Colorado Trip: Part 5 Going Home

We got up early (5 am) and took my sister-in-law, niece and nephew to breakfast at IHOP. We don’t have an IHOP anywhere near us in NH so it was nice to go there. Then we drove to the Denver Airport. I have to say that after experiencing Logan Airport and how bad the TSA in Boston was I was prepared for the worse in Denver. I was luckily surprised to have no problems with anything there. The TSA at Denver were very helpful and professional. I liked that Denver as a Smoking Lounge for those who want to smoke while behind security. You had to buy at least one drink to sit there. In Boston they discriminate against smokers (like most airports do) and have no place to smoke. In Manchester, NH they have free smoking lounges as does Washington Dulles.

We had no issues boarding our plane. It was a fully-booked flight and so every seat was taken (except for one in the middle between a kid and his mom who were both wearing masks.) I got the “pleasure” of sitting next to a woman who kept sneezing and coughing right on me for the whole 3 ½ hour flight. I tried as best I could to keep away from her, but to no avail. I wish I had the masks those other people were wearing.

When we landed at Logan we got our bags and then headed outside to catch the private van we hired to take us to my friends’ house where our car was parked. We got stuck in Boston rush-hour traffic and when we finally got to the car my friends’ driveway was plowed of the new snow, but was very icy. I had to clear about 6 inches of snow off my car with my hands because the scrapper we have broke. It was very cold and dark.

We finally headed for the 2 ½ hour drive home. We stopped at a Boston Market for dinner. Luckily it wasn’t snowing. When we got home we saw that we had about 8 inches of new snow and that the plow had come while we were gone. I got the bags in the house and then shoveled the walkways.

I was exhausted from the long trip and after making sure everything was done went to sleep. We got our dogs the next day (today) and they were so happy to see us and be home.

I have to say that they trip was good overall. It was nice to get to see everyone and go to places we normally wouldn’t go to. But like most things it is good to finally be home. The only issues we had the whole week was dealing with the TSA in Boston, some dumb girls at a Baskin Robbins, the sick girl on the plane next to me and clearing the snow from my car by hand. That for me is the sign of a good trip - that more didn’t happen and the things that did were mostly minor.