After a tiring 15+ hour plane ride across the Pacific Ocean, we landed in sunny California......not....rather it was chilly 5degrees Los Angeles Airport which greeted us. What transpired after that was much much worse...we found out that all connecting flights to San Antonio has been cancelled for the day....due to the torrid weather out there this week...-2degrees and snowing. Total unpredictable weather for the state of Texas and hence the entire state is just not prepared for this kind of weather, unlike snow cities like Milwaukee or Chicago.
Airport's been closed and roads have also been closed.
That's the United Airlines counter we spent some hours trying to find us an alternate way into S.A
In the end, we even got our tickets changed from LA into Dallas (1am flight - 4 hours) and then from there we would attempt to drive into S.A which is another 5 hours drive. Madness but we were desperate. At the very end, after all the endless phone calls, we wound up cancelling all those elaborate plans and decided to put up in LA for the night. (Advice from above)
So off we trotted to the shuttle bus stop to take us to the nearby hotel, hoping the weather would clear up tomorrow, but in any case, we've got tickets into S.A on Thursday, but our flight out and home is on Friday evening - which makes me wonder why we're going to S.A in the first place. Sigh....it would still be nice to meet a couple of folks there.
That's some strange looking restaurant (I think) next to the LAX control tower. Nothing much to do during the "8 hours" we spent in the airport figuring out whats the best and smartest move.
Moral of the story, global warming is no joke...watch that aerosol spray....
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