Your Correspondent in Colorado

[major_clanger]

As you might have gathered if you read bugshaw's journal I am even further away than usual right now: Colorado Springs, for the next week and a half on Job Related Stuff.

The trip out wasn't too bad - BA to Chicago, then US Airlines to Colorado Springs. Business class is out of the question as an employee of HMG, but I managed to persuade my boss to agree to sending me World Traveler Plus (BA's premium economy) where you get economy service (still very good, mind you) but about 20cm extra legroom, which I really appreciated. I'd planned a 3-hour layover at Chicago to cope with immigration and security, but as it turned out I was through those in 20 minutes and then had a 90-minute delay to my onward flight (not to mention two trips across Chicago O'Hare as our departure gate was changed). The upshot of all this was that on arrival I slept solidly to a sensible getting-up time Sunday, despite the 7-hour time difference.

The weather out here is pretty good right now, even a bit warmer than average for the time of year (about 10C rather than freezing). The view is incredible: Colorado Springs is at the edge of the Rockies, so looking east there is nothing but miles of prairie, but turn around and you're facing Pike's Peak and Cheyenne Mountain.

Best bit of all, of course, will be next weekend when bugshaw is coming out to join me! It's a bank holiday weekend over here (Martin Luther King Day) and - and this is something I honestly didn't know when I planned this trip! - the local fandom are running a convention. Well, it was just a matter of booking myself into the con hotel for the trip and waiting for the con to arrive on my doorstep... :-)

More later,

MC

Comments

Re: Through in 20 minutes

[major-clanger.livejournal.com]

I had one and showed it to the immigration officer, who peered at it, shrugged, and processed my passport in the normal way. Perhaps they don't see many at Chicago, as opposed to Dulles where they take one look at it and wave you through.

MC

Re: Through in 20 minutes

[whotheheckami.livejournal.com]

I'm on my second passport since leaving the firm, but my passport must still be flagged because I was called over for "the chat" when travelling to Dublin for TCASU