We're pretty high, right now, so will add to the saga. You can do Boise, Idaho, to San Francisco and back in less than 12 hours. We did it! ;D
But you can't! :
We were there, two hours early for time to do the security stuff. The plane was scheduled for a 10:14 AM takeoff. So, to allow enough time for the security process, we got there at 08:15. The return flight was schedued for a 9:22 PM landing. We arrived back in Boise at 09:22 PM. Process completed. Lot of stuff happened in the middle and at both ends of that. :
Got up at 05:30 to be at the airport, on time. Didn't sleep much, last night. Security was a breeze - took all of 20 minutes. Twiddled our thumbs and decided to eat breakfast as there was nothing to eat on the plane. Really good idea! Expensive, but satisfying, and did for just about the entire day.
The bird was there when we got there, ready to go. It was delayed by S.F. rain and fog. S.F. wouldn't allow the Boise bird to take off until the S.F. airport was ready to receive it. Took off one hour late. OK, there went the extra hour we had in Frisco, for Breakfast. :-\
Flight was uneventful, save that it was late, in a tight schedule situation. Figured the cab, to the hospital might save us enough time, to eat again. No sale!
The cab was slowed by bumper to bumper traffic, so that we got there with 5 minutes to spare, before the appointment. Sat in the waiting room, on schedule - barely - on time - by a whisker.
Watched the clock tick for two and a half hours. As the clock ticked, I recalculated and then recalculated again, time to make the Boise connection for the return trip. Began trying to calculate the issues of finding an overnight place to stay, and how to reschedule the return trip the next day. Finally, went up to the receptionist and asked for an estimate, "if you can, please, as we are going to miss our return flight." but "this is not a complaint. The most important thing is the doctor's appointment, no matter how long it takes." 8)
Well, things started moving, fast. I was amazed! They were crowded, but we got in after another 20 minutes or so. I was assured, repeatedly, that we would "be there for the retun flight." I knew they couldn't do it! :
Well, they had a "special" cab driver, they explained, and not to worry, he would get us to the airport, on time. Mr Lozano, of Yellow Cab, was waiting for us, when we came out of the doctor's office. He'd been there, since we went in to the doctor's office!
He took us on a tour, assuring us the entire time, that we would unload at the terminal in 36 minutes! Sure! :
He noted that Dani had a camera, and sat her in the front seat, "for pictures." He took us along the coast, leisurely, without the "bumper threatening" that had marked our inbound ride, that too a little more than a hour, in bumper to bumper, slow traffic. He pulled over, several times, and said to Dani, "You'll want a picture of that! That's the ***** as he described each place he stopped.
"How am I doing?" he asked me, sitting in the back seat, at one point. I replied that he was doing fine, but he was on the way to losing his 36 minute bet. (I had decided that he was likely to get us there, in time to make a run for it, but the tour was worth it. The traffic was light. The scenery was beauiful. The stops were relaxing. It was a good trip. I'd be a sport.) "But, I don't see the airport, and you have less than 5 minutes! ;D
"Oh, he replied, the airport is right there!" He pointed out the left side window! "We'll be there in less than two minutes!" We were! 8)
Uuuummm, I did something unusual. I over-tipped him. As we got out, I laid a twenty across his palm. (The VA had already paid him, while he waited for us.) I try to tip fairly, but try not to over-tip and look stupid, too. Hope it was enough, for the entertainment and the relaxing ride, and not too much. We'll be asking for him, in the future. He seemed quite happy with the deal. ;D
Oh, and securtity was, again, a 20 minute thing, including the wait in line. (What a change from the few security marathons over recent years!)
Oh, I did say, "We'll be asking for him, in the future."
Dani will have more than one more MRI, another CT Scan or two, some other tests, and will get her surgery - probably more than one. Between tests, X-rays etc, there will be "Video Concerences," between him, us, and her local VA Doctors. That's something new, they are just starting on, now! They were crazy about her! The surgery (s) will be done in San Francisco. Not a bad trip, at all. ;D
Dead tired! Going to bed. Not leaving a "wake up" call, for tomorrow. :
Ray D ;D