This is my gate at the Washington DC airport where I spent most of yesterday trying to get home from my Indiana visit. Here's how it went down:
1. Original flight leaving Indy at 9:34 AM - canceled at 7:30 AM
2. Rebooked flight through Washington DC leaving Indy at 11:10 AM
3. Flight out of DC to leave for Albany at 3:05 PM, then 3:30 PM, then 4:00 PM, then 4:30 PM and finally pulled away from the gate about 4:45.
4. Plane taxis to the runway then stops. Pilot says we can't go because of weather in our flight path. We sit on the airplane for 2 hours 30 minutes.
5. Plane taxies back to gate as they can't keep us on any longer than 3 hours or have to pay a fine of $75,000 per person. On the way back to the gate, flight is canceled.
6. Rebook another flight to Albany leaving at 10:00 PM.
7. Eat dinner at the same restaurant where I had lunch. Drank a BIG glass of wine.
8. At 9:40 we board plane for Albany. Plane leaves gate at 10:20 and taxies what seems like miles. I'm thinking now we are just going to drive to Albany.
9. Pilot stops plane and says we have to wait - weather again. So we taxi back towards terminal. I look out the window and see gate 38 go by - that's where we started.
10. Finally get clearance to go and take off at 10:50 PM.
11. Arrive in Albany at midnight. Luggage has made it - eureka!
12. Take shuttle bus to economy parking lot, get in my car, drive 1 hour 45 minutes to Sharon.
13. Arrive Sharon at 2 AM.
14. Lesson: I should have driven home. I would have gotten here faster and with lower blood pressure.
If you had drove home, you'd wouldn't of been able to have that BIG glass of wine. You should of called, I'd of come and kept you company. So sorry-long day huh?
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