Expecting to Fly

Day one was just getting to Colorado

I flew via JFK airport. The timing was right for flying out in the hour before sunset, and I was SO excited to get the chance to maybe get an airborne sunset photo of New York City from the window of the plane as we flew out.

As it was, we were grounded for the whole sunset, and I got only one glimpse of the city as we flew in from Connecticut in the first place. We got grounded with a lovely view. I love the reflections of the sky and surroundings off of this plane. I took waaay too many shots of it.
Then there was Denver International, the airport with the scarey alien tunnels. Honestly, I don't understand why they have to make everyone go on a spooky train ride with elevator music beginnings, just to get from one spot to another. I love small enclosed dark spaces, normally, but this airport just creeps me out a bit. [Note: my Love just told me you can go upstairs and walk, but now I am looking at my photographs, especially the ones from on the way home, and I do love my spooky tunnels, so I am going to stfu now!]

T picked me up from the airport, which was the epitome of awesomeness, since I had worked all day, and been traveling for about eight hours at that point. On the ring road, the moon was huge and yellow, but by the time we got to a place we could really stop for a photo, it was higher in the sky and more subdued. Still, I am pretty happy with the zoom of my new camera. I can tell that it's still more noisy and less sharp than the SLR lenses I dream of eventually having, but I am happy with improvements as I can afford them!

It felt so good to drive into the town I consider my home. It's the place I grew up (finally), that's for sure.