OK Stu, laugh as you may. I know we were scheduled to fly out of COS 2 hours before you, but after standing in line for nearly 3 hrs, they couldn't get any of us on another flight. So, around 6pm Sunday night, they put all 4 of us up at the Days Inn, no restaurant. They put us on a 6am flight out (since the Sunday flight was out of commission due to hydraulic problems) on Monday morning. Do you realize we had to get up at 4am to get the shuttle to the airport?
Well, the Days Inn shuttle did take us to the Texas T-bone restaurant, best meal I had the whole weekend. Now I have to write a letter on behalf of Brian, Anne and Rene to get our meal paid for by America west. You can imagine how mad Rene was.
Brian had to call work and take his last day of vacation for this year. Anne had to call work and tell them she'd be into work today as soon as she could get there. I took a day of vacation and of course Rene just had to clean her pool.
So, this morning we're up at am, off to the airport (which doesn't even open till 5:15am). We were 3rd in line for boarding passes, I still got a middle seat. We boarded, FULL plane, no empty seats. Would you believe, after 40 minutes of waiting to taxi, this plane had a fluid leak. I think that means we went through 3 planes already trying to get out of COS.
So, we all had to disembark the plane. An hour later, they moved our luggage unto a back up plane (which was for a later flight) and we finally took off. So, it was a terrible way to end the reunion weekend. I can guarantee you that none of us will be using America West, unless there is no alternative.
So laugh now, and we were worried about how you were going to spend two hours before your flight left., Brian said he'd even take a dirty Reno Air, just to get back to Phoenix.
It was a great reunion though. Tom, Penny and the rest did a terrific job and next time there should be an award given to all of them for the hard work and planning they all did. Give my best to Jeri and the kids, talk to you soon.
