Picture dump #1

[samantilles_at_lj]

So, what was supposed to be a six hour trip to San Francisco became over ten hours when our plane was delayed approximately four hours while sitting in line to de-ice the plane.  Apparently the plane in front of us just wouldn't de-ice for anything.  The runways were clear, but they were severely short of de-icing crews for United.  It was not pretty...  I should have arrived in San Francisco approximately 11ish in the morning, but it was 4pm before I left the airport with my rental car and on the way.  But, between naps when I could grab them, I did take a few pics out the window of the plane to some really pretty mountains--I assume they are respectively the Rockies and the Sierra Nevadas, although I really avoided knowing what time everything was on the plane, and couldn't tell you which ones they were!  The bottom is a picture of the de-icer as she sprayed steaming hot pinkish goo to de-ice the plane...

	From the Plane #1
	From the Plane #2
	From the Plane #3
	From the Plane #4
	From the Plane #5
	De-icing the plane=almost four hour delay...

Comments

[ryf.livejournal.com]

Four hours of sitting in a plane just waiting for it to start? Sounds like my worst nightmare :)

But pretty pictures!

[samantilles.livejournal.com]

fortunately our desk operator at the airport put the plane in line with the air traffic controllers before boarding us, so we spent about 2.5 of those hours still in the airport, which was just as annoying because I didn't want to use any of my tech toys and waste the battery on them before I even got on the darned airplane!! I think I would have almost preferred being on the damn plane and trying to get more sleep that way... at least we would have hit our intermediary goal of not missing the plane... I was tired and hungry while in the airport, and I wasn't willing to go anywhere (because a. I didn't want to leave my bags unattended, and I certainly didn't want to lug them across the airport for food and b. I stayed up most of the night just so I "could" get sleep on the plane!!)

[sg-betty.livejournal.com]

Sorry for your trip difficulties! At least you got some nice pictures!
Have fun in San Francisco!

[samantilles.livejournal.com]

I certainly plan to!!! thanks darlin!

[summerxxbabii.livejournal.com]

hahaha... where was that at? aka de icing?

[samantilles.livejournal.com]

Baltimore/Washington International--I was very glad I didn't have to go more than two miles to the airport because the roads were slick and ugly getting there!!!