Long Day of Travel

This morning at 5:30 I left my cozy house in Gladstone for the airport where I started a long day of travel to Montana. I flew from KC to Los Angeles. Fortunately I was upgraded to first class and had a nice breakfast of cereal, fruit and a muffin, then a nice nap.


From Los Angeles I flew to Salt Lake City, NOT first class, but is was a shorter flight. The landing in Salt Lake was pretty bumpy and when I arrive at the gate and hastened to the gate to leave for Kalispel I was worried that I might be late.

At the gate to Kalispel there were many people gathered around the attendant. I arrived at the end of the announcement when they were asking for one person to agree to take a later flight due a weight issue related to needing to take on more fuel. No one was volunteering, so some fellow with a pet in a carry on crate was chosen. I stayed quiet and hoped for the best because I really didn't want to arrive at Kalispel at midnight. At the end, some very nice man volunteered to stay, so the man and the pet got to leave. We finally started boarding and no one had said my name, so I headed through the gate. The PA was still talking about delays and I was still unsure about what was going on, so I asked these people standing next to me. The rest of the story was that they anticipated bad weather at Kalispel and might need to divert us to a different airport, then bus us to Kalispel.

The flight to Kalispel was smooth and the landing was gentle....no bumps! SO after nine hours of travel, I was on the ground in Montana. The weather was beautiful. Bright blue sky, crisp air and a only a dusting of snow around.

On Thursday it snowed off and on. I told the staff I appreciated being able to watch the snow, since we hadn't had any in KC this winter.