Sunday, February 25

Trip Timeline

  • Saturday (PM) - 4:30 (EST) - Christina and Jake arrive to drive me to the airport.
  • Saturday - 5:00 - Major third degree crossing the border
  • Saturday - 6:00 - Check in and security check as normal.
  • Saturday - 6:30 - announcement: the flight will be over an hour late... those making appointments will have to reschedule.
  • Saturday - 6:45 - New flight booked for Sunday morning at 7:40
  • Saturday - 7:00 - Emergency SOS call to Eric to come pick me up
  • Saturday - 7:01 - The hunt to find my luggage begins
  • Saturday - 8:10 - Eric shows up
  • Saturday - 8:45 - Bags show up
  • Saturday - 9:00 - Get back to Windsor and collapse in the house
  • ...
  • Sunday (AM) - 4:45 - Wake up, shower, dress and wait for Stacey
  • Sunday - 5:35 - Get Gas with Stacey and head for the border.
  • Sunday - 5:45 - Say slightly the wrong thing to the customs people and get some funny questions.
  • Sunday - 5:47 - Holy crap the roads are bad!
  • Sunday - 6:15 - Get to the Airport (again)
  • Sunday - 6:16 - Holy crap giant line up!
  • Sunday - 6:45 - Check in and security check as normal
  • Sunday - 7:30 - Not boarding the plane yet
  • Sunday - 7:40 - Still not on the plane.... Apparently theres Ice or something...
  • Sunday - 8:05 - Attempt at rescheduling people, decides to do it for everyone while we are in the air.
  • Sunday - 9:15 - Boarding the plane!
  • Sunday - 10:15 - Taxiing to the de-icing area
  • Sunday - 10:16 - Begin de-icing (should take 10-15 minutes)
  • Sunday - 10:56 - Finish de-icing
  • Sunday - 11:00 - Take off!
  • Sunday - 12:45 (MST) - Land and find out that the reschedules are really bad!
  • Sunday - 2:05 - Fight with the US Airways Customer Service
  • Sunday - 2:35 - Find out that my luggage has been forwarded to San Jose
  • Sunday - 2:45 - Break down
  • Sunday - 3:00 - Eat something and find out there is free wifi
  • Sunday - 6:00 - Line up for the Security Check
  • Sunday - 6:30 - Security Check as normal
  • Sunday - 8:20 - Boarding the plane!!
  • Sunday - 8:30 - Take off! (I'm on time and everything)
  • Sunday - 9:20 (PST) - Land and try to find Sean or my bags.
  • Sunday - 9:30 - Find Sean
  • Sunday - 9:40 - Head to the other terminal and find my bags
  • Sunday - 9:50 - Get to Sean's apartment and have a sandwich
This was a very long trip... But I'm here and alive... and I'll post more later. I have one post from the last plane ride but it needs to be edited first.

1 comment:

Vince said...

This further confirms my suspicion that air travel is the most inefficient way to travel.