Traveling Adventure

I took the photo primarily to check out the "sport" feature on my camera. I'm delighted I can take a picture in which the tarmac attendant was waving the wand and there isn't a blur. Being able to do this was certainly one reason for the new camera.

Having this photo though gave me the idea to describe travel. This picture was taken at the Lincoln, NE, airport. It is a very short walk from the gate to the plane. At the MSP airport one deplanes and walks a bit, and then the next leg of the trip is 3 moving sidewalks. Then another short walk to a tram. The tram delivers one at the top of a terminal leg. It's another short walk and then an escalator to the baggage claim area.

When the bag is recovered, it's a short walk to yet another escalator. Then it is a 100 yard walk (think football field) to the next tram. This takes one of the area of the light rail. The escalator to the train is very deep. Actually this dumps one at the point to buy a ticket. Then it's another escalator to the train level.

Next it's a 12 minutes ride to the stop where I catch a bus. The buses all do a layover at the station and it's more than a little irritating to watch a bus pull in and then the driver shuts the door and wanders over to the small building where drivers take a break. At last the door opens and then it's 10 minute ride to where I get off and finish off with a 4 block walk home.