Unfortunately, I had to say goodbye to Chris eventually. His flight was scheduled to leave around 5pm, so I planned to hang out with him in the morning, and drop him off at the bus stop in the early afternoon (and then maybe head in to work). We had a good morning, with brunch at home and watching TV. Amy (my roommate) even offered to drive us to the airport so that we wouldn’t have to leave so early.
On the way to the airport, I got a phone call from Jet Blue saying that Chris’s flight from NY (his only connection on the trip home) had been cancelled! After a long call back to Jet Blue, and a few frantic calls to our friends in Monrovia, Chris was booked on a flight to Burbank. The only problem was that instead of leaving at 5, his flight was leaving at 7pm. I figured that I would stay with Chris to make sure that he made it onto the flight to Burbank, so I thanked Amy for the ride and said I would take the bus back home. After checking in, Chris and I stopped by the information desk so that I could get the bus schedule for my return trip. While we were standing there, we saw a brochure for the Udvar-Hazy Museum, an extension of the National Air and Space Museum. There was a shuttle headed there from the airport and it was only 50¢ each way! Now, when Chris had visited the NASM, he was a bit disappointed because the Enola Gay was not housed there – it is at the Udvar-Hazy! It was the perfect way to spend our extra time.
The museum was a large airplane hangar, housing planes and aircraft from across history: early planes, WWII fighters from both the US and Germany, commercial planes (like an early United Air plane and a Concorde Jet), and even spacecraft (a shuttle used for flight testing, missiles, and satellites)! And, the Enola Gay.
We had just enough time to wander through the Museum and get a quick snack before hopping on the shuttle back to the airport. As soon as we got back to the airport, Chris had to go through security and I had to catch the bus back to the Metro. It was the perfect way to spend our last hours together, except that I had left my camera at home. :(
I wish he were still here!
On the way to the airport, I got a phone call from Jet Blue saying that Chris’s flight from NY (his only connection on the trip home) had been cancelled! After a long call back to Jet Blue, and a few frantic calls to our friends in Monrovia, Chris was booked on a flight to Burbank. The only problem was that instead of leaving at 5, his flight was leaving at 7pm. I figured that I would stay with Chris to make sure that he made it onto the flight to Burbank, so I thanked Amy for the ride and said I would take the bus back home. After checking in, Chris and I stopped by the information desk so that I could get the bus schedule for my return trip. While we were standing there, we saw a brochure for the Udvar-Hazy Museum, an extension of the National Air and Space Museum. There was a shuttle headed there from the airport and it was only 50¢ each way! Now, when Chris had visited the NASM, he was a bit disappointed because the Enola Gay was not housed there – it is at the Udvar-Hazy! It was the perfect way to spend our extra time.
The museum was a large airplane hangar, housing planes and aircraft from across history: early planes, WWII fighters from both the US and Germany, commercial planes (like an early United Air plane and a Concorde Jet), and even spacecraft (a shuttle used for flight testing, missiles, and satellites)! And, the Enola Gay.
We had just enough time to wander through the Museum and get a quick snack before hopping on the shuttle back to the airport. As soon as we got back to the airport, Chris had to go through security and I had to catch the bus back to the Metro. It was the perfect way to spend our last hours together, except that I had left my camera at home. :(
I wish he were still here!
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