Travel

I leave today for Florida. I'm going down to visit family and to check out some business opportunities. My blogs may get sporadic. I'll have my laptop with me, but I'm not sure where I'll find a remote access.

Unexpected Travel Setbacks

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr said; "Unexpected travel situations are dancing lessons from God." Setbacks are common in today's modern world of air travel. Although I was sheduled to arrive in Philadelphia by 4:00 pm yesterday, It was almost 2:00 am by the time I finally arrived home. I decided it was no big deal and calmly went with the flow. I actually had a really good time. When I arrived in Denver with five hours to kill, I first visited Ben & Jerry's and had a double dip of Cherry Garcia. After loitering there with a new book for over an hour, I decided to go find my gate information. Since I didn't check my luggage, I felt like a refugee lugging around my coat, purse and heavy carry-ons. I didn't want to go far from my gate, so I decided to have a beer at a nearby lounge. I sat at the top center of the horseshoe shaped bar, had a beer and read my book. I noticed lots of guys on their laptops and asked if they had internet connection. Yes, they did, so I whipped out my Mac and ordered another beer and a plate of Nachos with the works. I was able to post my blog and check on my emails. When the order came out, I was overwhelmed by the size. Surely it was enough to feed a party of six! Not wanting to waste it, I asked the bartender for some small plates and proceeded to load up eight or ten snack sized plates and passed them around to folks sitting at the bar. Before I knew it, people were buying my drinks and I ended up with two free beers out of the deal. Needless to say, by the time we rolled out at 7:15, I was ready for a nap which was a good thing and made the final leg of my homebound journey a little easier. I took these two pictures while flying from Gunnison to the airport in Denver.

Airport Blogging

We stopped at "Camp 4 Coffee" on our way to the airport this morning around 6am. My plane was supposed to depart Gunnison, CO at 8:00, but there were several problems and it never happened. It's 4:00 Mountain Time now and I'm sitting here laptopping you from a bar at the Denver airport. My flight doesn't leave here 'til 6:30 and I won't get into Philly until around midnight Eastern Time. Then it's another hour or so back home from there. I am fried, but it has all been worth it. Yesterday, after visiting the Rijks Gallery, I spent the afternoon wandering around the historic town of Crested Butte. I visited the galleries, shops and even a taco stand where I had a Margarita and a taco. I took pictures of some of the more unique structures like this one, "Camp 4 Coffee" covered with license plates.