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Leaving New York

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October 2nd, 2009 – by: jhwelsch

Given our scheduled late night departure from JFK, I worked until noon in order to clean up some last details. Al Fox of Black Tie Limo picked us up at 4:00 for the trip to JFK. Under other circumstances, I might have driven myself but the prospect of arriving from the return trip at 7:30 AM after a grueling flight and then enduring the drive home through rush-hour New York traffic was more than I could bear. Traffic across Staten Island was horrible but we nonetheless arrived at JFK at 7:30. Check-in was a mess but security a breeze. “Dinner” was at Chili’s. Boarding and takeoff were in time and the trip, though painfully long in a packed 757, was uneventful.