We were up at 4 am, got packed in a hurry, then caught the shuttle bus at 5 am from the hotel lobby to the airport. Our first flight was at 6 am, Boise to Denver, which is where we start the VBT planned portion of the trip. VBT can't schedule from Boise for some reason, although the United ticket agent at the airport was able to check our bags all the way to Palermo, Sicily.
We arrived in Denver at 7:30 am, and had a 4 hour layover. We had scheduled the Boise-Denver leg ourselves based on the original itinerary from VBT, but VBT changed the schedule due to a possible strike somewhere. We weren't able to change our early flight out of Boise, but fortunately, we were still able to get seats together throughout the trip over.
We caught the Delta flight from Denver to JFK at 11:20 am. The in-flight movie was the Awakening, which was a decent and slightly scary movie appropriate for the Halloween season.
We arrived at JFK at 5 pm and had dinner at the Blue Smoke restaurant in the airport. Beers, of course. We were talking with a woman who recommended the Shiner Bock, so we had that as our second round. Pretty good beer.
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| At the Blue Smoke at JFK |
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| At the Blue Smoke at JFK |
Day 3
