The Terminal
(From Concourse C, Denver International Airport) I'm sitting here trying to get to South Dakota. Even in the days of the most modern technology, getting there is difficult and expensive. Living near LAX has corrupted my understanding of travel; I used to think that travel was from one hub to another. Although you have to hit a hub before getting to Sioux Falls on a puddle jumper (small aircraft), there are days like today where it requires multiple small aircraft to get there. At present I'm waiting for a flight to Minneapolis, and from there I'll "jump" to Sioux Falls. It makes the journey here a bit of a zig zag.
I feel rather spoiled for my concept of travel. It's easy to become annoyed with delays and reroutes like the one I had today but it really doesn't compare to a trip from Kenya to Uganda by bus. It's nowhere near that experience for discomfort.
Everyone, at least once in their life, should take a Greyhound bus. It would make the concept of "getting there" a little bit more elastic.
I wonder what marketing folks used to do before cell phones. It must have been agony for them to sit in the terminal waiting for their flight, building up all the empty conversations they are accustomed to having today. Who knows, they might have been forced to read something. But then again, half my entertainment is eavesdropping...
4:53:36 PM 
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