164-172 - June 13th-21st, 2018: CA + 2.
Journal It’s been an interesting week + two days! Day 1 (6/13) — Rapid City, Denver, Santa Barbara, Solvang Our day started off very early, and even despite our best efforts to get up and get out of the house early, we ended up in a minor rush to the gate. The worst part of Basic Economy was honestly the lack of consideration for TSA Precheck, which would’ve been nice, but not having to gate-check luggage and being last on the plane wasn’t bad. Our layover in Denver was similarly rushed - thankfully, the gate for the flights were moved closer so we didn’t have to cover much distance, but 40 minutes meant that boarding started almost immediately after we got there. We arrived in Santa Barbara quite early in the day, at 9:17 AM. (As a sidenote, the Santa Barbara airport is quite a nice building, built in the same style as the other buildings in the area. It’s a nice deviation from the modern glass and metal of most other airports.) From the airport we went straight to th...