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Strange Trip

I’m currently in Phoenix, awaiting my connection to Portland, and enjoying a couple of Stellas.

This has been an interesting trip and I don’t think I’ll plan anymore visits to the East Coast in the middle of winter. The weather is too unpredictable and it seems there are always problems. If not outright cancellations, then at least delays.

Last night (Tuesday), I got stuck in Harrisonburg, Virginia. I had an appointment in northern West Virginia this morning but the snow started to come down hard and we decided to play it by ear. It became a dilemma because I had a flight out of Dulles in the afternoon.

When I got to my hotel and called US Airways, I learned that my flight had been canceled (not sure why Expedia didn’t notify me). They offered a flight out of Richmond on Friday, but I had no desire (or enough clothes) to spend another two nights and it was becoming increasingly clear that I wasn’t going to make it into WV. So I got my flight re-booked from Charlotte to Portland, via Phoenix.

That meant a 300-mile drive this morning and fortunately I made it! It was not pretty getting out on the freeway and the first two hours were miserable. A bit of adventure in February. I’m glad to be west of the Rockies. Almost home!