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It couldnt be any other way. This almost defines me.
On the day that I am to embark on my compulsive hiatus, brings the biggest snowstorm of the year for my year.
After fulfilling tradition of dinner with dads family and then my brothers, I left and returned home instead of staying the night. 50 of the 75 miles were spent running 20-25 mph in half dollar size flurries which covered the road, no visible lines or detection of where the roads edge was at because it was too early on for the scrapers and salt trucks to make the rounds. So all us lucky souls just follows the ruts left by previous travelers, with the execption of a few anxious SUVs that wanted to speed past us all and spray us with their wake, only to trek on another mile or 2 and find them in the median ravine or skidded off into the woods.
I made it home only to awake to a foot of snow this morning, and incoming reports of closings and delays, but somehow my flight was still on, despite ones before and after being called off. I suppose they just wanted to wait until I was enroute before sending the text that it was canceled.
So I hobbled back home, and spend the day muddling thru a labyrinth of phone automation, to finally end up in very nice malaysian lady with very inexplicable english. I finally had to apologize and ask to speak to someone else. 3 transfers later I wound up with an exuberant young new englander named Elaine. Whom was very accomodating to my questions, and handled my frustration as well as my insistence on compensation like a champ. I launched, she countered, til we reached an agreement, and I held her on the phone until the voucher email arrived. We had some pleasant convo and even a few laughs during her hostage situation so it was all good.
So, my airport is closed out tomorrow as well, but I got another flight 72 mls away in the morning. I made arrangements for a friend to pick up my car and drive it to his place to avert the long term parking fees. Road condition website is looking like DOT has caught up a bit, unless theres another storm surge, so once I get out of the city and interstate bound hopefully wont be to trecherous.
Expediton resumed for now.
