Irony, redux

[joflasher]

So there are no flights out of Denver that would get me back to Boston before Christmas Day. In desperation, my co-workers and I started hunting for a relatively near-by city that could get us a flight east. If you haven't looked at this storm, though, it pretty much runs from Texas to Canada, with a lovely mixture of thunderstorms, heavy rain and massive snow all along it. East and north were just as bad as here. West involves crossing the Rockies ... which currently have State Troopers on all the passes turning people back due to snow, avalanches and whatever other reasons the police choose. That's okay, though. I wasn't all that thrilled with the "drive to Vegas" plan anyways. We may call it the Donner Project but that doesn't mean we're quite ready to relive history yet.

Long story short, the only direction to drive was South. The only airport with flights to Boston within reasonable distance is, you guessed it, Albuquerque.

I keep waiting for my secretary to call me up saying "Sir, I got a very black cat, Friday the 13th feeling about this. The gods want you in Albuquerque."

Ah, well, here's hoping the roads open up sometime tomorrow.

Comments

[starherd.livejournal.com]

Good luck!

[prusik.livejournal.com]

Best of luck. I hope you make it back before Christmas.

[jenelycam.livejournal.com]

Thinking of you!! I hope you get back on time!!! *HUGS*

[vandebeast.livejournal.com]

In the unfortunate event that you are unable to get out of Denver before Christmas, would you be interested in seeing the Broncos play the Bengals?

[flasher.livejournal.com]

While the offer is appreciated, we're trekking south tomorrow.

[vandebeast.livejournal.com]

Good luck. Are you heading to another airport, or just going south to drive across country?

[flasher.livejournal.com]

Heading to Albuquerque Airport.

[vandebeast.livejournal.com]

If you stop in Colo Spgs for lunch, let me know.

(If they clear I-25 reasonably, you should be nearly of Albuquerque by lunchtime if you leave early enough.)

[tg2k.livejournal.com]

Just a quick FYI: We made it as far as Kearney NE last night by taking 76 and 80. Stopped at about 5:30ish (CST) and been sleeping. Cade was wonderful; even though he woke up when we got here, he was quiet, and eventually came to bed with us. But now Cade and I are up and have had a bit of breakfast but starherd needs to sleep in.

[meerkat299.livejournal.com]

Hmmm A friend of mine who lives in Colorado Springs is trying to make it to SF Bay Area in time for christmas. Since his flights are jammed up like yours, he was going to drive, and his planned route was to go South to Albuquerque before turning west. He is looking for company if you want to join him, at least for the first leg.

I am not sure exactly when he is leaving, but I would expect it to be sometime tomorrow. Feel free to give him (Jeff) a call. His home number is 719-635-2609 and his cell is 719-510-9914.