Burlington, VT: The decision

Late last night, well very early this morning, I devised an itinerary:

· CO52 12JAN08 Houston-Intercontinental, Houston TX (IAH) to Newark-Liberty, Newark NJ (EWR) 777 8:00a 12:12p

· CO2503 12JAN08 Newark-Liberty, Newark NJ (EWR) to Burlington, VT (BTV) ERJ 12:45p 1:49p

· CO2332 12JAN08 Burlington, VT (BTV) to Newark-Liberty, Newark NJ (EWR) 777 2:30p 3:59p

· CO336 12JAN08 Newark-Liberty, Newark NJ (EWR) to Ponce, PR (PSE) 738 11:55p 4:45a

· CO337 13JAN08 Ponce, PR (PSE) to Newark-Liberty, Newark NJ (EWR) 777 6:00a 9:10a

· CO303 13JAN08 Newark-Liberty, Newark, NJ (EWR) to Houston-Intercontinental, Houston TX (IAH) 733 10:25a 1:20p

I still needed to find a trip from Newark to a new airport that would get me back by 11p on Saturday night so I can make the Ponce flight. I’m still working on that. Why Burlington? I’ve never been to the state of Vermont is why. I also looked at Albany and Buffalo, NY, but as it is a Saturday, the schedule is quite limited. Other options are to Nantucket and Hyannis via Boston, but by the time I return, there are no late departures back to the NY area; again Saturday schedules. The search continues…

I awoke at 5:00a and headed for the shower as well as finishing up some last minute stuff. At 5:53a, I was out the door catching the delayed 6:02a bus which arrived downtown at 6:21a, one minute late. My target was to catch the 6:39a bus to the airport. It showed at 6:40a and should arrive at the airport at 7:29a, just in time for the 8:00a departure. I hope the airport is not crowded. The good thing is that I am already checked in, so no worries there.