Today was my travel day. I don’t travel much at all so it’s always an exciting adventure for me. I left the house with plenty of time and made it to the Parking Spot in about 40-45 minutes. If you travel out of DFW international airport I highly suggest using these guys for parking. The airport itself is very large and not fun to navigate, but getting to the Parking Spot is easy. Once you get there they tell you what row to park in and their van picks you up right from your parking spot. The staff are always friendly and even handle your luggage for you. Once you are on the bus, you have no worries about navigating the often confusing DFW airport, since they drop you off right at the terminal you need. Once you return they pick you up from the terminal baggage claim and run through about every 10 minutes for pickups. They drop you back off right at your car and give you a free bottle of water for the drive home.
Once I got to the terminal I had to check a bag, but there was a very short line. Security was also no big deal and only took about 10 minutes to get through, so everything went very smoothly. Of course my plane left at 7pm so the slightly later departure may have aided in the short lines. I’m glad it all went well, because I needed to grab a bite to eat and had just enough time to get something from the food court. I then headed over to my gate and found David Stein, and it’s always nice to run into a friend.
The flight itself was very smoothe and completely on time! Always a good thing, but especially since my flight didn’t arrive until a little after 9PT and 11 my time. Dave and I met up and headed down to the baggage claim to get our stuff. From there we headed over to the Seattle Link Light Rail. They don’t take American Express so I had to pay cash, but hardly a big deal for a one way trip of $2.75. The whole process was easy and cheap, and I’ll certainly continue to use the Light Rail on future trips.
The trip took 40 minutes to get from the airport to the WestLake exit. I’m staying in the Sheraton and I don’t think it even took me 5 minutes to walk from the train station to the hotel. It was a perfect choice. I got checked into the hotel, unpacked, ironed some shirts, and headed down to the hotel lounge to see who I could find. I ran into Denny Cherry, Jim Murphy, and Wes Brown. We chatted for awhile and Wes and I decided to call it a night after a long travel day. I think I finally went to sleep around midnight PT or 2am my time.
Everything went great and it was an awesome start to the trip.