A huge blizzard left several feet of snow on most of the Midwest and East Coast on Tuesday. Airports all over the U.S. were closed - all the way from Texas to the Northeast. After a day of wondering whether we would actually go or not, we received a text from American at 6: 16 a.m on Wed.: ``flight is on time.’’ We drove the Infiniti to Lot C at LAX, noticing that the parking lot was half empty, a clear indication that much of the U.S. was indeed snowed in. But, apparently, not Canada., We did take a rather unusual route, due east to Oklahoma City where we caught the jet stream northeast over OHare in Chicago which, the pilot informed us, was still closed.
We actually had clear skies nearly all the way, snow covered the ground once we were out of the desert. After not quite five hours, we arrived in Toronto International Airport at 5:50 p.m. after a pleasant flight in business. It was dark and snowy everywhere, and about 16 degreesF but snowplows were everywhere, clearning runways, approaches, etc., We walked thru the international terminal and across a enclosed bridge to the Sheraton Gateway Hotel. We had thought about going into town, but one look outside prevented that. Instead, we went down to the bar and ended up talking to a couple who were boarding an early flight for the Mayan area of Mexico. They go there every year. They thought we were nuts, but it gave them the chance to brag about their bad weather. They live 45 minutes north of the airport and said the airport didn’t have as much snow as they had received.
Photo #2 The ice castle was the center of activities during the carnival.
#3 An ice bar where they were serving Caribou drinks. Evidently very strong. We skipped those!
#4 Bonhomme was the star of the carnival. there were statues of him everywhere!
#5 chair sculpture in front of the railroad station. they looked so lonely in the snow!
very cold
ReplyDeleteA huge blizzard left several feet of snow on most of the Midwest and East Coast on Tuesday. Airports all over the U.S. were closed - all the way from Texas to the Northeast. After a day of wondering whether we would actually go or not, we received a text from American at 6: 16 a.m on Wed.: ``flight is on time.’’ We drove the Infiniti to Lot C at LAX, noticing that the parking lot was half empty, a clear indication that much of the U.S. was indeed snowed in. But, apparently, not Canada., We did take a rather unusual route, due east to Oklahoma City where we caught the jet stream northeast over OHare in Chicago which, the pilot informed us, was still closed.
ReplyDeleteWe actually had clear skies nearly all the way, snow covered the ground once we were out of the desert. After not quite five hours, we arrived in Toronto International Airport at 5:50 p.m. after a pleasant flight in business. It was dark and snowy everywhere, and about 16 degreesF but snowplows were everywhere, clearning runways, approaches, etc., We walked thru the international terminal and across a enclosed bridge to the Sheraton Gateway Hotel. We had thought about going into town, but one look outside prevented that. Instead, we went down to the bar and ended up talking to a couple who were boarding an early flight for the Mayan area of Mexico. They go there every year. They thought we were nuts, but it gave them the chance to brag about their bad weather. They live 45 minutes north of the airport and said the airport didn’t have as much snow as they had received.
Photo #2
The ice castle was the center of activities during the carnival.
#3 An ice bar where they were serving Caribou drinks. Evidently very strong. We skipped those!
#4 Bonhomme was the star of the carnival. there were statues of him everywhere!
#5 chair sculpture in front of the railroad station. they looked so lonely in the snow!