Departure morning...

As if out of spite, the roads of Pagosa threw another sharp object at yet a third tire as we left town yesterday for Albuquerque. I guess we qualified for a "frequent customer" discount, as the tire shop waived payment for this repair.

We took the "scenic" route, which Galina detests, owing to the unpaved road between Lumberton and Highway 84. Still, in addition to being traffic-free (relatively) and lacking in stop lights until Cuba - and I'm not really sure there is one in that small town - it's a faster route and about 10% shorter in terms of mileage.

And so I depart on yet another launch campaign, with a positive attitude toward life, the universe, and everything. Besides having to relearn how to type - the space bar on this HP requires an exacting thumb, it would appear - I need to focus on the basics, and on my health.

More immediately, I need to focus on getting us up and out of here.

Cheers...

At the Sunport...

I almost swallowed my dentures (or, more precisely, almost would have if I wore dentures) when, upon checkin, the fist leg of my flight was shown as DELAYED. I looked up at the departures display to see when the flight was leaving and... didn't see my flight up there at all!

Of course, it would have helped if I thought I was going through Atlanta instead of New York, as there are no flights to New York from here. As it turns out, the Atlanta flight is on time. (Actually, the flight to Atlanta is delayed, 15 minutes. No biggie so far.)

OTOH, the Delta kiosk doesn't read my new passport all that well, but the functionary behind the counter gave me a ticket anyway.

Until a few minutes ago, Firefox on my Eee was playing nice with the Sunport's free wifi network. Now, however, all iscopacetic. Boearding is in a few minutes.

Cheers...

Hartsfield!

Apparently, there's free wifi in Concourse E, here (and a lot of people around me speaking Russian). There's only about 70 minutes until the flight for Moscow departs.

The flight to Atlanta went well, and I even enjoyed the in-flight movie (something with Jodie Foster, playing the role of Alexandra Rover). Here's keeping my fingers crossed for the remaining part of the trip.

Cheers...