The L.A. Campaign : Almost Over
I was up pretty early Thursday morning even though I had packed the night before. Ryan and I hung out for a bit before he left for work at around 6:30. I watched some T.V. before getting into the shower. My flight was scheduled for departure at 1:30 out of LAX so Connie and I left at about 9:15, leaving time for traffic issues so I could get checked in with at least two hours to spare. Surprisingly the traffic was really good and we ended up getting to the airport in less than an hour.
I checked in as soon as I got there and it was only 10:30, so I had about three hours to kill. I wandered around, grabbed something to eat, and read. Nothing too exciting. LAX is lame, so my options were limited. It’s been a while since I’ve been through a U.S. airport security point, and I was flabbergasted that they didn’t check anything. In Canada, they make you take out electronic equipment so they can test it for explosives and such. At LAX, they didn’t do anything like that. Unless they have some type of machine that we don’t, it seemed pretty strange since they make it out like they are so concerned with security.
The flight was on time and went well. Once again I had a T.V. so I managed to make the time pass nice and quick. I had some little girl behind me who was imitating a coyote for a good portion of the flight which I could have done without. I’m currently sitting in the Calgary airport killing time again. I now have over a four hour layover before my flight to Saskatoon. After going through customs I pitted in Kelsey’s for a brew and something to eat. I did ask if I get could get on an earlier connecting flight to Saskatoon, but everything was pretty much full and I would have to pay a small fee to do it. I couldn’t be bothered. I should be landing in Saskatoon shortly after 11:00 tonight. I’ll catch a cab home and then crash in my bed. It’s been a busy ten days.
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Saskatoon and Calgary airports are the worst I’ve encountered as far as security goes. I expected London Heathrow to be bad, but it was a breeze. I’ve come to the conclusion that Canadian airport officials are bored. And paranoid.
I usually have issues at Saskatoon airport, but this time it was really good. I hadn’t flown out of Calgary in a long time, but this time it was good as well.
Generally the whole trip had no airport issues.
I hate LAX. When we went there last year on our way to Maui, let’s just say it sucked. We had under 2 hours to get from one terminal to another. It did not help that when we got there I did not know there were multiple terminals and that they are not physically connected. Not fun, carrying a fully loaded back pack and a 2 1/2 year old in blistering heat trying to find the right terminal.