Day 1

Sunshine Skyway Bridge

AYCT Day 1

View from our lunch spot.

Bradenton, FL

(88° F)

Next Station: All You Can Tren

 Beginning today my accomplice and I will be doing a train trip through the United States of 11,000+ miles in 40 days. Yes, during pandemic.

Coupled details to follow.

for now, cheapest plane tix are on tuesday and wednesday

good article on the dynamics of airfare pricing (something i was just
*barely* aware of).

and a good teaser question to see how travel-smart savvy you are ...
before you read, take a guess on the *average* price of an airline
ticket orbitz sells on a saturday (US national and international), and
guess too about how many percent higher that is from a ticket sold on
friday.

{this URL is auto-generated on my hiptop. you many have to strip it
down to the second http: to get it to display in your world.}

http://mobile2.wsj.com/device/article.php?CALL_URL=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704062604576105953506930800.html?

Budget Travel Slide Show - What's the Worst Thing That Could Happen to Your Suitcase?

some good ones on here. i was on a BA flight out of london once while
we waited for ground crews to blow-up a brief case on the tarmac ...
resulting in a nice display of flying underwear.

http://www.budgettravel.com/bt-srv/gallery/1011_Suitcase/index.html?jumpToPic=0

quote of the moment

"There's really very little disease you can get from (germs on) an
inanimate object. Any time you have a lot of people crammed into a
small place, like an airplane, bus, or subway, your risk of acquiring
disease is somewhat higher, but most of the diseases people get when
they travel come from contact with other people directly—not
indirectly."

-- Dr. Ronald A. Primas, TravelMD.com

new snack on jetblue ...

... "kettle popcorners" (popcorners.com).

never heard of 'em ... will try 'em on this FLL -> LGB flight.