Getting there.
I don't know what it is with me and airplanes.I got to the airport Friday in plenty of time and went through the anal exam known as security.I check the monitors and find that my flight is not listed.
At that time of the morning no one is manning the gates,so i can't ask anyone.I finally just went to the gate listed on my boarding pass which turned out to be correct.
The plane is sitting there,and i figure we will be leaving on time.Well,no.The flight crew showed up late,so takeoff is set back about a half hour.I have a connecting flight in Memphis at 8:20.
I step off the plane in Memphis at 8:13.My connecting flight is of course leaving from the far end of a different concourse.Remember the commercials
O.J. Simpson did for Hertz back in the day?Picture this old gray haired fat guy doing a mad dash through the airport.
I make it to the proper gate at 8:18,out of breath,only to find out my flight has been delayed until 10:00 due to weather and backed up air traffic in Philly.
We finally land in Philly over an hour late.I walk outside to catch the shuttle on that chilly rainy day sans jacket or umbrella,which i have conviently left in my car at the Austin airport.I stand there,and stand there,waiting for the shuttle.Turns out i was standing at the wrong place,and the young man driving the shuttle went out of his way to collect me.Thanks Dallas,you're a good guy.
Needless to say i did finally get to the hotel.More on that later.🙂
I don't know what it is with me and airplanes.I got to the airport Friday in plenty of time and went through the anal exam known as security.I check the monitors and find that my flight is not listed.
At that time of the morning no one is manning the gates,so i can't ask anyone.I finally just went to the gate listed on my boarding pass which turned out to be correct.
The plane is sitting there,and i figure we will be leaving on time.Well,no.The flight crew showed up late,so takeoff is set back about a half hour.I have a connecting flight in Memphis at 8:20.
I step off the plane in Memphis at 8:13.My connecting flight is of course leaving from the far end of a different concourse.Remember the commercials
O.J. Simpson did for Hertz back in the day?Picture this old gray haired fat guy doing a mad dash through the airport.
I make it to the proper gate at 8:18,out of breath,only to find out my flight has been delayed until 10:00 due to weather and backed up air traffic in Philly.
We finally land in Philly over an hour late.I walk outside to catch the shuttle on that chilly rainy day sans jacket or umbrella,which i have conviently left in my car at the Austin airport.I stand there,and stand there,waiting for the shuttle.Turns out i was standing at the wrong place,and the young man driving the shuttle went out of his way to collect me.Thanks Dallas,you're a good guy.
Needless to say i did finally get to the hotel.More on that later.🙂
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It was great meeting you Katie.
I thought they were too busy bending tacos.And we would need two others,a basketball team being comprised of five members.
