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Airports aren't just for traveling!
Airports aren’t just for traveling!

Well, I would love to write that the Cincinnati group had a wonderful travel day, full of new adventures and better knowledge of the Alamo, but that would be a Janus-faced lie.

We left Summit at 5 am on a bus to Louisville (b/c of the always higher rates at CVG).  The intent was to arrive in San Antonio at 11:30 am and then wait for the rest of the OH delegation to arrive so that we could all board the 1:30 bus to the Alamo/Riverwalk.

Following Callimachus‘ advice that ‘a big book is a big evil’ (mega biblion, mega kakon), the bottom line is that we did not leave Louisville until 3:40 pm and therefore did not arrive at San Antonio until 7:45 pm.

So what exactly did we do for 8 hours in the Louisville airport and another 4 hours en route?

  • wait for the airline agent to mess up our flight and subsequent connections
  • play cards
  • stare at the ceiling
  • practice certamen
  • try to sleep
  • wait (again) for the airline agent to mess up our flight and subsequent connections
  • buy the Sunday NY Times and read practically every article except the Book Review and the Magazine
  • eat at KFC
  • actually sleep
  • lose sun tan lotion, water, and shaving cream to the security agent (‘too big to take on the plane’)
  • sit in the wrong terminal and come close to missing the call to board from the correct one
  • endure a very hot 70 minute flight from Dallas to San Antonio – Tullus, Julia, and I were in the very last row, right next to the sound and view of one of the engines
The devious agent working her fiendish plot to keep us from our destiny
The devious agent successfully works her fiendish plot to keep us from our destiny.   How can we properly ‘Remember the Alamo!’ if we were never there?

The rest of the OH delegation did in fact do the Alamo/Riverwalk.  The adjectives which I heard to describe the visit were hot, touristy, and humid.  The St. Edward group also visited an alumnus who became an artist and has a studio nearby.  They even heard a lovely harp song from his wife during their tour.

The OH delegation met for its first nightly Fellowship at 10:30 pm.  In keeping with the tenor of the day, I was late.  But everyone else was on time, and OJCL President Lindsey Dierig and the Executive Board did a great job prepping the group for the week to come.

The Executive Board and the OH Fellowship
The Executive Board and the OH Fellowship
Some of the OH delegation
Some of the OH delegation