Em If You've Got 'Em

(Add / View Comments) (0)Friday, December 25, 2009 - 01:43:15 pm
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We made it to Atlanta without a problem. Since we didn't need to go through security for our connecting flight, it was appreciated that the terminal had a smoking lounge. While it was appreciated, the room off the terminal was completely unventilated and so it was an interesting experience! I guess it's such a weird experience to smoke inside in general, and this packed room filled with hanging smoke was certainly an experience. I don't know that I notice it typically that much, but I'm really an outdoor smoker - smoking inside, although I used to do it, just ain't the same.

We had a little less than a two hour before we were flying to St. Louis. Sadly, a smaller flight, so no TV, nor free WiFi. Not that it really made that much of a difference to me, as I passed out for the majority of the flight. [smile] The 2 or 3 hours sleep last night finally started to catch up with me!
Dec
25
2009

I See The Sun Is Creeping Up...

Changed Flights and Inflight Internet

(Add / View Comments) (0)Friday, December 25, 2009 - 07:03:35 am
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Despite the previously in the early hours of the morning, our flights have changed again - for the better. Phoenix to Atlanta, and then Atlanta to Sy. Louis, with any luck, missing the bad weather in Kansas City. Should be a good surprise for Chris & Shelly when they find out!

So, the other news is that this is my first flight on a WiFi aircraft! Pretty sweet, especially considering the free trial. After working on such a system years ago, for a solid year and a half, it's pretty sweet to see in flight internet a reality. Not that it's the system I worked on (which ain't no surprise to me [wink]).

The netbook id working out quite well, even with the seat infront of me reclined (why does it always happen to me???).

Things have gone fairly smoothly this morning. At the end of the day I probably got about two hours sleep before waking up at 4:30am to get ready to head to Skyharbor.

On arriving, we expected to find the long term car park full (we called ahead) and that we'd have to use the more expensive garage. However, with a little driving around we found a park in the cheaper lot - which gave us some hope for the rest of the day.

We got our flights changed successfully to get to St. Louis, as there were concerns that we'd get stranded in Kansas City (or not get there at all), so that all worked out good.

Got on the plane, to disocer not judt the free internet for me, but the free TV, which has made Katie extremely excited. I think it's the first domestic flight in the US I've been on that has free TV.

Flying over Nrw Mexico earlier, it was really weird to think what normally takes us 8 hours driving, took 40 minutes this morning. Air travel is pretty sweet, when you can afford it.

Funnily enough, given that we're going to Atlanta, IO figured that it'd mean that I was going the furthers east than I have gone before. It's certainly the closest I've been to the east coast, but looking at the map, I'm not sure that Atlanta is more east, or as east as Detroit. Well, either way, it's a new city and new state for me!
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Dec
25
2009

Travel Updates

(Add / View Comments) (0)Friday, December 25, 2009 - 12:12:03 am
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The other day we were scheduled to fly to Kansas City, via Memphis. In attempts to be proactive about the snow storms, things changed to St. Louis via Atlanta. Now, we're back to Kansas City, via Salt Lake City. Woo!

It's going to be an early Christmas morning for us to get out to Skyharbor. Thankfully, that part of the itinerary hasn't changed! [wink]

Feliz Navidad!

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