Blog #1

12:32 pm (7/4) Ok as we get ready to leave Bozeman, I have good and bad news for you. The good news: We have a big plane, 150 seats for the 40-50 of us flying today. The bad news; we had a "mechanical malfunction" as we pulled away from the gate, won't be but a few minutes we were told. I hope not, I am already 3/4 of the way done with my skymall. In other potentially bad news, the guy in front of me is just itchin to recline his seat. If he knows what is good for him, he will keep his finger off that recline button.

12:38 pm Flight attendant comes on and says "I wish I had some good news for you, but..." and continues to tell us the plane is broken and we will die if we don't fix the problem. I'm fine because I have granola bars and my connection isn't until 4:something. Hmm, what should I eat in Denver?

12:50 pm Its not a good sign when they start a movie while you are still at the gate. Mims Island...I hope I don't get to see it all!

1:15 pm Mim's Dad died! What a downer! Anyways, they called the mechanic at home and told him to put down his beer and get to the airport asap. Good news, the guy that wanted to recline left to get a flight to Chicago. Wait Mim's dad is alive, I feel better now, he is just lost at sea, no biggie.

2:48 pm Just boarded a Horizon Air flight going to Seattle on to LAX. We got about 1/2 way through the movie on the other plane when they cancelled with no hope of getting to Denver. I tend to sympathize with people in the customer service field. The gate agents had nothing to do with the cancelled flight but they get to deal with the whole aftermath. The girl that helped me was great and here I am about to head to Seattle/LA/Auckland/Melbourne. Oh, I had to go through security again and was selected for a cavity search, actually just a quick pat down. Ugh, I wanted to grab the United Magazine with the SuDoKu, oi!

3:11 pm We are airborne. Horizon Air Magazine has no sudoku, oi. On another not, do I get the miles for my cancelled flight? Do I get anything from United?

3:28 pm Kid behind me looks really nervous. Either he doesn't enjoy the turbulence we are experiencing or he is afraid we will all find out that he peed his pants, hard to tell what the nervous face means. Where is the flight attendant? I don't want to eat all my granola bars before I even get out over the Pacific. Rockin the iPod pretty hard, trying to drown out the engine that is right outside my window. Listening to John Mayer/Fall Out Boy's cover of Beat It, I like.

3:43 pm Just flew over Missoula. I have this sickness where I love to identify objects on the ground from my seat 30,000 feet in the air. Washington Griz stadium doesn't look so big. :)