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Boulder for work

Posted on September 15, 2008May 8, 2013 by scjody

Tue Sep 30, 17:40: AC  525, YUL-ORD, arr 19:05
Tue Sep 30, 20:02: UA  959, ORD-DEN, arr 21:34
Fri Oct  3, 19:33: UA  256, DEN-ORD, arr 22:50
Sat Oct  4,  9:40: AC 8694, ORD-YUL, arr 12:43


Unfortunately, I can’t get home on Friday night.. so it was either stay in Chicago, or stay in Boulder and get home even later. So I’m staying at the airport Hilton, which I’ve always wanted to do anyway for some reason. Note to onlookers: you can talk me into almost anything by pointing out that “it’s an adventure.”

8 thoughts on “Boulder for work”

  1. scjody says:
    September 15, 2008 at 22:02

    oh, I’ve done that twice. Once at ORD, once at DTW. Not particularly exciting…

    1. dcoombs says:
      September 15, 2008 at 22:37

      I’ve done it at ORD in a snowstorm after UA had mechanical difficulties; they put me in a Holiday Inn some distance from the hotel for about three hours until it was time to go back to ORD to try to fly.

      And recently it happened to me at PHL when there were tornadoes in the DC area; on about the thirtieth hotel I phoned from PHL at 1:00 in the morning I found a room, eventually got a shuttle, rode in that for half an hour, stood in a line of about 20 people to check in, lay down briefly, and then it was time to go back to the airport. I was a grumpy fsck the next day.

      Both times I was originating in BWI. And guess where I’m going next week?

      1. scjody says:
        September 17, 2008 at 21:08

        wow. Yeah, I was lucky both times and got a good amount of sleep – both were one-off failures: mechanical issue / unable to land at YOW due to fog. So it was easy to get a room…

  2. bee_york says:
    September 15, 2008 at 22:52

    You seem to travel so often! :) Is this because of your job?

    1. scjody says:
      September 24, 2008 at 03:25

      Sometimes, and sometimes for fun. I don’t get much vacation time though so that part is a bit limited.

      Recent trips: Tokyo was for work, with a side trip to Thailand for fun. San Francisco / Burning Man was obviously fun, though I worked for the first week I was there. Boulder is obviously work.

    2. scjody says:
      September 24, 2008 at 03:26

      not that going to Tokyo isn’t fun… but business travel is different. If I’m going somewhere interesting I usually find a day or two to explore, though it’s never really enough.

  3. jbailey says:
    September 16, 2008 at 07:25

    While I’ve always wanted to stay at an airport hotel, Boulder was surprisingly nice to visit for work a month or so ago. I was only there for a day, but the mountains were really pretty, it’s a bike-friendly city, and the vegan had *no* troubles eating.

    No idea if there was anything to actually do there, mind you =) The best I can say is that the Google reception area has a climbing wall and Guitar Hero !

    Tks,
    Jeff Bailey

    1. scjody says:
      September 17, 2008 at 21:09

      Well, apparently a friend of a friend has recently moved there and is a climber, so next time I’ll stay for longer and go climb :) For now, the travel is booked so I’ll stick with it and hopefully get to a climbing gym with him during the evening.

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