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Monthly Archive for July, 2009

On the plane to Alaska

So far, travel has been uneventful. We’ve been mostly on time. We enjoyed a nice lunch at ATL, and I had a Sunset Wheat beer at the Sky Club. Now we’ll be departing for our nearly 7.5 hour flight to Anchorage. UPDATE — thought I’d add a picture of our Boeing 767-300 at Gate A21, […]

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To the airport…

After a rather lengthy night of packing and final preparations, we’re ready to head off to the airport. Given the iPhone and (potentially) wireless Internet access on the plane, I’d expect an update or two from me throughout the day. We’ve managed to pack very light for this trip: a single (modest-sized) suitcase, plus a […]

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I’m writing this brief post on a Delta 757 at cruising altitude somewhere over southern Georgia. I’m using the GoGo Wireless Inflight Internet service on this “butt shaker” of a flight (due to “convective activity”—fancy pilot speak for “thunderstorms”—along the flight path). I got a free 30+ day pass from Delta as a Platinum Medallion […]

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Our journey begins on Friday, July 31. We’ll be flying Delta Airlines (surprise, surprise… not!) from Tampa to Anchorage via Atlanta. After traveling for the better part of the day, we’ll arrive in the early evening (Anchorage time) and will be checking into the Anchorage Marriott Downtown. Why the Marriott? Two words: Marriott Points. It’s […]

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So it begins…

I’ve been in the habit of writing a travel blog for each of our “major” vacations for the past year or so. We have another interesting trip to Alaska coming up in a few days. However, rather than create another standalone travel blog, I thought it was time to try something new. To that end, […]

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