Day 1 - Quito
Day 1 - 5/30/23 Destination: Quito (LAX-RDU-MIA-UIO*) Written: 35,000' above the Caribean & in Quito $0.60 per Alleve for dozen alleve in RDU was a good investment. The headache is gone. The backache from lugging a backpack around hasn't. Oh well. MIA was a mess. Late arrival (WX.) 35 gates to cross (D17 - D52). Boarding started before I deplaned from RDU. People were being far too slow to disembarked even knowing others had tight connections. Really annoying to watch endless cycles of "You," "No, you!" I hustled. Group 8 (of 9) was boarding when I got to the gate. And, the little lady in the wheelchair made the connection before I did. Uggh. I'm using an old work backpack. It's great for luigging a laptop and such. But the bag itself weighs in at 5+ pounds. And has too many dividers. It was never going to be The Bag. No it won't be a bag I use going forward. Who needs a really good piece of kit? Everki Atlas 32L - free t