2012 SLC Middle of Nowhere Tour
Aug. 6th, 2012 10:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bedsitter23I am in the midst of my near yearly trip to Utah. I will be in a town that I do like a lot- Salt Lake City. Sure, it's an easy place to host an Olympics, because it is in the 'middle of nowhere', but observation by English Prime Ministers notwithstanding, I still like it.
I got on a plane behind a baseball player. After getting behind someone who was carrying and checking in, not only his regular baggage, but a bag full of bats, I guess I won't ever complain again that my bag is too heavy.
He had identification and team gear, so it was easy to guess that as a member of the Reno Aces (aka The Reno Ghost Riders), I knew in normal circumstances, he'd be playing the Iowa Cubs downtown in Des Moines tonight.
It was easy to predict he had good news (a promotion) or bad news (a trade). I resisted the temptation to ask, unsure that I wanted to be 'that guy'.
Of course, what is almost freakishly scary to me, I was able to (via android device) identify him as a Diamondbacks catcher headed to replace an injured starter.
In other circumstances, I might have struck up a conversation (the Des Moines airport, generally being ghost town-like much of the time. The arrival of Southwestern Airlines may change that, but for now, Omaha and Kansas City are worth the drive), but he didn't look particularly look like he needed a distraction, nor did I want to put him in an awkward position.
Oh, and the Salt Lake City airport shop (like Houston) has Tebow gear displayed prominently along with all of the local teams (Utah, BYU, Jazz, Real Salt Lake). I am curious if Denver will do likewise (probably not). I will know in a couple of days.
I got on a plane behind a baseball player. After getting behind someone who was carrying and checking in, not only his regular baggage, but a bag full of bats, I guess I won't ever complain again that my bag is too heavy.
He had identification and team gear, so it was easy to guess that as a member of the Reno Aces (aka The Reno Ghost Riders), I knew in normal circumstances, he'd be playing the Iowa Cubs downtown in Des Moines tonight.
It was easy to predict he had good news (a promotion) or bad news (a trade). I resisted the temptation to ask, unsure that I wanted to be 'that guy'.
Of course, what is almost freakishly scary to me, I was able to (via android device) identify him as a Diamondbacks catcher headed to replace an injured starter.
In other circumstances, I might have struck up a conversation (the Des Moines airport, generally being ghost town-like much of the time. The arrival of Southwestern Airlines may change that, but for now, Omaha and Kansas City are worth the drive), but he didn't look particularly look like he needed a distraction, nor did I want to put him in an awkward position.
Oh, and the Salt Lake City airport shop (like Houston) has Tebow gear displayed prominently along with all of the local teams (Utah, BYU, Jazz, Real Salt Lake). I am curious if Denver will do likewise (probably not). I will know in a couple of days.
