Coming and Going

September 27, 2007 on 10:14 am | In General Musing, Travel |

Still traveling. The airport in Minneapolis was shut down for storms just moments after we took to the air. All day I’ve been surrounded by fellow travelers who are returning home after visiting old friends. Are we the only ones who leave home in the fall? It’s become a habit: dump the kids at college and hit the road. This is our fourth such escape; perhaps the last that involves child-dumping. They’ll be on their own soon.

I have enjoyed my companions tales of their visits. It’s heartwarming to know that old friends are still deemed worthy of cross-country journeys with all the hassle, expense and TSA humiliation that entails.

We’ll be in London in a few hours. According to the map, we’re heading off the edge of Canada and over the Atlantic. It’s starting to seem real - surrounded by red passports and pommy accents. Even so, London still seems buried behind an impenetrable curtain of fog. I can wait. A little sleep might let a few patches of sunlight through.

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  1. Just a warning — Confectionarynews.com cites a study showing an incread of almost 12% in 2006 of the sales of candy and snacks at airports, and says that airport security is the reason. In fact, sales have gone up by at least 10% in each of the last four quarters. We spend more time at the airports due to security screening, and “… [confectionery's] market share in global duty free and travel retail sales is continuing to improve.”

    So, we are now justified in blaming the TSA for our expanding waistlines.

    ~Dreah

    Comment by Dreah — September 27, 2007 #

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