John and Becky are back in Kansas. We clicked our heels three times (each) Thursday and found ourselves in a long check-in line at Oakland airport due to the high security alert caused by would-be terrorists in London and/or a power outage at the airport. Nevertheless, things moved along more quickly than first impression suggested, and we had plenty of time waiting at the gate for departure time. The plane was only about half an hour late leaving, and only about 15 minutes late arriving. The Kansas City airport was the most congested I can remember ever seeing, including at any Christmas we ever flew the last 20 or 30 years. This made about the same level of congestion as a normal day at Oakland or San Francisco. It was drizzling, humid and close to 80 degrees. The house, when we got to Lawrence, was nice and cool. Today we tried to get up at a decent hour (i.e. about 8:00) but we were both so fatigued we ended up sleeping until noon. I suppose this was a cumulative fatigue that we didn’t notice building up during the visit in CA. I went around this afternoon picking up mail for home and office, the sun out and temp around 91 with not too awful humidity. This evening we’re just sitting around wishing we were still in CA.
More in a future article – maybe even some pictures!
Back in Kansas
August 11, 2006
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John and Becky are back in Kansas. We clicked our heels three times (each) Thursday and found ourselves in a long check-in line at Oakland airport due to the high security alert caused by would-be terrorists in London and/or a power outage at the airport. Nevertheless, things moved along more quickly than first impression suggested, and we had plenty of time waiting at the gate for departure time. The plane was only about half an hour late leaving, and only about 15 minutes late arriving. The Kansas City airport was the most congested I can remember ever seeing, including at any Christmas we ever flew the last 20 or 30 years. This made about the same level of congestion as a normal day at Oakland or San Francisco. It was drizzling, humid and close to 80 degrees. The house, when we got to Lawrence, was nice and cool. Today we tried to get up at a decent hour (i.e. about 8:00) but we were both so fatigued we ended up sleeping until noon. I suppose this was a cumulative fatigue that we didn’t notice building up during the visit in CA. I went around this afternoon picking up mail for home and office, the sun out and temp around 91 with not too awful humidity. This evening we’re just sitting around wishing we were still in CA.
More in a future article – maybe even some pictures!