We were scheduled to fly out of JFK last night at 7:35pm, which seemed reasonable because it was barely snowing and the temperature was in the low-30s. Certainly the airport and Delta Airlines can handle that!
We left at 4:45am eastern time!
I think we spent more time on the tarmac than in the air!
We missed the end of the Bing Crosby season, but Cheryl went and captured this double rainbow:
It made me think of Bing’s famous song:
Where the turf meets the surf
Down at old Del Mar
Take a plane
Take a train
Take a car.
There is a smile on every face
And a winner in each race
Where the turf meets the surf
At Del Mar.
The train and car is understandable, but what about taking a plane?
Did you know that Del Mar Airport used to exist? These are from the mid-1960s:
You can see that the new I-5 freeway was built right over the runway!
It was also a Navy auxilliary base during the war:
http://www.militarymuseum.org/NAAFDelMar.html
You still find remnants of the runway up until they did the lagoon restoration in the 00’s.
I am a sucker for topographic maps, aviation history and old aerial photos. This was a three for one.
2019 results and 2020 predictions posts soon?
I thought you might enjoy that one!
Tomorrow I’ll lay out some of the evidence to consider when making predictions about 2020.