Southern Swing Day 1

Today I headed off to Texas, on an afternoon flight out of PDX. My mom dropped me off at the Beaverton TC and I rode the entire length of the Red Line to the airport. I flew American, because the silver birds : DFW :: red tails : MSP. Basically I found a decent deal and went for it.

I was worried when it came to seat selection; both flights seemed pretty full. This morning it turned out I had the 2-seat side of row 8 to myself on the MD-80, so that was perfectly pleasant. I wouldn't have minded the bump though.

My goal for the evening was basically to get out of the Metroplex and get as far east as I could for the night. Upon arrival at DFW (and after taxiing in from Tulsa, apparently) I stepped out of the terminal and was hit with heavy, warm Texas (state 27) air. I quickly shed the sweater I had worn since Oregon. I hopped the shuttle to the rental car facility (itself larger and more elaborate than the entire terminal at say, EUG) picked up my Neon (other choices: a Cavalier, Sunfire, or Ion with NJ plates) I made my way through Dallas and finally out east on I-20.

I had earlier resolved to make it to Tyler for the night, however I made it past Tyler to Longview, arriving about 9 at night. After checking into the motel, I stopped at a supermarket for some provisions. They had both Tillamook cheese and jerky. :)

September 04, 2004 11:59 PM

Comments (6)

09/17: kelley said:

we had to taxi in from the farthest runway when i flew into IND (shorthand for your sake) because they weren't sure if the landing gear went down. they put out lots of ambulances and fire trucks just to be safe. and they thought we would have to be towed in - "there will be an engineer coming in through the rear door, please don't be alarmed..." but it turned out we didn't have to! i love flying.

09/17: Trevor said:

Bill:nerdy::white:rice

09/19: stacy said:

I was thinking something very similar to Trevor.

09/19: stacy said:

I was thinking something very similar to Trevor...although I would have switched the order of nerdy and Bill.

09/21: shelby said:

That's awesome. I miss impulsive trips like that. Let us know how the southern states are. I'm dying to go to Georgia.

09/22: -leslie.- said:

I'm from NE Texas, and it is inconceivable to me that anyone would go to Longview on purpose. Let me know if you see the billboards that say, "Virginity Rocks!"