J and s have had one crazy travel story after another over the past year and without further ao here is the first one:
One of the most recent interesting experiences occurred yesterday while traveling from pdx to msp. J was the sixth person in the pdx security line when the overhead speakers announced the final boarding call to Minneapolis. J heard the message, was feeling sorry of the passengers that had to rush and catch that flight, then suddenly realized that this time he was one of those passengers!
In order to change stephies return flight to PDX last january joshie and Stephie had to be at the msp airport at 7 pm on a Saturday. After leaving Rochester around 6:05 pm we had some doubts (it is an hour and 20 min drive from Rochester to MSP!) but after some mindful quick driving and Joshies radar eyes we got their safe and sound the moment the clock struck 7 pm. Stephie changed her flight to the next morning for free and J and S had a night in Minneapolis together!
S was planning to fly to Switzerland with MC on a Wednesday, but her passport did not arrive in the mail on time. They rebooked flights to thursday afternoon with crossed fingers.
Result: She spent all of Wednesday and thursday morning in the san Fran passport agency and finally got the passport in the mail 4 hours before her flight on thursday!
There have been some occurrences in which j and s did not make flights:
J leaving out of pdx in June to attend Andy maples wedding- I 84 traffic was heavy that Friday afternoon
Result: took the next flight out Saturday morning and made it to the dinner. J and s also got another night together :)
J leaving out of bend, OR. There was no one at the check in desk at this small regional airport 40 minutes before departure time!
Result: we found a flight that night but it left out of Portland! We drove 3 hours from bend to portland and took a route through the scenic Oregon forest and Mt. Hood state park. We even had time to eat dinner at Stanford's, one of favs!
S leaving out of Minneapolis in August-oh southwest how you can intentionally miss flights and not have to lay to change them, yeah!
Result: we had another night in minneapolis together and discovered zelo, a fav!
J leaving out of oakland during thanksgiving-just completely forgot the right time because leaving at midnight is so similar to 7:15 pm :)
Result: j got to spend 20 more minutes in the Oakland airport with Stephie and wishing her well on her flight to portland before hurrying over to SFO booking the first leg of his trip to msp en route. He booked his connecting flight out of las Vegas while checking in to his first flight at Sfo. Yes j made it to work the following day on time and was smiling love for his stephie like always!
Fun fact: j and s have never missed a flight when coming to see each other, just leaving. Coincidence?...
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