Kingston

So the last time I wrote I was supposed to be flying on a red-eye into Syracuse, N.Y and driving up to Kingston, Ontario Canada for another UCI BMX event. Well, I showed up at LAX all read to go and when I went to check in they told me my flight was delayed. It was about 10:15pm and I was supposed to take off at 11:30pm. Well, now the flight into Philly was delayed like 3 hours and she said I wouldn't make my connecting flight into Syracuse. So I asked her when the next flight to Syracuse was and she said not until really late that night, which would have been Friday night. The race was Saturday and as it was I was going to miss Thursday's and Friday's practice. She said I could get on that late flight into Syracuse IF the weather lightened up and they weren't sure it would so the flight wasn't for sure. So I tried to get on a different flight into JFK, which would mean that instead of driving 2 hours into Kingston I would have to drive about 6 hours once I landed at JFK. However all of the flights into JFK were now completely oversold because of all the other delayed and cancelled flights. At this point I didn't know what to do. I didn't want to fly half way there and then be stuck either super far from the race or worse...without my luggage. Lord only knows where it would have ended up if the flights were nuts.
So in the end and after the United Global lady helped as much as she could I decided to not go. It really sucked because I really wanted to go, had planned on going, and was mentally already there. Instead I went home and get to spend an extra 3 priceless days at home. So I am definitely making it into a positive.
Next up...the Jeep KOM Finals in Beaver Creek, Colorado. I leave for that race on Thursday and go straight from there to MTB Worlds in Scotland and then to the World Cup Finals in Slovenia. So until then I'll enjoy my time at home and getting to see my friends and family.
Cheers!
tara