We arrived back almost on schedule with an almost uneventful pair of flights. We got up early, after less than 5 hours sleep, to catch a shuttle to the terminal  only to find that the driver had never showed up. Quickly got a Lyft to the terminal and as we prepared to hustle we learned that our flight was delayed 35 minutes which gave us just the window we needed to get some breakfast on the way to the gate. As we were sitting waiting for the food Delta dinged my phone and we learned we had just lost part of that time. We chowed quickly than realized we had a looong walk to gate B48 at the very end of the finger. We made it easily if somewhat breathlessly and got to the gate as they were boarding Comfort+ passengers which was what I had booked – more legroom and guaranteed space for a carryon. We actually arrived just about on the scheduled time. 

The Rochester Monroe County International Airport has a longer name than befits its traffic. Three CRJ’s landed at the same time and the staff were overwhelmed, for at least 10 minutes. The worst part of the adventure was waiting for a cab. There was no line, there were no cabs! I realized that we had not traveled through this airport in a long time. It was not just the Covid halt, when we have flown out of the country it has been from the West Coast, even Kansas one time and Charlottesville as well. 

We made some wonderful new travel friends on this trip. Some are near our California home. Others, in Florida, it is unlikely we will see, unless they come out of that state. It’s not the politics, although it could be, but we find the lack of mountains and high humidity with large crowds of people to be daunting. Cobbs Hill in Rochester is higher than the highest elevation Florida and it is just a bump high enough to host broadcast antennas. 

As the trip was winding down and others kept asking what our next trip was going to be, we realized we had no immediate answer. For the first time since we started traveling with OAT we left on a trip without having planned the next trip. We are talking, but have not made any decisions. All you readers may be the first to know.

Our current plan is to stay in Rochester until about October 9. We will travel to Ontario to see family near the end of September.  We have an appointment to renew our Nexus passes in Niagara Falls on September 27. 

If you are resident in Rochester, or passing near by, we would love to get together.