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The Trip Home
Dec. 7th, 2022 06:42 pmIronically, to prepare for the final day of the SMOFCon trip meant turning on the alarm on my phone for ordinary working days, because I needed to be up at 4:30 to be ready to catch the 5:30 AM shuttle from the Holiday Inn to Montreal Airport. It was raining this morning, but both loading and unloading areas were under cover, so that wasn't a problem. What was a small problem was me forgetting that Air Canada has two separate check in areas, which are not "international" and "domestic" but "USA" and "not USA." The shuttle dropped all of us at the "not USA" end. I only realized I was at the wrong end after doing self check in and trying to put my luggage on the the belt, only to have it rejected. Fortunately, I'd gotten to the airport sufficiently early that walking from one end of the terminal to the other, where the USA pre-clearance luggage check in is located, didn't cause any problems. I had no problems after that point at the airport, and this time I did not leave my tote bag behind at Security the way I did at Reno coming the other way.
The Montreal-Denver flight was lightly loaded, and I had the seat next to me empty, which was pretty luxurious and comfortable. I'd expected to watch the in-flight entertainment I'd seen going the other way but not watched, but they changed the programming, probably on December 1, so I didn't get to watch the episode of Poirot that I'd never seen before. I tried watching a different Agatha Christie mystery, which I enjoyed, but to my annoyance, they only had the first two parts of the story, leaving me with a cliffhanger.
( Disappointment at Denver )
The United 737 to Reno was a little tired and worn, especially in contrast to the Air Canada A220 from Montreal. The in-flight entertainment system on the United flight didn't work at all. But it's only a roughly two hour flight to Reno, and it's still better than coach.
( Escape from Reno )
I picked up some take-out food in Reno, headed home to Fernley, stopped by the post office (which is good because there were several parcels, one of which required me to go to the counter, so it was helpful that I was on such an early flight that they were still open), and went home. I restarted the fire (Lisa is isolating from me in her travel trailer for a few days) to try and heat the living room up from the 10°C where I found it when I got home, then ate dinner. I'll unpack sufficiently to get to bed tonight. The rest of the unpacking will have to wait, as sleep is more important right now.
The Montreal-Denver flight was lightly loaded, and I had the seat next to me empty, which was pretty luxurious and comfortable. I'd expected to watch the in-flight entertainment I'd seen going the other way but not watched, but they changed the programming, probably on December 1, so I didn't get to watch the episode of Poirot that I'd never seen before. I tried watching a different Agatha Christie mystery, which I enjoyed, but to my annoyance, they only had the first two parts of the story, leaving me with a cliffhanger.
( Disappointment at Denver )
The United 737 to Reno was a little tired and worn, especially in contrast to the Air Canada A220 from Montreal. The in-flight entertainment system on the United flight didn't work at all. But it's only a roughly two hour flight to Reno, and it's still better than coach.
( Escape from Reno )
I picked up some take-out food in Reno, headed home to Fernley, stopped by the post office (which is good because there were several parcels, one of which required me to go to the counter, so it was helpful that I was on such an early flight that they were still open), and went home. I restarted the fire (Lisa is isolating from me in her travel trailer for a few days) to try and heat the living room up from the 10°C where I found it when I got home, then ate dinner. I'll unpack sufficiently to get to bed tonight. The rest of the unpacking will have to wait, as sleep is more important right now.
