Fighting Illini

We're recovering from a great getaway weekend in Illinois. I can now say I've experienced the Big 10 (and a whole lot of corn fields en route). It was a great game between Illinois and Wisconsin amid the sea of orange. And the Illini pulled out the win! For an early October afternoon, it was surprisingly warm.

The ride home from Illinois was also an experience. We began our trek home on Jet Blue from Chicago. The leg room was ample (especially for Bonnie and me) and the satellite TV kept me somewhat occupied during the ordeal.

After sitting on the ramp for maybe 15 minutes we were informed of a computer glitch. We would return to the gate for a rebooting of the airplane - even airplanes get those damned blue screens of death. With the restart unsuccessful, we had to change planes. So about 2 hours behind schedule, we were finally on our way back to water logged Jacksonville. Our heads hit the pillow about 3am with $50 JetBlue credits on the way.