Raven's Roads
Living an interesting life: the travels and musings
of motorcycling author Linda R. Moore

Apr 19, 2006

With Miss Efficiency

Filed in BX Convention 2006, Book Crossing, Landmark-Hunting

So, it’s been a very very long couple of days. Have yet to manage a connection with my laptop, despite many hours in the runup to the trip spent getting it working (and it did work). So, I don’t know how well that will go. I have at least one entry that should be posted by email, so they may well be a bit higgledy piggledy. ;-)

Summary: Monday: ran around like headless chicken getting business things done. Stayed up until 5 in the morning with the wireless. Got woken up 7 am Tuesday by shipping company. Half an hour later, proofs were delivered. Ran around like headless chicken some more, dealing with the proofs. Don was a champ and stayed at home to help me with things. Left at 7pm (thanks ) for airport–after replacing bag that split just as we were about to leave. Got to airport, had dinner, started chuckling as I noticed the SFO Hall of Fame–at least a dozen markers commemorating sports figures. I took a few pics. Went to my exit, they changed the gate, walked back, chuckled to find myself back where I’d just been getting funny looks, taking pictures.

Took four and a half hour flight to Washington Dulles; long, mostly sleepless, but not too bad. Moved to new gate to pick up flight to Toronto. Flight was two hours delayed, and eventually we went on a tiny little plane — they actually had to move a few people from the front to the back to balance it out!

Did the whole customs, immigration thing; the staff at Toronto airport were as nice and friendly as at SFO, which is to say, Very. Eventually took a friend’s hint and took a limo to MissE’s house, where I am right now, updating you, fed, watered and enjoying the cat and a bit of interweb.

I’m too tired to compose anything elegant, and I can’t post photos either. But hey, the adventures are beginning. I knew I was in the right place when I peered through the door and saw a pile of goodie bags ;-)