Wednesday November 13, 2019

Wednesday November 13, 2019

Blog time 0930 at LAX

Today is our travel day.  Up at 0603, breakfast and then head to LAX airport.  We budgeted about 60 minutes travel time but it took only 15’ to get to Hertz.  

Turned in rental and caught shuttle to United Terminal.  With automation check in is a breeze.  TSA Precheck made going through security easy.  Thanks Debbie for the Global Entry pass.

Nancy just had an email from friend Kathi to recommend staying in LA.  Current temperature in GR is 20 with high of 24.  Snow on ground with more this afternoon.  We did not take Kathi’s advice.   We are going to GR.

Our flight from LA to Denver was delayed over 45 minutes.  This delay will mean we have to hustle in Denver to make the connection to GR.

Once underway the flight to Denver was smooth.  I had a window seat and enjoyed the view.  I was surprised at how much open space we flew over.  Miles and miles without homes or even paved roads.  Most of the open space was desert.  No trees and little vegetation.  Great geology.

We did not see foliage until we were almost at Denver.  

At Denver despite the tight connection schedule we had to use the facilities.  When we arrived at the gate found out that our flight to GR was delayed an hour.  We benefited from compensating errors.  We had time to get a sandwich and drink.

The flight to GR was uneventful.  It was 24 degrees when we arrived.  The ground was snow covered.  Picked up our bag, grabbed the car and headed home.

On our four flights, GR/Den, Den/LA, LA/Den, Den/GR we sat in a three seat row.  On all flights one seat was unused which allowed us to spread out.  All flights were about 75% full.  

Did a quick check of the house and everything was in order.  Nancy headed to bed and I emptied our bag, took my pill and ate several squares of dark chocolate.