I made it to Baltimore on one piece.? Good trip, actually.
United guy at the airport was good.? I gave him my two bags, he weighed them, and then asked, “Are you military?” Turns out that he knew the secret code to plug into the HAL9000, so that he would not have to charge me for my over-weight bag (yikes).?
I ended up on a 767-300, in the Economy Plus section — next to a smelly guy, of course.? He moved over after we were in the air (when the lady on the other side of him fled), and that worked out well.?
Economy Plus — gotta say, I liked it.? For once, my knees were not up against the seat in front of me.? It took me a couple of hours to figure this out — it was that baffling.? But I could get use to that.?
Landed almost an hour early.? Buddy was there to police me up, and we headed off to Baltimore.? Good timing on the drive, too — we fared well through all of the DC traffic.? Headed to the inner harbor, right to a brew pub for a pint or two and some snacky food.? So many big vehicles everywhere – that’s going to take some getting use to.?
Linked up with Friend #2, with whom I am staying.? Got settled, chatted some, ran an errand, and then huddled in the kitchen while the he and his girlfriend made dinner and I tried to stay awake.? Amazing food — probably all the more so because I’d been up forever.? In the end, when I crashed, it was about a 22 hour day.?
Today, I will go get the Mini.? Turns out that the office where I do all of the paperwork for the Mini is two blocks away from where I am staying.? So, I will walk over there, do the paperwork, and then cab it to the car itself.? Yippee!? After that, maybe some errands, some unnecessary driving and car groping, a nap, and maybe a run / photo reconn of the area.? It’s georgeous around here, worthy of a photo or 600.
June 18th, 2008 at 5:31 pm
Welcome home. You need to look up Ed Linderhoofenshnooffer and Mrs Dutch Oven while your in MD.