Intrepid Traveller

I remember when Mom, Dad, Dara, and I made our great offshore trip from NC to the Virgin Islands, we called back home. We had nearly killed ourselves, so we were certain that everyone was worried. Maybe it was Missy we called, I can't remember. What I do remember is the response: "Oh yeah! I forgot you were doing that. How was it, anyway?"

It's always disappointing to find that you're the only one worried about you. This was not the case with Kyla's trip out here. She was booked to fly from BWI through Denver, leaving at 5PM Eastern today. Yesterday afternoon Kyla thought her flight had been cancelled. We talked with United, and they said it was "not cancelled yet." Last night there was "no scheduled opening" for the airport. They opened the first two runways at noon Denver time, and CNN reported that thousands of people were going to be stranded for days. Kyla got on the plane and took off on time. Having located the proper web sites to monitor the situation, dozens of text messages, a phone call or two, and several thousand page refreshes later, we can see that she's in the air and on her way here. Off to the airport for what looks like a happy ending to a tense day or two.