Where has all the time gone! You'd think with all the sitting around in airports I've done lately I'd be able to post more. My excuse is that I've been on vacation again and then off traveling. We were in Boston for a week visiting friends and family and for a change we actuallly took the kids into the city (see photos for proof). We also had to load up on Red Sox gear. Unfortunately our favorite team was out of town...
In Faniuel Hall, with one of the cows from the parade of cows.
My favorite bridge.
Now to the travel woes.... the night before we left Boston part of the airport tunnel collapsed killing a person. Thankfully our friends woke us up extra early so we could start our crazy expidition through downtown Boston to get to the airport on time. I don't miss big city traffic one bit! Apparently even weeks later there are still problems. When the accident happened they instantly needed to know a lot of the as-built details about that part of the tunnel and had to find out what other areas used the same construction practices. On a project of this size I can only imagine how difficult it was to locate this data.... naturally this all made me think of our Building Systems Division who works with customers to design, build and maintain these types of projects.
Last week I was stuck in SFO twice - both times trying to take the 8:10pm United flight to Portland and both times delayed by several hours. You'd think I would learn my lessson. The first time there was a power outage at LAX that had planes grounded for 3 hours and the next time they gave our plane to a bunch of people going to Alaska who apparently needed it more than we did! Also last week I had the pleasure of spending time in the Vancouver airport.... Which is actually a very nice airport except for one thing - MOVING WALKWAYS... they need some - we have some customers who would love their business! The walk from the US arrivals to the Canadian flights must be over a mile. And a tip if you are flying on British Airways and checking in in Vancouver - arrive early, very early. In all my years of travel I have never seen such a line- it went on and on ...
This week I am homebound and happy about it. Lots of catching up to do!
-Amy