Phoenix Am 2010
Posted on Wednesday, April 14, 2010 by Porpe
Words by Jorge Angel @porpe (follow me)
Photos by Jorge Angel @porpe (follow me)
Waking up to catch a 5:30am flight is a challenge, especially for me. This was my first time to Phoenix Am and I wanted to be sure that I was on point. I did not want to pull any stupid moves like I did last year. I don’t know if you remember Rob’s post from last year’s Phoenix Am, but I booked 16-year-old Jereme’s and Dylan’s flight a day before Rob was supposed to arrive. Long story short – they were stuck out there with no ride from the airport to the hotel.
I arrived at TIA at 4:45am and both Jereme Knibbs and Raymond Feaste were waiting with their boarding passes printed out. I mistook my seat number for the terminal number and lead us to the wrong gate. When we finally get to the proper terminal, the suckurity line was unusually long. Jereme looks at me and says, “We better not miss our flight.”
By this time it was 5:05am, giving us 25 minutes to get through suckurity and on to our gate to board the plane. Everything was going smoothly until Raymond couldn’t find his bag after the x-ray machine. Ray Ray was unaware of the rules with toiletries and was forced to throw away his cocoa butter lotion, mouthwash, toothpaste, and face wash. Finally, when the guards were done looking through Ray Ray’s bag, it was 5:25am and we booked it to our gate.
We were the last ones on and I was that guy who was taking stuff out of my bag to be able to fit it in the overhead compartment. After all was said and done we took our seats, the plane took off through the Florida rain, and we were off to the dry desert land of Arizona.
Here are the photos and captions telling you how the weekend went. Enjoy...
Photos by Jorge Angel @porpe (follow me)
Waking up to catch a 5:30am flight is a challenge, especially for me. This was my first time to Phoenix Am and I wanted to be sure that I was on point. I did not want to pull any stupid moves like I did last year. I don’t know if you remember Rob’s post from last year’s Phoenix Am, but I booked 16-year-old Jereme’s and Dylan’s flight a day before Rob was supposed to arrive. Long story short – they were stuck out there with no ride from the airport to the hotel.
I arrived at TIA at 4:45am and both Jereme Knibbs and Raymond Feaste were waiting with their boarding passes printed out. I mistook my seat number for the terminal number and lead us to the wrong gate. When we finally get to the proper terminal, the suckurity line was unusually long. Jereme looks at me and says, “We better not miss our flight.”
By this time it was 5:05am, giving us 25 minutes to get through suckurity and on to our gate to board the plane. Everything was going smoothly until Raymond couldn’t find his bag after the x-ray machine. Ray Ray was unaware of the rules with toiletries and was forced to throw away his cocoa butter lotion, mouthwash, toothpaste, and face wash. Finally, when the guards were done looking through Ray Ray’s bag, it was 5:25am and we booked it to our gate.
We were the last ones on and I was that guy who was taking stuff out of my bag to be able to fit it in the overhead compartment. After all was said and done we took our seats, the plane took off through the Florida rain, and we were off to the dry desert land of Arizona.
Here are the photos and captions telling you how the weekend went. Enjoy...
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