New Airport

Getting a new Airport just doesn't happen all that often, of course it would be strange if it did. So what an event, and I get to experience it just days after it has opened. I am already traveling unexpectedly, now I'm off to the an airport that I've never been to before. Nothing can go wrong here, uh ya right. I do travel often so going through the airport is just something that I do, I don't give it much thought. However on this morning I am actually a little stressed about going to the airport. First things first, how to get there... love the internet (thanks Ann). Cool, getting there should not be bad at all. And it wasn't, I drive right to long term parking. Get my ticket, pull into the lot. Now typically I have a specific area that I drive straight to and park, nope not this time, so the hunt begins. I mean you can't just randomly pick a place to park, this needs to be thought through. Do the buses run in numerical order? So that stop #1 is the first stop, is the last stop (#9 i think) the first stop? Well I'm driving around checking things out and suddenly realize that I just don't care all that much. So I see stop #3, seems safe enough. Park, get my stuff and wait on the bus. Did I mention it is about 3 shades of cold outside, ah good times.
So here comes the bus, step on, drop the bags and take a seat. All is good and then some kind of alarm starts to sound. The bus stops...starts....and....stops. Yep something is wrong with the bus. No problem, this shouldn't be a problem there is a radio, just call the next bus. Oh what's that... the radio doesn't work either....yikes. So the bus driver who has been talking but I'm not paying much attention to, gets up and starts to exit the bus. This is when he mentions that the problem is these are Natural Gas buses, and this one has a leak....uh what? Did he just say our bus has a gas leak as he was exiting the bus. Well he literally waves down the next bus, the driver of the second bus says "hey we were wondering why you weren't moving". uh why just wonder, I might suggest "Hey actually go and check it out next time".

Ok great on a new bus now, yet interestingly enough we are not moving. The other man on the bus with me suggests that we get going. The response he receives is just plain funny. She can't move forward because the first bus we were on is in the way. Now please note that we are in a absolutely huge parking lot that is no where near full. So we ask why can't you go around and use the next row over to go around, the answer... that isn't this buses route. Ah ok, well let's go around, "well this is my first day" the driver says. (Shocking) So with some additional debate we go around and I'm on my way again. The good news is I have arrived early in anticipation of some craziness.

We pull up and wow the new airport looks great, I walk in and yes it really does look great. Of course it is more modern, it is huge and you can see how it can easily handle many more travelers then the old airport. Walk through the new food court area and on to security, it isn't busy and I get through security very quickly. Walking to the gate I discover this is now a big time airport, there are People Movers! The people mover quickly takes me passed both a Shapiro's deli and also a King David's hotdog place, then I arrive at a Starbuck's. Too bad you have to have a boarding pass to get in here. Oh and btw you can once again watch the planes take off like back in the days as a kid, there is an amazing amount of glass to include areas before security.