Could I be going to Tucson, Arizona in another week and a half
OK, I'm getting too excited ... starting a Tucson Blog and I haven't even step foot on my flight ...
OH OH .... what is up!!!!!!!!!!!
5:45am; Dan is trying his best to get me up ... after all, today I’m flying to Tucson for my 4th TB Meet-Up and to see the surrounding areas in Arizona! Well, I finally dragged my legs out of bed, I jumped into the shower and then Dan and I headed off to the Calgary Airport, after he heads off to work ... thank-goodness everything was pre-packed!
7:05am; Traffic was moving rather quickly today, so I was able to relax and ‘enjoy the ride’ taking in the Calgary scenery; as we approached the sounds of aeroplanes were all abound.
7:45am; Dan carried my luggage in and my backpack ... can’t forget my laptop, I still have TB obligations while out of the country LOL. I approached the United Airlines check-in and for some reason it seem very empty; checked my watch, PHEW I thought, I was 1hour and 15minutes ahead of schedule, so-I-thought. The United Airlines rep said, sorry but you are 5 minutes late for check-in, you’ll have to go to Air Canada where you originally bought your United Airline ticket and discuss it with them!
7:55am; I looked at Dan and quickly went to Air Canada to book the next flight to Tucson; I must have waited ½ hour before being called then it took 2 hours for the Air Canada rep to find me an empty plane .
8:55am; The next available flight to Tucson was after 8pm landing in San Francisco (first class), but it would arrive around mid-night, she said, and I’d have to wait till early morning to fly out to Tucson ... a $2000.00 flight to sleep in an airport and not even reach my destination on time, hmmmm, no way, forget it. I insisted she look for another flight and she said she found a flight out of Calgary (8am~Oct7th,2008)) for $1050/one way into Phoenix, Arizona at 11am.
9:55; Two hours after all this rearranging, I called Harriet from the Calgary Airport, she thought this was all a farce on the airlines part and she even recommended I call the police ... well, I am upset but no I won’t get the cops involved ... her heart was in the right place and she was on the phone practically apologizing for all I had to go through ... I must say, “ boy, I am either determined or just very stubborn, or both”... So today’s Arizona hills was in the cold region of South/Eastern Alberta, no longer was I on my way to Tucson so I joined Dan (my hubby) in his salesman job. He drove from Calgary to Hanna, Alberta and by-passing Drumheller, Alberta (Badlands-where many Dinosaurs were discovered) ... here’s some pics of the Badlands, I guess you could say instead of flying, I was still touring a new part of Canada, while pondering the whole 'airport and ticket' thing.
10:20am; After booking a new ticket and talking with Harriet, we left the airport so Dan could now reach his destination, a power-sporting dealer in Hanna, Alberta then later onto Drumheller, Alberta ... just where I wanted to go instead of Arizona LOL; quickly hopped in the car and, paid $17.50 for parking, then ‘of course’, Dan missed the on-ramp and I thought, boy just another thing gone wrong today!
11:30am; Then Dan and I went through a Tim Horton’s (coffee drive through) starving, we asked for two large coffees and two cheese tea-biscuits ... left the drive through and noticed they only put in 1 tea-biscuit in the bag ... what is happening to me today ... we finally reached Hannah, Alberta where we sat and had lunch in an old cafe ...
2:00pm; I’m wishing, to myself, that I was at Harriet’s house.
See you all very soon!!!!!!!!!!!
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