Other than the fact that we've been preparing for this trip for months (planning, writing papers early, getting clearance to miss class from professors, etc) our trip began with the airport. Thanks to Sam and Christy Wardell for driving us there at 6:00am!
The excitement started when my mind woke up and realized I was really sitting in the SLC Delta gate. I started to play the games I had planned and looked forward to on my iPhone, including covertly recording the conversations of people with accents who had the misfortune of sitting around me. A flight to JFK airport is a whole heck of a lot more diverse than a trip to Burbank or Vegas. I even heard some Spain Spanish! However, when I recorded a man giving his private information to a car rental company I realized how creepy I was being and stopped.
On the plane an awkward New Yorker man sat next to us on first flight and wanted to talk... It was a 5 hour flight. We learned the intimate details of his experience on 9/11 and how it hurts him to miss the twin towers in the NYC skyline every time he flies in. He told us about his London trip, and suggested several things we are not going to see. He was nice, but we found a convenient out in the free onboard television. Dale watched some Jack Black/Ben Stiller concoction, and I watched 4 back to back episodes of Flip this House. It was foggy over the whole country that day, it seemed, so there never was a very good view until we got to Jersey. Once the clouds parted, we got to see New York City and the Atlantic, enjoying the anticipated emotions of 'I am really doing this' as we were half way there!
We didn't see any views of downtown from the plane, but did see the first shelf drop off of the Atlantic ocean and beautiful houses on the shore and thought it might be an exciting place to live.
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