Another Flight To Texas

It was time for another trip to Leander, Texas to visit the family members that decided that living in the Baltimore area was detrimental to having a decent life. For the record.......I cannot blame them one bit.........yet me and Supernurse stay in the Baltimore area. I do love Baltimore.......but it is out of necessity as opposed to anything else. Think of Baltimore as your own intestines..........yeah........you need your intestines regardless of all of the crap that goes through.

Anyway, there we were at the Baltimore-Washington-Thurgood Marshall-Sheila Dixon-Rawlings-Blake-O'Malley-DuBurns-ACORN-International Airport..........Supernurse took a nap as we waited to board the Delta flight to Atlanta. Once in Atlanta, we would get on yet another plane to take us to Austin. The only problem today was weather and the resulting chain reaction of delays. Our flight was delayed........but not too bad...........things only got worse once we got to Atlanta.

While waiting.......I looked around behind me and I saw a familiar face standing over to the side.
Look at the picture above and see if you see any celebrities anywhere.

Do you see a celebrity anywhere?............Look over at the right side of the photo.

No..........it isn't Mr. Clean...........

...............It was none other than Hall Of Fame Baltimore Oriole Cal Ripken Jr.........the Iron Man himself. He stood there quietly, by himself.........and as I looked in his direction I noticed that hardly anyone seemed to notice him standing there............I guess the party is over and he no longer gets people pestering him for an autograph. He still looks the same.....maybe a bit heavier and older..........but no entourage with him. Maybe folks did recognize him and did the right thing and held back and afforded him some personal space. Of course Cal was flying first class and he would get to board the plane before the rest of the Baltimorons that were waiting.

Anyway, we all boarded the plane and finally took flight.........in the rain. I had to sit next to this small man.....I will call him "Mr Fidgit". Mr Fidget spent the entire time fidgeting with his paperwork that he had with him. About ten folders of papers that he shuffled repeatedly. Most of those papers, from what I could not help but see, were regarding some sort of water purification equipment. This equipment was part of some plans for Israel. In particular, one of the areas was Galilee. It's not everyday that I see a plan for Galilee. It was a bit of a bumpy ride but me and Supernurse.......and Cal Ripken Jr.......made it safely to Atlanta.

Our connecting flight to Austin was also delayed...........and this time we had some icing on the cake..........as the crowd of people waited at the gate, we took notice of an unusual amount of handicapped people in electric scooters..........about eight of them.......also waiting to get on board our flight. THIS was also gonna delay the flight because there had to be extra attendants to help those handicapped get situated on board............the scooters are to wide to fit in the aisle on the plane.......special wheelchairs were brought out to get these folks to their seats. There must have been a convention of ........well.........I guess I won't say it.......but there must have been at least a convention of some sort......for people with their particular affliction.

Oh well.......so we eventually took off for Austin...........very late.......and finally, we arrived in Texas.

The adventure continues............