• Back in North America

    March 20, 2020 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 20 °C

    We’ve made it to Houston, Texas. This airport is quite empty. We’re at the gate waiting to board our last flight of the trip, to Pearson Airport in Toronto. We’re delayed at least a half hour, as the inbound flight hasn’t landed yet. They just announced that they’d be coming around to ask everyone health questions before we board. They said it was a requirement of the Canadian government. Not sure if they’ll take our temperature or not. Would’ve been nice if this had been done prior to our 15 hr flight from Auckland. We likely will have an elevated temperature, having dragged our luggage a half mile to get here...
    Update - we just passed the health questions. Our plane is here. Now they say heavy winds at Pearson may delay us further here. We’re approaching 24 hrs of travel...
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