Jan 19 - Travel Day 1
So Monday was a bit rough. After missing our flight in the morning, we managed to get on a flight departing San Juan at 12:55 - which meant four hours sitting around an airport. Fortunately we figured out how to play Cribbage without a board and that kept us occupied for a bit. The people watching was amazing, but I’ll spare the details as it made even me doubt the worth of some people. Our flight wound up boarding nearly a half hour late due a tardy stewardess - it was quite frustrating.
This put us at JFK at 4:35 or so - in the middle of a snowstorm. It was seriously so foggy outside that we didn’t know we were close to landing until Matthew said - I think I see a light and then boom we were down. After ten minutes of taxiing to the gate, we quickly scrambled to try and reschedule our connecting flight to Boston - as we had obviously missed the flight I booked. We were put on the wait-list for a 5 pm flight and quickly ran down to the gate where the attendant refused to let us board because the plane stops boarding at 4:45. We were quite annoyed and were put on the wait-list for the 7:59. We walked back down and grabbed dinner before heading back. Along the way we noticed that the 7:59 to Boston had been canceled… well great!
We got back to the desk and asked what could be done to get us to Boston - since now everyone who was on the 7:59 and the next flight out at 10 would be trying to get on the later plane that might also be canceled. (We were never told why the flight was canceled.) So they suggested we hop a taxi to LaGuardia and hop on the 7:29 flying out of there. It was 6pm. So we said fine let’s do it. We quickly walked to the taxi stand and held on for dear life as our driver skillfully (and scarily) navigated the snowy, rush-hour highway - while talking on his cell phone (hands free of course!). He did get us to LaGuardia with enough time to clear security before our flight… which unfortunately wound up being delayed two and a half hours.
We finally boarding at 9:15 and landed in Boston just after 10. It’s thankfully just a quick hop. We were to our hotel by 11 and slept until 6:30 the next morning. I must admit, we would never have gotten to see NYC at night by plane if our flight hadn’t been delayed long enough for the sky to clear. And NYC by night is definitely a sight worth seeing. (and thankfully all the geese were sleeping…)
Tags: caribbean 2009