Thank you, Mexican soccer team for causing a long baggage line and making my plane leave late! They clearly weren't even thinking of me. All they wanted was to get their players, staff, and equipment back home. Jerks! Sorry no photos of real soccer players. First, I'm not good at stealth photos, second it was mostly staff ( they were all in Mexico track suits) and third I don't know what any of the players actually look like. I saw some big athletic guys around, but I couldn't be sure they were real team members or just Hispanic guys who work out a lot.
One of these and an audio book are all I need to entertain me on a flight. Unless it's a flight over the ocean, then I guess it would be kind of boring.
There was no time to get something to eat in Phoenix (thank you Mexican soccer team!) , so I had to buy something on the plane. A five dollar bagel?!? That is delightful!
Above Oklahoma. Some of the fields are circular for some reason. So the ground looks like a huge game of Connect Four. My New Mexico picture was just a brown blur. Which may be an accurate discription of New Mexico.
Just about to land! Look a river! Might be the Mississippi, but I'm not sure. Got all turned around in the airport and lost my sense of direction. I bet Dad knows!
The first thing I saw that was distinctly mid-westy. All the bathrooms are tornado shelters. It's hard to imagine everyone in the airport fitting into the bathrooms, but who knows?
As you know, I spent some time sight seeing, but those pictures are on Facebook so you can see them there. And that is it for the first day of my Middle West holiday. I haven't taken
any pictures today, but tomorrow I will send some of the hockey arena and more of the arch. Cause Saint Louis! Come see our giant metal thing!
