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canyonwalker) wrote2022-08-20 05:58 am
canyonwalker) wrote2022-08-20 05:58 am
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Zero-Dark-30 to Vegas. The First 500 Miles.
I got up at 4:30am today. On a Saturday. I drove to the airport at 5:15 am (actually Hawk agreed to get up to drive me!) and got through security by 5:40 to be ready to board a flight to Las Vegas leaving at 6:40am. It's now just before 6am. Boarding should begin in 15-20 minutes.
Why am I going to Vegas, particularly as I've written before that I really don't like Vegas? Well, it's not to do anything involving a casino. I'm not even staying overnight in a hotel. This is the first leg of I Would Fly 500 Miles, And I Would Drive 500 More. I'm meeting a friend in Vegas later this morning to go with him to a car dealer in Henderson, NV, to pick up a new car, a Hyundai Ioniq 5, and drive it home to San Francisco.
BTW, you might think, "Oh, the advantage of going to the airport at 5:15 on a Saturday morning is nobody's there." Wrong. Everybody is there. The dropoff area at the terminal was a mess. The baggage check area was a mess (fortunately I don't have a bag to check). The security line was a mess. Fortunately I have Global Entry, and the TSA Pre line took only 9 minutes. "Only". Usually it takes about one-third that. Now we'll see if my flight leaves on time. It's the first flight of the day for this aircraft, so there aren't as many excuses available for delay....
Why am I going to Vegas, particularly as I've written before that I really don't like Vegas? Well, it's not to do anything involving a casino. I'm not even staying overnight in a hotel. This is the first leg of I Would Fly 500 Miles, And I Would Drive 500 More. I'm meeting a friend in Vegas later this morning to go with him to a car dealer in Henderson, NV, to pick up a new car, a Hyundai Ioniq 5, and drive it home to San Francisco.
BTW, you might think, "Oh, the advantage of going to the airport at 5:15 on a Saturday morning is nobody's there." Wrong. Everybody is there. The dropoff area at the terminal was a mess. The baggage check area was a mess (fortunately I don't have a bag to check). The security line was a mess. Fortunately I have Global Entry, and the TSA Pre line took only 9 minutes. "Only". Usually it takes about one-third that. Now we'll see if my flight leaves on time. It's the first flight of the day for this aircraft, so there aren't as many excuses available for delay....