Departure

Aug 23
2008

When I was first told that Denver’s airport was the largest in the U.S., I didn’t believe it. I didn’t truly grasp how big it was until today. The airport had two wings, East and West. Both wings each had 3 terminals. I don’t know how many gates each terminal had, but in terminal B, where my flight was to depart from, there were 95 gates. That’s about twice as many as Houston’s terminal B, and Bush International is a huge enough airport. Also, to go from one terminal to the next, you have to take a shuttle. It reminded me of Atlanta.

We got to the airport just after 3 P.M. but our flight isn’t departing until 8:10 that night. I just love spending 5 hours in the airport! Not to mention that the weather was not on our side today. There was a hurricane in Houston and thunderstorms in Denver, so the first few flights from Denver to Houston today have been cancelled. There is an earlier flight available at 5:20, but with 30 people already on the standby list, like we had a chance!

Well, turned out that it didn’t matter anyway because the 5:20 flight was delayed until 8:10, same time as ours. What we feared the most were further delays or a cancellation. But luckily, while our flight was delayed several times, I am writing on the plane right now, so that at least means we’ve left. J We should be landing around 12:11 A.M. central time.