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canyonwalkerOregon 2023 Travelog #1
38,000' over Redding. Fri, 30 Jun 2023, 9:30pm
I've gone just over a month without setting foot aboard an airplane or in an airport. I haven't been in either since returning from San Antonio on May 28. Here it is June 30 and I'm just now back up in the air. In years past going 4½ weeks without a flight would've felt like the world was turning without me.
Our flight tonight is to Portland, OR. We're going up there for the July 4 weekend, 4 days with taking an extra day off on Monday before the holiday Tuesday. We'll be home Tuesday evening, about 96 hours from now. While we're up there we're planning hiking in various places near Portland and Eugene. In Eugene we'll also visit the Cascade Raptor Center, to "pester the hawks" as we like to call it.
What about all those doom-and-gloom stories in the news the past several days about airline meltdowns ahead of the holiday weekend? Pretty much a non-factor for us. Delays were mostly due to severe weather on the East Coast and thus not having a huge impact on our little 90 minute flight up the West Coast. And the record crowds that were breathlessly forecast? Not here. The airport was relatively not-busy this evening compared to other times I've traveled for work or leisure in the past year.
That said, Southwest Airlines managed to take an on-time flight and make it depart late. They announced "boarding complete" 7 minutes before scheduled departure but then apparently ran outside to raffle off the few empty seats that were left to passersby. We left 5 minutes late. I knew they'd come through!
38,000' over Redding. Fri, 30 Jun 2023, 9:30pm
I've gone just over a month without setting foot aboard an airplane or in an airport. I haven't been in either since returning from San Antonio on May 28. Here it is June 30 and I'm just now back up in the air. In years past going 4½ weeks without a flight would've felt like the world was turning without me.
Our flight tonight is to Portland, OR. We're going up there for the July 4 weekend, 4 days with taking an extra day off on Monday before the holiday Tuesday. We'll be home Tuesday evening, about 96 hours from now. While we're up there we're planning hiking in various places near Portland and Eugene. In Eugene we'll also visit the Cascade Raptor Center, to "pester the hawks" as we like to call it.
What about all those doom-and-gloom stories in the news the past several days about airline meltdowns ahead of the holiday weekend? Pretty much a non-factor for us. Delays were mostly due to severe weather on the East Coast and thus not having a huge impact on our little 90 minute flight up the West Coast. And the record crowds that were breathlessly forecast? Not here. The airport was relatively not-busy this evening compared to other times I've traveled for work or leisure in the past year.
That said, Southwest Airlines managed to take an on-time flight and make it depart late. They announced "boarding complete" 7 minutes before scheduled departure but then apparently ran outside to raffle off the few empty seats that were left to passersby. We left 5 minutes late. I knew they'd come through!
