Day 0 Getting back on the road, again.
Day 0: - 5/29/23 En-route to: Quito Ecuador Travel: LAX-RDU (MIA-UIO*) Written: in RDU @ 0200 What a long day so far. I'm writing from Raleigh-Durham at 0200. The place is empty, I have a headache (but no aspirin). I'm hungry. Yet, it's been a decent start to my dry run. I am happy. That was supposed to be a "secret dry run" but the secret is out. Dad called while I was in the quiet area of the LAX Admirals Club (yes, all that flying on American still has some residual benefits - in this case I can use the clubs on international itineraries.) When I asked to hang on until I was in a place I could chat he asked if I was in a library. Nope, that was Saturday to print some stuff. I don't lie; I fessed up. Of course I did. No, I did not chop down the cherry tree. RDU is empty except for a dozen pax overnighting and 3 dozen security and cleaning folk. But, I'm indoors. I was hopeful but did not expect that. Previous fun at JFK taught me that