A few years ago we arrived in Cairns, Australia, off a flight from Guam. Our backpacks alerted a friendly customs official we might be carrying hiking boots. We proudly showed our squeaky-clean boots (thanks, Dwight), but in the process she spotted our trail mix, which contained dried banana pieces. Dried bananas carry a pathogen that…… Continue reading Reducing Pathogen Transmission on Long Trips
Category: In-Transit
Air New Zealand Lav.
Flew Air New Zealand from Honolulu to Auckland. Appreciated the lavatory decor.
Getting a Head Start on Spring
Next in line for de-icing at Minneapolis/St. Paul MSP. Summer, fall, and the first few weeks of winter in Minnesota are wonderful. Also wonderful are the percussive sounds of a glycol/water mixture being sprayed at our plane in the depths of winter as we start a journey towards the tropics or a Southern Hemisphere summer.…… Continue reading Getting a Head Start on Spring
Contrail Over PSP
Contrail over Palm Springs PSP. Time to go home.
Sunrise at MSP
The sun rose over MSP while we waited to board our flight to Salt Lake City, en route to Palm Springs, California.
Change of Plan
Airside at MSP. Learned our connecting flight was delayed, and wouldn’t arrive at our destination until almost midnight Pacific. Changed the flights at no cost via the Delta app to tomorrow morning, then rode the LRT back home.
Happy Baby, ORD—HND
View from our seats: in-flight entertainment, 12-hour ANA flight, Chicago to Tokyo. It was a happy baby: happy babies make me smile. I’d bought cheap Economy tickets early to snag exit row seats at no extra cost. The baby spent most of the journey in a bassinet.
Marbella Bus Station
5:30 a.m., Marbella Bus Station. Today we’ll fly to Paris CDG then nonstop to Minneapolis/St. Paul, MSP.
Marbella
Walk + bus + bus + walk from Antequera to an Airbnb in Marbella, Costa del Sol.
Bullet Train to Cordoba
Took a bullet train to Cordoba.