Getting Paid to Drive

Today I'm going to visit a customer in the middle of Michigan.  So the plan was to fly into Detroit, drive across the state to our customer meeting, then drive to Chicago.  That's a lot of driving, most of it westbound and in the afternoon.  One thing that's critical in that situation is sunglasses.  One thing I forgot in my car at the KC airport this morning is sunglasses.  Thus, I had to choose from the lovely collection at the gas station in Detroit.  Fortunately, I found a pair that weren't hideous and weren't completely ineffective, and of course they weren't pricey, because gas stations don't sell expensive sunglasses.  My rental car also ended up being pretty nice.  It was a Ford Fusion with leather seats.  I love driving, so I didn't mind the five hours in the car today.  Here I am crusing across the Great Lakes wilderness.

Model Airports

I travel a lot for my job, so I go in and out of Kansas City's airport frequently.  There are a lot of things that I like about it.  But recently there has been a push to replace it, as it's aging and in many ways is inefficient.  But some of those inefficiencies, like the many small groupings of gates, each with their own security entrance, make my life easier, as it means the lines are almost always very small.  Regardless, it's still much better than many other airports.  So in general I want to keep the current airport, but then I go to airports like Detroit and Indianapolis (where I am today), and I start to get excited about what a new airport would be like for us:  spacious, airy, bright, yet still convenient and quick.  If our new airport would be like those, I could be happy.