Waiting on Concourse B

I wanted to get to the airport early, but not necessarily this early. I get to the counter to check in at 1:45 and the touchscreen says I can't. I ask an agent what's up. She says I missed the check-in window. I say I have two hours. She says my flight left 15 minutes ago. I say my itinerary I printed when I booked the flight says it leaves at 3:23. She says go to Special Services. I go. I ask what's up. She says my flight left at 1:31. I say that's what I get for not checking the departure time except for what I printed off three months ago. She says the next flight leaves at 5:45 and there's room, so I'm now on that one.

We finally lift off at 6:20 and all is good after that. Hope that's the worst that goes wrong. (p.s. the 1:31 flight was delayed and didn't actually leave till 4:00)

Travel Tip #1: always check the departure time of your flight the day before in case they've changed it.

Zoom Zoom

I knew it was going to happen, though maybe not this soon. My first speeding ticket in the new Porsche. Zooming down the frontage road at 80. Should have looked down the Interstate so I could see the Highway Patrolman down the road. Need to pick and choose my fun driving spots a little more carefully.

Now Driving a Porsche

After deciding a Corvette wasn't for me, and getting spoiled in Vail, I was very intrigued when a used 911 showed up on a used car lot on the way to work. I stopped by one morning and discovered a beautiful 2004 Carrera 4S convertible with only 9,000 miles on it. This was way more car than I was really looking for, but what did I have to lose by driving it? Nothing.

I took a short 20 minute drive, it was about out of gas, and loved it, of course. I went back the following day for a more extensive hour-long drive. This puppy had all-wheel drive with 315 horsepower and shifted like a dream. I couldn't help feel that it was just more car than I was really after, plus the $79k price tag was on the edge of my affordability.

I wanted to compare it to a Boxster S while the impression was still fresh and stopped at the local Porsche dealer to see if they had one. Did they ever, a new one on the showroom in the exact same color as the 911, loaded with everything except a navigation system. I came back the next day to drive it, and fell in love immediately. It was exactly the car I was after. I had intended to wait a couple of years, but this one was just too good to pass up. So I'm now the owner of an incredibly fun and beautiful Porsche Boxster S.