Category: Travel

  • Time warp

    21 Dec 2006 » 1 min read about Travel

    I head up to NYC tomorrow to spend the weekend with jen_ashlock and jkashlock. Between now and bedtime (about 5 hours from now), I have to Go home (40 minutes) do a ton and a half of laundry tidy up the house bring in the trash cans eat dinner pack my lunch for tomorrow pack…

  • Cheap flight

    10 Dec 2006 » 1 min read about Travel

    It turns out that when I head up to NYC in two weeks, I will be flying instead of taking the train. Round trip on Acela is usually around $300. On Christmas Eve, there are no Acela trains after 3 PM and the prices were still pretty expensive. So I checked United from IAD to…

  • Booked my flight for Norm & Vicky’s wedding

    07 Dec 2006 » 1 min read about Travel

    I just got through booking my flight for Norm & Vicky’s wedding. The fares finally came down to reasonable levels (reasonable is < $300/round trip), at least on United, so I got my tickets today. I arrive in Orlando at about 5:30 PM on Wednesday, March 21. My flight back home departs at 7:30 AM…

  • Premier 2007

    28 Nov 2006 » 1 min read about Travel

    My trip to Seattle for Thanksgiving put me over the 25,000 miles traveled mark for 2006. (I have just over 27,000 miles traveled this year.) That is a milestone because it takes 25,000 miles traveled on United to maintain your Premier status into the next year. Therefore, with this last trip, I have accumulated enough…

  • Home

    26 Nov 2006 » 1 min read about Travel

    I got home about 15 minutes ago and after checking to make sure Zeke was okay (he was fine), I tossed my bags aside, got undressed, and climbed into bed. I’m going to sleep for a few hours before I do anything else. I did sleep a little on the plane, but not nearly enough.

  • Alice in First Class?

    26 Nov 2006 » 2 min read about Travel

    Here I am at SFO, with about another 2 hours to go before I board my flight back home to Baltimore. I got here at about 7 PM local time. My flight from Seattle was uneventful. In fact, the Seattle airport was pretty empty, even though my flight was full. My upgrade went through, so…

  • Black Friday

    24 Nov 2006 » 1 min read about Travel

    I was up at 6 AM this morning after falling asleep almost instantly last night, and sleeping soundly through the night. Doug had to go into work this morning and he left around 6:30 AM. People finally started getting up around 7:30 AM. We had some bagels for breakfast and spent most of the morning…

  • Brief Chicago layover

    23 Nov 2006 » 1 min read about Travel

    Just arrived in Chicago. My flight continues on to Seattle so I can stay on the plane. Meanwhile, most of the plane has emptied out, and in fact, I am the only person left in the First Class cabin. It was a quite flight from Baltimore to Chicago. The First Class cabin was about 2/3…

  • To Seatte!

    23 Nov 2006 » 1 min read about Travel

    I’m on my way to the airport. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

  • Bridled and saddled and ready to go

    23 Nov 2006 » 1 min read about Travel

    I’m all packed up. The alarm is set for 4 AM. I’ve done my easy check-in through United and printed my ticket. I’m off to bed. I’m just hoping that the airport is not too crowded tomorrow morning and especially that there is at least one parking spot available in the hourly lot at BWI.

  • Plane entertainment

    22 Nov 2006 » 1 min read about Travel

    I’ve got a long flight tomorrow: Baltimore to Seattle with a short stop in Chicago. I hate long flights because I get bored very quickly and I travel enough to where the more I travel, the quicker I get bored. So today I picked up Seinfeld, Season 7 which was just released on DVD (I…

  • March hotel arrangements

    20 Nov 2006 » 1 min read about Travel

    This morning, I made my reservation with the Dolphin Resort at Disney World for Norm and Vicky’s wedding. I arrive in Orlando the evening of March 21 and depart on Sunday, March 25. I got the basic room, king bed, non-smoking. I still have to make my travel arrangements for flying down to Orlando, but…