The Ashleigh Brilliant postcards at the Santa Barbara Airport. The Lincoln Fox sculpture at the Albuquerque Airport. A 12-hour flight from Pittsburgh to Phoenix. A flight canceled due to storms in Atlanta and then a rainy rush the next morning to teach a class in Tallahassee. The cabbie in San Juan who knew all of the state capitals. The rocket-like take-offs from The John Wayne Airport. Crossing the Navajo Reservation at night. Landing at Reagan National and being in my hotel room in 20 minutes. A drive from Frankfurt to Heidelburg. The porpoises at The Kahala Hilton in Hawaii. Night drive from New Hampshire to Maine. Being the only passenger on a large airliner flying out of Yuma. The entrance of Pittsburgh. The advantage of ugly luggage. A meeting on Capitol Hill. Undercover agents in Kaiserslautern. Listening to the "Nixon in China" musical while driving through the fog in Oakland. A dead motorcyclist in San Francisco. A very shady establishment in Frankfurt. Securing my room at a spooky hotel in North Carolina. Staying at The World Trade Center. Studying the Mississippi barges in St. Paul. Wandering through the tunnels of downtown Houston. A wasp in Baton Rouge. An audit in La Mesa. The River Walk in San Antonio. The Peabody Hotel's ducks in Memphis. A kettle of vultures circling my suite in Miami. Driving along the Gulf Coast from Beaumont to Houston. The Napoleon House in New Orleans. Jogging directions at the Detroit Renaissance Center. The lemon cake in Washington, D.C. The airport slot machines in Las Vegas. Racing through multiple airports. A stormy flight from Salt Lake City to Helena. Raccoons in Atlanta. A would-be criminal in Honolulu. MacArthur Park in LA. The view from the Army CID regional commander's office at the Presidio.
4 comments:
I'd bet each one of those could make an interesting story.
Jean,
That's true!
Michael
A great list, Michael, and interesting memories, I'm sure.
I first traveled to San Antonio on business in the mid 1990s. I arrived at my hotel after dark, and had just settled into bed when I heard the unmistakable sound of a motorboat. Looking out my hotel window, I saw the riverwalk for the first time, far below. The next morning I strolled took the riverwalk on my way to the convention center, and I was charmed. I've been back there twice for conventions, but I liked the city so much my wife and I took a vacation there a few years back. Lots on interesting things to do! We biked down the riverwalk to the missions, took a water taxi to the art museum, visited the tea gardens ... It was a wonderful trip.
Steve,
The San Antonio riverwalk is one of the neatest things ever done by a city. Thoroughly charming.
Michael
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