Champions

 

A sports bar and restaurant in the hotel called Champions where I sat down to a late lunch or early supper. No snacks for the hoi palloi on the plane because of what the pilot called a "bumpy ride." Not sure the Biscoff cookies the crew nevertheless handed out to the first class passengers would have been worth the extra fare. Made the price I paid for my salmon salad at Champions seem quite economical by comparison. :-)

Housekeeping

 

Well, you know I'm always interested in how professionals handle routine housekeeping chores, mostly in order to see if I can learn any new tricks of my own. In this case, I was not entirely "im-pressed" by the bed cover. Seems to me it could have used a couple more passes with an iron. Maybe because the front desk bumped me up to the top floor after discovering I needed a feather-free room? I will say, though, that the sofa gave me one of the most comfortable afternoon naps I've had in a long time. And the accompanying writing stand--was just what I need to jot down some quick notes.

You Are Here

Another parking garage or, as the British call it, another "car park." Fortunately, the hotel where I stayed provided this convenient little sign next to the elevator.

Autowalks

When I read yesterday about the Trump administration's desire to redevelop Dulles International Airport and to possibly do away with the so-called "mobile lounges," I had to chuckle a little bit, especially as I thought about the autowalks at the Atlanta airport. Not sure I which I prefer. 

I didn't mind the walking. In fact, I actually preferred to walk rather than to take the airport's trains. But I'm not sure I would consider those advancements over Dulles' shuttles.

Relativity

No, not one, but multiple escalators! I'm sure that over time I would begin to make sense of all these, but to someone who hasn't been to Atlanta's airport in years, they were somewhat bewildering. Like, am I any nearer to my destination than when I started? Or am I trapped inside one of M. C. Escher's woodcuts? :-)

Escalators

 

There sure were a lot of these at Atlanta International Airport.

Buckle Up

 

Fortunately, the crew didn’t have to buckle up. Pretty smooth ride, this despite my having to drive through rain and even a rainbow (!) to get to the airport.