Home after two months: wonderful to be met by Dwight at MSP. Waited all day at ORD for the weather to improve.
Category: Living
Thunderstorms, Cancelled Flight
Thunderstorms, flight canceled. App makes it easy to rebook. If the new flight is canceled, I’ll check in to a hotel.
Chicago O’Hare ORD Bloody Mary
Thursday morning #2: Bloody Mary, Chicago, O’Hare. It’s rather thundery out there.
Tokyo Narita NRT Bloody Mary
This week (thanks to the date line) I get two Thursday mornings. Thursday morning #1: Bloody Mary, Tokyo Narita.
Milking MileagePlus Miles
Dep. Fukuoka Thurs. 7:15aArr. Chicago Thurs. 8:25aANA: FUK-NRT-ORDUnited: ORD-MSP35K United FF miles, FUK-MSP.
Backtracking
Fukuoka from Aburayama. Plan: 4-hour hike. Actual: 7 hours. Reason: I had to backtrack. I climbed each peak twice!
Mount Kaya
My hike today, on the way to Mount Kaya, on the coast, west of Fukuoka.
Hita Station
I can add Hita train station, northern Kyushu, Japan, to my “delighted” list. By any standards, it’s a small station. A single train track enters town, and a single track leaves town. At Hita station, the track fans out into multiple tracks, more than enough to handle the three platforms and the boarding of an…… Continue reading Hita Station
World-Class Style
Posted World-class style in a small-town train station.
Hike into Clouds
Hiked into the clouds to the top of Yufusan, northern Kyushu. A good day.