09.11.05
In LA for PDC
I made it to Los Angeles in one piece for PDC ‘05. I swear that every time I fly I get worse, but at least this time I had all my sim flights in my mind and knew exactly what was going on the whole way. I do have to remember not to sit up the back of planes though – it’s the worst place for the ride because it bounces you around a lot more and you get much more engine noise. Connecting at O’Hare was just annoying – I hate that airport.
One fun thing – I always enjoy the flight over the Rockys and the Grand Canyon. Could see Las Vegas in the distance but couldn’t quite make out the Hoover Dam. I have to get into Flight Sim some more and fly around that place a bit so I am sure to recognize everything next time I go. The guy across the aisle from me had a GPS on – should have thought of that and taken mine too! Would have been cool in a geek sort of way.
Anyway – I’m here in the Westin Bonaventure which is a pretty amazing hotel – 5 interlinked towers and every room has a pretty good view. I get to see the outside elevators going up and down through my window as well so it’s probably a good thing my wife isn’t with me or we’d never have the curtains open! Was kinda weird to go downstairs at 6pm and find none of the resteraunts open and have to get the (crazy expensive) room service, but it was a very nice meal.
Well, PDC “pre-sessions” tomorrow. I’ll report back on what I hear that isn’t NDA’d.