28 hours later, and I am finally where I need to be. It’s been a long,
uncomfortable, delayed journey across the globe, but I am finally drinking tea
and squishing Baby Rae in Reno! And there's seasons here! Look how pretty it is!
After an hour and a
half delay in Hong Kong (which included 25 minutes sitting on the plane,
waiting
to take off), I was pretty tense. My already tight two hour turn around time
was pretty much gone, and there was no way that I was going to be able to get
through the US boarder passport control (which always takes at least 40 minutes
to complete), back through security and onto the plane in time. I was sad, grumpy
and disappointed that my 11am arrival time into Reno was going to be pushed
back until the next possible plane could take me out of San Fran (at around 8pm
that evening).
Thankfully (sort of –
it’s good to look for a silver lining after all!) when I touched down in San
Fran and was in the process of running (yes, running – me!) through the crowds
to passport control I received a text update to inform me that my next flight
was delayed by an hour too. RESULT! I would have just enough time to rush
through the airport and get to my gate with seconds to spare. Ideal!
Sadly, there was
another hour or so added to the delay time as I made my way to the gate, but I
can’t complain! I was in Reno by 3pm, and as I struggled out of the airport
with my ridiculous stash of carry on bags (a deliberate move to reduced
transfer time in San Fran, but one that would have been a lot more sensible if
my bag had wheels!) Catherine was there to meet me, and my lovely Reno weekend
got off to a lovely start!
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