Stayed in Atlanta last night. Had the girls with us and enjoyed a few hours of visiting with them before heading out. Danny and I dropped them off at school after breakfast and I took Lyft to the airport and Danny headed to work.

I arrived at the airport by 9 am and at 12:15 I’m still sitting here at the C-6 gate waiting for a missing flight attendant to show up from Cleveland before we can start boarding. I don’t mind as long as I don’t miss my connecting flight in Baltimore.

Travel days are the worst for me. I’m trying to practice patience, but I’m not good at sitting still this long. I’m thankful, though, that within a day I can be at my destination. If I think about it, walking to Connecticut took me about 3-1/2 months or so before, so I guess a few hours in the airport and/or bus is not so bad.

My thoughts as I sit here are that, as always, I’ll miss my family and friends; that I’m excited to hike; that I’m excited to visit with my friend, Caitlin; that I hope I have everything that I’ll need; that I hope my backpack makes it to my final destination; that I should be eating because it’s gonna be my last few “good” meals and that I’m already missing my bath and bed. Yep. Haven’t even left yet and I’m already appreciating people and comforts more.

Fast forward to 3:30 and here I am in Baltimore. Made it in time for my connecting flight with a little time to spare.
I love people-watching. Just like me, 90% of everyone else is looking at some sort of electronic device. What did we do before all of this stuff???? We must have been terribly bored. Or, maybe we actually spoke to one another. When people talk to one another in person, its much more interesting listening to their conversations when you can hear both sides of that conversation. Nowadays all we hear are one-sided conversations. Leaves a lot to the imagination I guess.

Let’s fast forward again.

“Welcome to Hartford” they said at 5:30 pm. Yay!!!!! Finally at my destination for the day.

On the agenda for tomorrow is to meet up with Caitlin after she gets in later tonight and we’ll hop the Peter Pan bus in the morning and head to Massachusetts. We have a shuttle driver, Dave, meeting us at the bus stop. He’s bringing us fuel so we don’t have to go to the Outfitter. He’ll drive us to the trailhead and we’ll have a 3.8 mile hike to get to the start of the Long Trail. Hopefully, we’ll have time to get another few miles in before dark. Hoping to get to Seth Warner Shelter area before nightfall. We shall see.