My Secret Guest

So I just finished having lunch in Atlanta with... First Officer Sarah Blount. She's living in Atlanta and flying CRJ-200's for Atlantic Southeast Airlines, a Delta regional carrier. She was on call tonight, so she met me for lunch at the terminal. It really helped to break up a 4-hour layover prior to a 9-hour flight. For those that don't know, Sarah is the daughter of Alan Blount, the 1993 World Hot Air Balloon Champion.

I'm about an hour away from my departure to Vienna. For the aviation geeks, it's on a Delta 767-300ER. Again, stalkers can click here to follow my flight.

Moving at last

After seeing most of my son's first soccer game, I'm now at the Grand Rapids airport awaiting my flight to Atlanta. Traveling out of a small airport on a Saturday afternoon is great - there were 9 friendly TSA agents dedicated to screening me and my 2 carry on bags. The best news is that my lone checked bag weighed in at 50.0 pounds - exactly the limit.

For those folks who are monitoring this blog in real-time and would like to stalk me while I'm in the air, follow the flight here.

During my 4-hour layover in Atlanta I'm meeting a long-time friend for lunch. A lot of the balloonists following my travels will know her, but I'll leave you in suspense for now...

Getting closer...

Work day: done. Football game: done (our team won). The Incredible Hulk cake: done. My flight leaves in 13 hours. It's 11:55pm. I guess I should start packing. The posts will get more interesting tomorrow, I promise. Personally I like last year's Spiderman cake better...