october 22, 2007
omaha by way of kansas
heading to the airport to catch my flight for omaha this weekend, i got an email from nico telling me my flight had been cancelled. bad weather they said. "arrrrrgh!" she wrote. i called her and told her i'd get to omaha come hell or high water.
as i was waiting in line at the airport to reschedule my flight, i chatted with fellow travellers whose plans had also been affected. a light drizzle had settled over newark. we commiserated over our poor luck and then i suggested we cash in our karma brownie points for good luck.
at that moment, heather the groom's sister tapped me on the shoulder and exclaimed!.. "you're minwin the photographer. i'm booking tickets to kansas city right now. d'you wanna come with me?" she was so excited. "my uncle will pick us up and drive us to omaha from there." abso-fricken-lutely!
minutes later our tickets had been rerouted, we waltzed through security and plopped ourselves down in a half-empty plane to kansas city. three hours after that, we were sallying down to land. i looked out the window through which the most beautiful golden sunlight was streaming, and saw tiny specks of cows grazing in the neighboring fields. i was surprised they weren't more spooked by the noise of the planes.
at the airport, we were met by heather's uncle pat & aunt neta as well as jim & shirley. they were full of hugs and smiles as we made introductions. we claimed our bags and headed outside, where i was struck by the gorgeousness of the weather. it reminded me almost exactly of southern california. i closed my eyes and smiled, letting the evenness of it soak in.
as i was waiting in line at the airport to reschedule my flight, i chatted with fellow travellers whose plans had also been affected. a light drizzle had settled over newark. we commiserated over our poor luck and then i suggested we cash in our karma brownie points for good luck.
at that moment, heather the groom's sister tapped me on the shoulder and exclaimed!.. "you're minwin the photographer. i'm booking tickets to kansas city right now. d'you wanna come with me?" she was so excited. "my uncle will pick us up and drive us to omaha from there." abso-fricken-lutely!
minutes later our tickets had been rerouted, we waltzed through security and plopped ourselves down in a half-empty plane to kansas city. three hours after that, we were sallying down to land. i looked out the window through which the most beautiful golden sunlight was streaming, and saw tiny specks of cows grazing in the neighboring fields. i was surprised they weren't more spooked by the noise of the planes.
at the airport, we were met by heather's uncle pat & aunt neta as well as jim & shirley. they were full of hugs and smiles as we made introductions. we claimed our bags and headed outside, where i was struck by the gorgeousness of the weather. it reminded me almost exactly of southern california. i closed my eyes and smiled, letting the evenness of it soak in.