We left Boise, Idaho, at 1:04 PM today on United flight 3669, a CRJ 700 headed to Chicago. It was a smooth flight flight and we landed at O'Hare International Airport at 5:02 PM local time. Along the way Darlene was reading another novel by Susan Witting Albert, an author whose first book she picked up for 99 cents in Maui back in 2005. I did some proofreading of my next novel set in Sydney, Australia, and then started writing on the next chapter.
I knew the fellow sitting across the aisle from me as we'd worked together at Hewlett-Packard, so we talked about travels (not about HP!), and he was very intrigued about the cruise we were headed on. He strongly suggested a "ride through the desert" while in Dubai. Hmmm, we'll see.
Sitting for 5 hours in an airport -- even in the United Club (the new name for the old Red Carpet Club) -- gets really old after a while. There's just so much you can do, you can read, and on Sunday afternoon, the TV's are blaring with the NFL games, just what Darlene wants to hear -- NOT!
Boarding begins in 5 minutes for our overnight flight to Munich, and then a short 2-hour flight to Barcelona. Time to power down the laptop, kill the data manager on the cell phone so I don't get internet roaming charges on it, and make sure I haven't left anything on the floor. Ahhh -- the journey has finally begun.
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