Jan
01
2010

Kansas City MO, St. Paul MN And Then Home In Phoenix

(Add / View Comments) (0)Friday, January 1, 2010 - 11:39:40 pm
(Posted Under: Travel)
Another long day of travel to get home. We started out packing, and left relatively early, headed for Kansas City. With a stop in Warsaw for the pizza hut buffet, which was pretty awesome.

The drive to KC felt long and snowy. With a bit of time to kill before our 7pm flight there was a stop at Harrah's Casino, where Katie and I won $10 - though, effectively lost $10 when you count earlier $20. Then it was to Kansas City International.

We were there in plenty of time, but surprisingly security didn't seem any tighter in light of the terrorist attempt on Christmas Day. Maybe it was, but we didn't have to do anything extra, nor did it take any longer to get through security in my opinion.

Flying with a cold, as I learnt, sucks. As we made our approach into St. Paul, MN my blocked ears really got intensely blocked to the point where I could barely hear. Fun!

There wasn't much time between flights, so it was a focused jaunt through the airport, which reminded me of Skyharbor somewhat to concourse G and our flight home.

Once in the air, the altitude helped my ear / sinus situation, which was quite appreciated, though I was fully aware that the reverse was going to happen when we came down. I didn't bother breaking out the laptop at all, instead just using the iPod for entertainment. Gave New Miserablle Experience a listen, which was one of those religious experiences, and also provided some Hopkins revelations. That really is one of those one of a kind albums, the broke the mold after that one.

Coming down in Phoenix was hell on my sinuses, as expecting, going from almost complete hearing to being plugged up again, and nothing to do about it, other than wish there was a snot decompression chanmber somewhere in Phoenix. Although I really wanted to be home, it was enough to make me want to be at 30,000 feet again.

I collected our baggage, while Katie went to get the car. Walking out of the terminal for a smoke;, having that warm night Phoenix air hit me (even at midnight) and seeing a cactus across the road was awfully nice! It was midnight, so it was actually cool outside, but in comparison to the last week, it definitely felt warm, with the lack of the air bitting your nostrils with every breath. Ahhh, Phoenix!

Before long I got a call from Katie with the news that our car battery was dead! Great! While I typically like taking in the whole airport thing, it actually got really old, really quick - no doubt largely related to my cold. Even though it felt like forever, it didn't take too long before we had a jump start, I was loading up the car, and we were headed to Tempe, with a quick stop at the Wendy's on Baseline.

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