Day One:

Day one was January 21st and we were flying out of Manchester, NH, a day early. You know, just in case of snow, war, earthquake the usual reasons. Glad we did as two feet of snow arrived in our area beginning Saturday. We arrived at the airport about 90 mins early and checked in. We were flying USAIR on a codeshare flight with United. So actually using United equipment. We checked in and were walking through security when they told us we were chosen for random screening. So everyone got to know it. We had our little red folders and the guy yelling up front to make sure we didn't try to make a break for it. I was thinking, I can handle this, but the family of 4 in front of us with the 3 y.o. boy and 5 y.o. girl, they may have been able to receive a pass. But oh well. We got through and the plane was delayed a little as they were waiting for it to warm up. They wouldn't be serving coffee and if you had jackets, you may want to wear them (it was about 2 degrees below that morning). Of course we left ours in the car so they would be there when we got picked up and then again, why would we need jackets in Florida. Boarded, grabbed a blanket and we were fine.

Arrived to Dulles and had to wait again ... for stairs. I'm thinking, what year are we in. We can't just pull up like other planes. Well ours was a smaller 50 seat plane and we had to use stairs to get out. No big deal, just part of it. Ran over to the next gate and waited for the next flight. It was there and on time, only the stewardesses decided to be late. Once again no biggie. I had the biggest hurdle complete and that was arriving to the connecting flight on time. Now I know I will get there, but I ramble on. All our bags even arrived on time with the flight, intact. You don't hear this much lately, but our flights were fine. Good job USAIR/United. Read more