Aloha
Tuesday July 16 Arrived at the Honolulu Airport at 12:00 Noon for my 4:19pm flight to Chicago on United flight 2. HNL security is so ..... that 3 hours is recommended. Choosing to come one hour earlyier than that, sped up the process, and I really hate standing in lines. This first segment was the longest flight I have ever done. The First on a Boeing 777 was interesting only as it had a bathroom big enough to bend over to pull up my pants.
I picked the timing hoping to help me sleep, but no luck, as for my body it was just Midnight in Chicago. Just 2 gates from my arrival gate was the second segment flight to Newark just 1 hour wait for a 1.5 hour flight. I am now in the Eastern time zone. With no sleep.
At about 9:30 met up with AlanB (bet by now you thought "where is the AU connection"), collected my bag and we headed to the NEC and a short ride to New York City, an old Hang out for me, Pennsylvania Railway Station, yea PENN Station under Madison Square Garden.
We proceeded to the Acela lounge to wait briefly to my first ride on Acela. Using red cap service we decended to the platform (9 I think) for the 12:00 trip to Washington DC, 2 hours 47 minutes later. Where Alan and I were met by my Sister Bonnie and Wayne for a brief tour of the City and Alan's return to NYC.
Sister has things up sleeve so will add more later.
Aloha
And Mahalo especially to Alan.
Eric
Tuesday July 16 Arrived at the Honolulu Airport at 12:00 Noon for my 4:19pm flight to Chicago on United flight 2. HNL security is so ..... that 3 hours is recommended. Choosing to come one hour earlyier than that, sped up the process, and I really hate standing in lines. This first segment was the longest flight I have ever done. The First on a Boeing 777 was interesting only as it had a bathroom big enough to bend over to pull up my pants.
I picked the timing hoping to help me sleep, but no luck, as for my body it was just Midnight in Chicago. Just 2 gates from my arrival gate was the second segment flight to Newark just 1 hour wait for a 1.5 hour flight. I am now in the Eastern time zone. With no sleep.
At about 9:30 met up with AlanB (bet by now you thought "where is the AU connection"), collected my bag and we headed to the NEC and a short ride to New York City, an old Hang out for me, Pennsylvania Railway Station, yea PENN Station under Madison Square Garden.
We proceeded to the Acela lounge to wait briefly to my first ride on Acela. Using red cap service we decended to the platform (9 I think) for the 12:00 trip to Washington DC, 2 hours 47 minutes later. Where Alan and I were met by my Sister Bonnie and Wayne for a brief tour of the City and Alan's return to NYC.
Sister has things up sleeve so will add more later.
Aloha
And Mahalo especially to Alan.
Eric
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