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I have always considered myself a pretty lucky guy but that can come at a price, especially when Karma feels bitchy. I purposely flew early to Denver so that I would have time to take in the local sights. Here is how my day went:

• Woke up at 4 AM to catch the first flight to Toronto...no problem there.
• Landed in the middle of a thunderstorm, the worse I've seen since that time in Dallas.
• Spent 30 min on the tarmac since lightning has caused a freeze in ground operations.
• As I rush to make my connection, I get through customs but notice that they are just piling the checked luggage next to the non moving X-ray machine...this does not bode well.
• My worries are confirmed once I get to Denver one hour late, none of the Toronto passengers got their luggage.
• I take a cab downtown only to discover that there are two Hyatts in Denver and the cabbie took me to the wrong one.
• Once I walk three blocks to the right hotel, I am told that they have lost my reservation. Got an upgrade, with a great view from the 36th floor, but I'm losing the conference rebate and it's gonna cost me $50 extra.
• Since my suitcase is on its way to Buthan, including my tripod, I had to go shopping instead. Anyway, the way my luck has been going, walking around a metropolitan area with an expensive camera might not be the best of idea.
• Tried to call the family...no payphones in the hotel. Chatting will have to do.
• Finally, after taking today's image, I notice that the first 3 feet of carpet next to the window are completely soaked. Did I mention that I was wearing socks. As I am writing this, I got two engineer going through my room on all fours trying to find the source of the leak. The hotel is only three months old and there are still a few bugs remaining.

After talking with some of my colleagues at the reception I realized that I might be in luck after all. The hotel is so new that they didn't get the entire complement of beds...some of them have to sleep on couches and "army cots".

March 14, 2006 | Colorado | Comments (6)