Orlando Trip 2007

The flight from Seattle to Orlando left on time and arrived on time.  There were no perpetually screaming children on the plane.  Yeah, I know, it's hard to believe, and yet it's true.

The MP3 player is the second most important tool for pleasant air travel.  It blocks out torrents of unwanted noise.  It provides hours of enjoyment superior to the airline's pay-for-view offerings.  Logically, the MP3 player should have been invented before the airplane, but the human imagination follows its own schedule.

Leaving the Orlando airport was an adventure.  We picked up the rental car from the Avis booth in the airport's parking garage, dutifully followed the Exit signs, and ended up in line behind several cars at structures that looked like stockades.  Each of the cars ahead of us were inspected carefully, inside and out.  After waiting more than fifteen minutes, it was our turn.  The uniformed employee snippily informed us that we were at the Exit for Alamo and National rental cars, which was apparently an inappropriate place for an Avis car to be.  Despite her exasperation, she let us pass on to the exit ramp and on to Freedom.  Vacation Tip Of The Day:  when in Orlando, don't rent a car from Alamo or National, unless you crave being treated like a terrorist.