There isn’t much to write about the redeye flight home from Oakland. After I signed off from my last post, I read a few chapters of Tim Kurkjian’s book, Is This a Great Game or What, before boarding for our flight began. The plane was late in coming from Denver, its previous flight, but the delay wasn’t too bad. We began boarding at around midnight PT, and once on board, I pulled an eyeshade over my eyes and tried to go to sleep. We took off at about 12:25 AM PT, and I feel asleep for good shortly after that. I woke up a few times during the flight, and woke up for good just as we began our descent into Washington-Dulles International. We were about 30 minutes late, and an announcement was made asking people who were terminating in Washington or had ample time to make their connections to wait for those with tight connections to deplane, yet most people got up. Air travel would be far more pleasant if people were not so rude and self-centered; the people who ride Amtrak are far more relaxed. I got off the plane at about 8:10 AM ET, rode the mobile lounge to the main terminal to collect my luggage, and then took a taxi home, arriving there about one hour later, thus officially ending my trip.
A post with concluding thoughts will soon be posted here, as well as information about where to find photos from my trip, once those are online, so do keep checking in. Alternatively, you can join the update list for my website, Oren’s Transit Page, to find out when the photos are posted there. Simply click on the link for Grand Central or the Skyline Terminal, and then scroll down to the update list signup. The update list for both sections is identical, and your email address will not be given out to anyone as a result of signing up for my list.
