Shatnerball Day 1
Well, I had an interesting morning. I set the alarm for 7am and at 8:30am I woke up in a panic. My flight left at 11:45am, I am 45 mins from the airport and I had to run to the DMV to get a new license (mine expired the end of July). So, I got a shower, got dressed, packed up the car, got to the DMV, got my new license, got to the bank, deposited a check, got to the airport, check my bags, got through security and made it to me gate....With an hour to spare. I have no idea how I did this, but I was finally relaxed.
Plane was on time, which is a rarity these day, which means I landed at O'hare at 12 noon (almost on the dot). My bags were the first few to come out of claim, so it's now 12:20...how the hell am I making such good time, something has to go wrong soon. So I go outside, just as I step to the curb the Hertz bus pulls up infront of me...amazing. Get to the little reservation "hut" at Hertz, and had to wait a whole 10 mins...I mean come on, 10 mins, can't these people move faster. Finnally I am up, all the information, etc...get the car I want, (Mid-sized with Neverlost). They tell me it's being cleaned now and it should be up shortly...ok, here we go, this is going to be my BIG wait. I walk outside and a guy pulls up with the car before I even got out the door.
So...it's now not even 1pm, I am in Chicago and got my car, none of my bags were lost and all is going good. So you want to hear the bad news? There is none...this so far has been the most hassle free trip I have ever taken, let's just hope the rest of the weekend goes this smooth.
So, what did I do with my day you ask? I went Geocaching. I got me 3 caches in under 1.5 hours and sent #29 on his way (www.travelingalien.com). Went to Buddy Guy's Legends to see Johnny Rawls, which Nerobro and his roommate Steve (who I am sure has been on AO before) joined me.
So, my first day at Shatnerball this year has been a blast. It's now 3am and I think I am going to sleep. Hope to see everyone this weekend and I hope your trip is as good as mine has been so far.
PS. Sorry for the long post, I blame the Guinness.
Plane was on time, which is a rarity these day, which means I landed at O'hare at 12 noon (almost on the dot). My bags were the first few to come out of claim, so it's now 12:20...how the hell am I making such good time, something has to go wrong soon. So I go outside, just as I step to the curb the Hertz bus pulls up infront of me...amazing. Get to the little reservation "hut" at Hertz, and had to wait a whole 10 mins...I mean come on, 10 mins, can't these people move faster. Finnally I am up, all the information, etc...get the car I want, (Mid-sized with Neverlost). They tell me it's being cleaned now and it should be up shortly...ok, here we go, this is going to be my BIG wait. I walk outside and a guy pulls up with the car before I even got out the door.
So...it's now not even 1pm, I am in Chicago and got my car, none of my bags were lost and all is going good. So you want to hear the bad news? There is none...this so far has been the most hassle free trip I have ever taken, let's just hope the rest of the weekend goes this smooth.
So, what did I do with my day you ask? I went Geocaching. I got me 3 caches in under 1.5 hours and sent #29 on his way (www.travelingalien.com). Went to Buddy Guy's Legends to see Johnny Rawls, which Nerobro and his roommate Steve (who I am sure has been on AO before) joined me.
So, my first day at Shatnerball this year has been a blast. It's now 3am and I think I am going to sleep. Hope to see everyone this weekend and I hope your trip is as good as mine has been so far.
PS. Sorry for the long post, I blame the Guinness.
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