Jedi Training Camp

I'm here in scenic Fresno, California, enjoying Jedi hospitality and looking forward to the rest of my vacation on the left coast. Hey, just because it's left coast doesn't mean I shouldn't associate with people who aren't.

Security at Logan was easy yesterday. I arrived at the American departures gate at 4:00, was through security and check-in before 4:15, and was boarding the 5:30 flight to L.A. shortly after 5:00.

I observed from my window seat that most of the country is pretty damn dark from 31,000 feet at night. Except for a few minor spots, west of Massachusetts the first truly major metropolitan light show was Denver. That was so impressive, I thought the flight was approaching L.A.! Little did I know... Of course, that also left me disappointed, since I was quite ready for the fligt to be over thankyouverymuch. Despite it being a great flight, having no shoes on the entire time so I was comfy that way, and having a good seatmate. Of course, the lady in front put her seat back and I almost couldn't get the tray down. It poked into my belly and made eating the remarkably good food an interesting experience.

L.A. made up for the lack of lights over most of the country. Holy shit! It just goes on forever. Weirdly though, even Fresno is pretty big from the air. I saw that from the puddle jumper, an American Eagle SAAB, which was more comfy that the big plane.

So here I am! It's a fine vacation so far, less than 24 hours in. I just hope things back at the office hold together without me. I'm sure it'll be fine...

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Wish I had known you were in town. If you get homesick there is about 10 feet of new snow on those little hills just east of Fresno. We don't bother with inches here. Hope you have a nice trip.

How fun! Enjoy!

Must be true love if you came to Fresno over Christmas.

Flying the evening of Christmas day got me $100 or so off what I'd have paid for the flight, besides optimizing the duration of the visit.