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Sunday, November 11, 2012 -
Our 2 Delta flights were on time, full and uneventful. Our first flight was a small regional jet with 2 by 2 seats and fully booked, so large rolling carry on bags had to be gate checked. You had to put them in a bin, but it was full and after Clay turned all the bags up on their sides to make room and put mine in, some guy who stood by him and waited for him to do it alone took the last slot. Clay squeezed his onto the shelf in front of mine and it was still hanging off. It got its wheel broken for his trouble. Clay is very sad as he has had that big-wheel suitcase for a long time and this is the first time it’s been damaged.
We got to Winnipeg to a foot or so of recent snow, their first of the season. We quickly cleared Canadian immigration and customs and caught a shuttle to Airport Hilton Suites. It is a very nice hotel, minutes from the airport and near nothing in walking distance in this weather. After expensive ($14) sandwiches for lunch Clay went for a treadmill workout. We both had a great nap with the snow blowing outside.
Historically, I have not been a fan of Hilton hotels. Usually they have that dial-a-comfortable-bed gimmick on very hard mattresses that never change no matter what setting you try. Not here. They were generously soft and fluffy beds, pillows and comforters. I loved them. The 2 room suite was nicely laid out and spacious. The only problem was that I forgot to pack my bathroom nightlight. Again. The last trip that I remembered it, the room had an outlet that shut off when the lights were turned off. So, it seems like I just can't ever get it right.
Our group dinner was at the hotel at 6:30pm. We met our group of 15 + our leader, Patrick Rousseau. It was Clay & I, a couple from California, a couple with their recently graduated daughter from China, 2 couples from Britain, 2 women from New Mexico and a woman from Michigan and one from Texas. It was a good group. The meal was very good. Clay had salad, ribs and pecan pie. I had soup, steak and chocolate caramel cake. Sorry, no food photos, Clay didn't bring his camera to dinner, I guess.
We were early to bed. We have to be in the lobby tomorrow morning at 5:50am for the ride to the airport. One couple has to go an hour earlier. For some reason, they are not on the same flight. (Bad news for this couple, they were on the turboprop and only arrived about 5 minutes before we did and only had a cold breakfast on board.)
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