SkyWatch Friday 012425

Got a bunch of pictures today! 

I didn’t post yesterday because I was traveling from Michigan to visit the Spouse who is currently working remotely from his Mom’s house in Arkansas.  (he’s spent each January there since Covid, since this is his busy time at work and our house is crazy with the grandkids)

Above - this was leaving my neighborhood.  I stupidly didn’t check the weather so I was surprised by just enough snow to make a mess. 2-3 inches. 

Btw - my flight was leaving at 7:30 am and the airport is normally close to an hour drive.  Even the highways were awful and I saw a lot of cars in the ditch.  One section was even closed by State Troopers and I had to exit.

Luckily I’d already checked in for my flight and didn’t need to check a bag so I made it with just minutes to spare.

However - the plane needed to be deiced!

We sat there while another plane was done first.  Then the truck ran out of fluid so they had to go refill it and finish them before they got to us.

I’ve never experienced deicing before so it was interesting.  First they sprayed this orange liquid all over. 

Then this thick green stuff.

I sent this pic to the Spouse and commented that it didn’t look like his proton pack didn’t have much power!

We ended up leaving 1 1/2 hours late, so I missed my connecting flight in Chicago.

Approaching O’Hare over a Lake Michigan margarita.

I really like the United Airlines app, they really kept me up to date with what was going on.  I could let them rebook my flight or I could choose my own.  Since I arrived in Chicago at 9am, I really didn’t want to wait until 7pm to get on a direct flight to Little Rock.  So I opted for one leaving at 10:30am with a very short layover in Houston.  

I was happy they have trains in Houston since I didn’t have very long to get between my gates.  And had another small delay because they only had one person on the plane’s cleaning crew.

The flight between Houston & Little Rock was very rough. 

But pretty!

I was amused to see a “dollop” of snow in Little Rock!  The Spouse sent me pictures back on the 10th showing 8 1/2 inches of snow on his Mom’s deck so it’s not surprising that it’s mostly gone.

So it was a very long and stressful day, even tho we got back to the MIL’s house well before dark.

Then we went and got BBQ for dinner!

The “Spud Supreme” from Stubby’s BBQ in Hot Springs.  There’s a giant potato under a pile of brisket, beans and cole slaw.

OMG - so good!

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