Alamo wi-fi

I have discovered free wi-fi in the Delta area of the airport. Happily, United boards very close by and I have full bars on my reception doohickey. Aw yeah.

San Antonio International Airport (SAT) is a cute airport, if tiny. They only have 3 baggage carousels in the baggage claim, people. The only smaller commercial airport I have been to is the Bend/Redmond one, which featured one gate. But they do have lovely tile mosaics covering the place and it is fairly well kept up. They also have a lot of shops with "Alamo" in the name.

In SEA and PDX, all the little news/last minute souvenir places are Hudson News. In HNL, I think they just say "Gifts". Here in the SAIA, they are all called Alamo Extra. You know, someplace to pick something up, in case you forgot someone. Because you'll remember at the Alamo Extra. Get it?

Remember? Alamo? Hahahahaha.

Just kidding. I know that's not funny.

You know how I know that's not funny? I listened to 12,794 permutations of that joke the first three days we were in Texas. Believe me when I say there is no love lost between me and Alamo puns. I have heard them all. ALL!

Sigh.

. . .

I just realized that when we get back, it'll be four days of nonstop errands and things that need to be done. There's unpacking and getting house things back in order today. Tomorrow we have 248 errands to run downtown and then I have to get my things together. Thursday is committed to traveling and then bowling and Friday I have a full day of scheduled work and really getting things back in order that didn't get done yet.

I haven't confirmed this yet, but I'm fairly sure I will have lots of scheduled work next week as well. That'll help me keep from getting in a non-traveling funk.

It's always somewhat of a let-down to come home after a long trip. Yes, even if the bulk of your trip was spent awkwardly listening to people bickering. If I could just travel endlessly for the rest of my life, I believe I would be happy. Just popping around from place to place, staying for a week or two or just a couple days if I decide it sucks. I would take a carryon with a few changes of clothes, and just go from place to place. I have often wondered how difficult it would be to just wander around the Alaska system without an itinerary.

On the other hand, it's nice to have a sense of place and belonging and I think that eventually, it would be pretty lonely to just endlessly travel by yourself. And I don't think anyone else would cater to traveling endlessly with me either.

Welp.

That's life.