and so it begins

I am off on a 24 day odyssey around the Pacific Rim and this is how today’s 18 hours of flights starts.

Say ‘hi’ to the class of Random Junior High, California, who just spent a week in DC.

I have five hours with these hooligans. Wait, make that six. We’ve just been told all flights out of IAD are grounded due to weather.

Oh stewardess, I’ll have a vodka gimlet, please!