Early morning flights are not my favorite, but at least flying out of the Rochester International Airport is low stress. The flight was scheduled for 6:50 am and if I was flying out the Minneapolis/St. Paul airport, I would have left my home at least 2 1/2 hours before the flight to make sure I would have time to go to the park & ride, get transported to the airport, check-in and check my luggage, go through security and get to the gate with at least 30 minutes to spare.
Rochester is a bit different. It is an international airport in the sense that Canada is foreign country. I am able to park at the airport for a whooping $8.00 a day. Granted it's not covered parking, but when the distance from the parking lot to the front door is less than 100 yards, I'll deal with it. The picture of the front door of the airport (right) was taken from my parking spot.
The ticket counter had two agents, one wearing a safety vest. From the parking lot to the ticket agent and getting through security was, maybe, 10 minutes.
Yep, this was the backlog at the security line.
Rochester has eight gates, so walking to the gate took maybe a minute. Unfortunately, I was there so early, the restaurant wasn't open, so my only option for food was a vending machine.
The ticket agent in the safety vest was now the gate agent. She was also in charge of the jet-way. When we were delayed on the tarmac, I figured she needed the time to become the air traffic controller.
The hotel at the meeting level seems very nice. There's only two restaurants in the hotel, so lunch breaks could be challenging. HOWEVER, one big plus to the hotel is there is a SuperTarget next door and a mall across the street.
Today, my focus is the club education seminar. We have about 30 clubs attending (45 people) and I'm giving them the best floor show I can.
My feet hurt already.
