Flew from Heathrow Terminal 5, which was pretty impressive and very fast. There are lots of extra staff to help customers at the moment, which was impressive. Flew to Chicago, where I bumped into Dave Gardiner in the immigration queue. Immigration took an age, then the transfer to a different terminal, back through security etc… I was too late to check in for my flight to Cincinnati (with only 90 minutes to transfer, I had expected a rush). The flight ended up being delayed and so I was able to check in!
Picked up a ‘chev’ in the Cincinatti and a GPS to drive the 110 miles to Columbus for a meeting the next day. The drive was horrific. I did a few emergency stops with the brakes, by having feet on both pedals at once. The worst was coming off an off-ramp ๐ It was dark, lots of lorries, and from landing at Cincinnati to arriving at the hotel took 4 hours (and I arrived at 4am UK time without having any sleepโa bit silly!) I did have a Tim Horton’s on the way: I realised then how tired I was when I tried to order and couldn’t actually read the sign and take it in. Glad for that rest and for the GPS! The Holiday Inn was very comfortable and I had a great sleep.
Quick meeting the next morning at the ACS, which was fine, then headed off before lunch to go all the way back to Cincinnati!