17 Hours from Tahoe
I'm used to traveling 16, 24, even 36 hours one way when flying thousands of miles internationally. Not so much for a domestic trip covering barely 1500 miles as the crow flies. Still, it could have been much worse. Despite sweating in a hot plane with power problems for over an hour, having our flight switched to another plane, being moved back to the original plane when they rerouted us Austin-bound folks because we'd miss our connecting flight, waiting again on the same stuffy plane while they finally fixed the power problem, then waiting on the ground in El Paso for a planeload of latecomers, we made it home fine. All our luggage was routed correctly despite arriving on another flight. And the Southwest personnel handled things as well as they could under the circumstances.
Still, it's draining when you're prepared for a 10-hour journey from the lobby of your hotel resort to your own doorstep at home and end up with a 17-hour jaunt, arriving home at 2 am. Although I've never quite understood why it's so tiring to just sit and wait all day. I guess waking up at 6 am doesn't help.
But if Barbara and I thought we were having some bad plane luck, we weren't alone, as Matt and Michelle also had 4-plus hours added to their journey, including sitting on a hot runway in a too-heavy plane for hours and then having an extra stop added to their trip. They were also on Southwest. Meanwhile, Lisa breezed home on United with no problems. I guess 07/07/07 wasn't a lucky day for Southwest Airlines.
So ended a week of vacation in Lake Tahoe, my first trip out of state in almost 2 years. (Yes, I didn't mention anything about it on here before; I don't like to announce when I'll be out of town on the web). Unlike that trip (the cruise), this one wasn't quite one for the ages. It was fun, it was beautiful, it was relaxing at times, but maybe I'd set my expectations too high. The Alaska cruise blew us away because we really weren't sure what to expect and had somewhat low expectations. This was a good trip, but I'd hesitate to call it a great one. Still, it had its moments, so stay tuned for more entries later this week...
Still, it's draining when you're prepared for a 10-hour journey from the lobby of your hotel resort to your own doorstep at home and end up with a 17-hour jaunt, arriving home at 2 am. Although I've never quite understood why it's so tiring to just sit and wait all day. I guess waking up at 6 am doesn't help.
But if Barbara and I thought we were having some bad plane luck, we weren't alone, as Matt and Michelle also had 4-plus hours added to their journey, including sitting on a hot runway in a too-heavy plane for hours and then having an extra stop added to their trip. They were also on Southwest. Meanwhile, Lisa breezed home on United with no problems. I guess 07/07/07 wasn't a lucky day for Southwest Airlines.
So ended a week of vacation in Lake Tahoe, my first trip out of state in almost 2 years. (Yes, I didn't mention anything about it on here before; I don't like to announce when I'll be out of town on the web). Unlike that trip (the cruise), this one wasn't quite one for the ages. It was fun, it was beautiful, it was relaxing at times, but maybe I'd set my expectations too high. The Alaska cruise blew us away because we really weren't sure what to expect and had somewhat low expectations. This was a good trip, but I'd hesitate to call it a great one. Still, it had its moments, so stay tuned for more entries later this week...
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