Well I am writing this post at the airport in the departure lounge. They have free Wifi (hint, hint YXU!)
John got the 10:00 shuttle even though hisight was scheduled to leave at 1:10 pm. Everything went great... for a while.
First, John thinks he left his iPod cable at Gerald's. So he has a useless iPod until he can buy another cable - if he can find one. Then, without thinking he packed his special shampoo and skin cleanser in me! He should have known to check them because they are each over 250 ml in size! He wondered why everything fit so much better this time than the last! He checked his luggage easily and got his boarding passes and found that the United flight to San Fran is delayed until 2:50pm. No worries, he should still have 2 hours to catch the Air New Zealand flight at 7:00pm.
John then proceeded through to security where they found the stuff. Yes, the shampoo and the skin cleanser! They never escaped the eagle eyed staff!
John decided to go back out and buy a new little bag and to check it. As an international flight he is allowed two pieces of checked luggage. He is hoping now that the weight of all that other baggage doesn't burst the containers in the bag he bought in the airport. Then he had to go through ssecurity all over again - they gave me, the red backpack, a full body search.
However, it was no problem clearing US Customs. John dresses well when he crosses Customs and Immigration lines and he is just connecting in San Fran.
Anyway, here he is sitting in this lounge, looking glum, smelling cheap after shave on the guy in the seat behind him, listening to flight calls for other airlines who appear to be on time, seeing a clear blue sky he never experienced in Vancouver when he might have been able to enjoy it, and looking at the 15 people tapping a way on their laptops as I type this. hahahaha Never mind! It is always good to get the travel problems out of the way at the beginning of the trip. Not to worry, I'll tell him a few bad jokes and all will be well.
Here is some video
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Hey Red Backpack,
ReplyDeleteKeeping my fingers x'd that all your travel problems are behind you and the rest of your trip is smooth sailing. What are the magic words that if said prior to the 1st bring good luck for the month???
Thanks Gail. Although the trip was long everything worked in the end. Even the shopping cart that John checked with his skin cleanser and shampoo came!
ReplyDeleteJohn did not have a 1st this month. It was before midnight on the 30th when we crossed the International Date Line and it was the 2nd!:(
Hi this is John here. Try not to believe too much of what the red backpack says about me. He is always on my back for something or other! And don't believe he is doing all the work while I rest!
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