Sunday, August 3rd (Mountain time)
- 6am wake up call. Check out. At golf course by 7:15am.
- Shoot final round until golf goes by 13th hole (about 3:30pm). While viewers watch the rest of the tournament, early hole crew begins tearing down cameras on the course.
- Drive directly from Colorado Springs to Denver, about 90-minutes.
- Arrive/Check in to Hampton Inn at Denver Airport 8:30pm.
- Repack for a 6am international flight.
- To sleep 11:50pm.
Monday, August 4th (Mountain time)- 3am wake up call. Check out of Hampton. Board 3:45 shuttle to airport.
- 4:30am, Hoover and I check in for flight to Beijing through Chicago.
- 6:02am, wheels up to Chicago. Take short nap. Land ORD 9:15am. (Central time)
- 12:05pm, board UAL flight 851 to Beijing.
- 12:40pm, Pilot informs us we've been given a "ground stop" and can't
take off due to weather in Chicago.
My bldg. is on the left...
- 12:50pm, Pilot announces it will be at least a one half hour delay.- 1:05pm, Plane taxis out to holding area and stops.
- 1:20pm, Pilot says because of delay (and the fact we will be flying over Russian airspace) that new flights plans have to be filed. Refiling should take "a few minutes..."
- 1:50pm (Central time), final begin to taxi and take off. Flight time: 12 hours and 50 minutes. Napped for a total of about 2hrs. total in fits and starts.
The view out my room window. (PS haven't seen a thing since Monday because of the haze!)
- Flight includes three movies, one meal (chicken or meat loaf), many, many snacks. I eat my big bag of peanuts and drink 12 bottles of water.
- Read 225 pages of my book, One Bullet Away, by Nathan Fick.
- Land in Beijing 3:50pm local time.
- Shuttled to Media Village, check in...
- 6:50pm Beijing time fall asleep.
Seemed like my 7am alarm happened an hour later. Reported for first day of work at boxing at 8am Tuesday.
Tomorrow, a look at the boxing venue!
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