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And We're Off
Aug. 11th, 2019 09:50 pmIt is about 300 miles from our home to the hotel where we are staying tonight, the Millbrae El Rancho Inn & Suites (where we've stayed before when we're flying out of SFO for a long trip, on account of their park-stay-fly offers). I know there are people who claim that this is only a four hour drive, but that doesn't work for us at all, and today I'd be astounded if anyone could have made that trip in only four hours.
( From Fernley to Millbrae )
We got to Millbrae around 7 PM or so, which is roughly nine hours after we left Fernley. This is about right for us. I guess other people drive 100 mph and get away with it. We drive the speed limit or slower and make lots of stops.
We got checked into the room, hauled our luggage upstairs, and walked to Walgreen's and Safeway down the street, the former to pick up spare batteries for some of our gear, the latter to get things to drink and eat tonight and tomorrow morning. Fortunately, the hotel room has a mini-fridge.
Lisa took a bath while I got the computer set up and caught up on messages. Kuma did what he often does in our hotel rooms.
( King Kuma )
Although we did not get the Saga class upgrade for the long leg from SFO-KEF tomorrow, if I'm reading the seat map correctly, a large portion of the back of the plane (where we're seated) is empty, and I may be able to move across the aisle to give both Lisa and me lots of space tomorrow. I hope so. Traveling by air is rarely a pleasure, but being jammed in cheek-by-jowl with no elbow room for 8 1/2 hours is worse. I really hope I manage to get some sleep tomorrow. Our departure time out of SFO is around 1 AM IST, and sleeping on the flight will help some.
( For the Birds )
The mail is stopped. The vacation-patrol form (with the note that Doug & Kirsten Berry have a set of keys to Fernley House and will be stopping by for a day during the vacation period as we've told them it's okay for them to spend the night on their way to Burning Man) is filed. We're on the road. Tomorrow we fly to Europe!
( From Fernley to Millbrae )
We got to Millbrae around 7 PM or so, which is roughly nine hours after we left Fernley. This is about right for us. I guess other people drive 100 mph and get away with it. We drive the speed limit or slower and make lots of stops.
We got checked into the room, hauled our luggage upstairs, and walked to Walgreen's and Safeway down the street, the former to pick up spare batteries for some of our gear, the latter to get things to drink and eat tonight and tomorrow morning. Fortunately, the hotel room has a mini-fridge.
Lisa took a bath while I got the computer set up and caught up on messages. Kuma did what he often does in our hotel rooms.
( King Kuma )
Although we did not get the Saga class upgrade for the long leg from SFO-KEF tomorrow, if I'm reading the seat map correctly, a large portion of the back of the plane (where we're seated) is empty, and I may be able to move across the aisle to give both Lisa and me lots of space tomorrow. I hope so. Traveling by air is rarely a pleasure, but being jammed in cheek-by-jowl with no elbow room for 8 1/2 hours is worse. I really hope I manage to get some sleep tomorrow. Our departure time out of SFO is around 1 AM IST, and sleeping on the flight will help some.
( For the Birds )
The mail is stopped. The vacation-patrol form (with the note that Doug & Kirsten Berry have a set of keys to Fernley House and will be stopping by for a day during the vacation period as we've told them it's okay for them to spend the night on their way to Burning Man) is filed. We're on the road. Tomorrow we fly to Europe!
