Time To Think

The five hour flight from Burbank's Bob Hope Airport has become, this morning, at least a nine hour journey. Four of those hours will be spent in the Burbank gate. One run way, we are told, at JFK is closed. That closure combined with low visibility has backed up flights across the country.
Here at the Jet Blue gate passengers are affable enough. Of course, we're only two hours into our delay. These waiting at the gate friendships involving shared chips and magazines are likely to turn sour if the flight is delayed further.
Two boys brought along a suitcase full of toys. They must travel frequently.
Airports are surreal in routine mode. Airport delays take us into a completely different mode of being.