Well, I’m in Philadelphia Airport hoping my flight actually gets out today.  I got up at five this morning and checked to see if my flight was delayed or cancelled, but it was still showing as being on time.  Unfortunately, Denver has now been upgraded to a blizzard warning.  Oh boy, my first time travelling cross country by myself and I’m flying into a blizzard.

Saying goodbye to the kids was tough this morning, my son really wants to make sure that I’m coming back on Sunday so he’s been asking what day I’m coming back for the last week.  When I  went out for Baptism class on sunday night he was convinced that I was leaving on my trip, so when I got home he squealed, “You’re back already!”  It’s nice to be missed.  My wife is looking forward to cooking foods I don’t eat while I’m gone – but I hate travelling without her.  There’s supposed to be a surprise in my bag that the kids left (my son let that cat out of the bag when I woke him up this morning, but he wouldn’t tell me what it is, “It’s a secret, I’m not telling”).  I’m looking forward to seeing what it is when I finally get to Seattle.

The trip to the terminal went well, at least.  Bob picked me up at 7:30 and I was at Philly by 8:00.  Since I’m not checking baggage I went to the machine to get my boarding pass and headed up to security (the folks working the ticketing lines in Terminal B are just wonderful, by the way).  When I got to the security station they opened up a new line at the very moment I arrived, so I was first in line.  I’ve only flown one other time since the new restrictions went into effect, the security staff was really patient, and wonderfully friendly even while cutting no corners.  That made me feel a lot more comfortable going through the process.  I was actually at my gate by 8:10, believe it or not.

Since I’ll be travelling the bulk of the day, I decided to purchase the 24 hour wifi access here in Philly, it should work in Denver too, so I can keep updating my blog as I go.  I have a window seat for this trip – that’s nice.