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Over the holidays, Hubby and I flew to visit our son, daughter-in-love, and two little granddaughters. Getting there was an adventure. My friend dubbed it "the trip that never ends". We were supposed to arrive at 4:30pm but ended up arriving at 3:00am. Not only did cancelled and delayed flights made it for a very long day, but my granddaughter was very disappointed when her dad told her that she wouldn't be picking up grand-maman and grand-papa at the airport.
Fast forward a week later, after making lots of new and wonderful memories, we left yesterday and should have arrived late last night. Well, we didn't arrive, not even close. We're stuck at the Calgary airport, halfway between my son's home and ours, after an unexpected night at the hotel. As of now, we're rebooked on the midnight flight, so we may be home by 2am...
At this rate, I'll need a vacation to get over that holiday vacation.
Since I have nothing to do right now but wait until I'm allowed to drop my luggage at the airline counter and cross security, I thought I'd write my blog.
One may think that bad weather is the most commun reason for flight delays, but surprisingly, it's number two, well behind the dreaded number one: Technical Issues.
I have no idea what is included under "technical Issues", but over the years, I've experienced my share of strange delays. These are the two most memorable:
- Years ago, the pilot ran out of the cockpit minutes before the plane was supposed to leave the gate. His wife had gone into labour so he decided to go to the hospital instead of flying the plane. The plane was delayed for hours until the airline found another pilot.
- Last February, I was flying back alone from visiting my son. I had an evening connection in Calgary. It had snowed all day then the temperature had dropped. By the time I boarded my connecting flight, the plane had sat at the gate for many hours and the tires of the wheels had frozen into the ground. The little truck tried pushing the plane off the gate, but it wouldn't budge. I had a window seat with a direct view of the left wheels. We sat on the plane for nearly two hours while the ground crew used shovels and giant heaters to thaw the ice and clear the wheels. That was quite interesting.
This is the reason a love to set my stories in winter when snow and cold temperatures can swallow a whole town for days on end. I can always count on Mother Nature to wreck havoc with anyone's best laid plan LOL
Stay Warm & Happy Reading!
Hugs!
Sorry the coming and going were strange adventures. Glad the vivit was great.
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