When we logged into our airline reservation yesterday to check in online, a disturbing word was prominently displayed next to the first leg of the flight: CANCELLED. Not a good thing. So John devoted the next four hours of his life to waiting on hold to reschedule our flight to Dallas in time to make our connection to Doha, Qatar, and then on to Johannesburg. The wait was not in vain - we made it to Dallas on an earlier flight.
Normally crowded, bustling DFW is like a ghost town - more than a thousand flights out of here today were cancelled because of icy runways.
That said, the view as we left Portland was spectacular - as we took off, a deep pink began to appear on the eastern horizon, and as we skirted the southern slope of Mt. Hood, the pre-dawn glow reflected on the snow in sharp contrast to the deep blue crystal clear sky. A once in a lifetime view - a combination of ideal atmospheric conditions and a flight that required us to be at the airport at 4 am - an experience we will try hard to avoid in the future!
But we're here in Dallas awaiting our flight, which is on schedule for now anyway - but too early to check in to the lounge. We'll survive!
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