Photoessay #2929 -Another way to the airport

Megan's visiting in Birmingham this weekend.  Getting to the airport is always a pain.  Either you have to convince somebody to drive you (45 minutes - 1 hr drive one way) or you drive your car and pay a ton of parking or you take a cab or shuttle (also expensive).  During my many trips to Rockford, I used to take my neighbor's cab and Dennis would pick me up.

Megan tried to convince Naomi to take her to the airport before work; she wasn't going for it.

How about public transportation?  There's this new light rail.  Maybe you could take a bus from LFP Town Center?  Bus connections to our neighborhood are pretty lousy.  But I'm taking the 372 bus to UW that morning.  The 522 goes downtown, wooosh.  Lee and I took it when we were dress shopping.

So we check it out; it looks doable.  The 522 doesn't go in the bus tunnel.  But you're a block to the Westlake Station and the train leaves every 15 minutes to the airport.  It could happen.

So I went a little early down to the bus stop.  Megan tried it.  She reported that it was really easy.  Doesn't work so well when you come back on a plane that arrives at 10pm.  But, in the middle of the day, it's a snap.

Megan and I waiting at the bus stop Tuesday morning.  Look at that bright light!