Almost Home

We had a fantastic trip to Chicago and St Louis over the weekend. It was nice to see Smeeta's place before she moved out, and my cousin Danielle's wedding was beautiful. Nick and I also had fun being tourists on Sunday. However, the real fun started when we got to the airport Monday morning. The signs were misleading, so we had circled around once, but we got inside, through security (my and Nick's bag got checked, but no big deal because I knew it was ok and we had an hour to spare), and into the right terminal. From there it got interesting. We almost walked right by our gate; it was just a set of double doors half-hidden behind two large signs, not your typical lounge area.

Inside the double doors it looked pretty much like a temporary add-on to the airport. At least the airline has a sense of humor (you may need to enlarge the picture to read what the sign says). I was more afraid of the "No Toilets" sign. Where were we going? There was a set of restrooms right outside the double doors!

The view from the window in the picture above. The walkway to the gate stretched on and on. You can just barely see our plane at the end of it. From the windows on the other side of the walkway you could see that the off-ramp from the parking garage was only about 3 feet away.


The further we walked, the longer and stranger it seemed. The airline kept their sense of humor though.

Even more bizarre, there wasn't even a gate area before you got to the plane. Once you were within 20 yards of the flight door chairs just started to line the hallway. Luckily, the plane itself was fine and we arrived home without incident! It was a great trip!