I finally get to fly out of RFD!

March 25th, 2008 at 06:14pm Thomas V. Bona

Well, that’s not entirely true. I did fly from Chicago Rockford International Airport to Springfield last May to cover a Chamber of Commerce event. But that was for business and only a 35 minute flight.

Now I’m going as a “civilian”, flying on the new Detroit route at the end of June. While I’ve been to DTW (a great airport) once before, this will add Southern Skyways to my airline list. Sadly it’s only a piddly 10 right now (Eastern, Continental, ATA, American, Northwest, United, Midwest, Southwest, Aer Lingus and Allegiant for the Springfield trip). I’ll add AirTran also this summer for another trip.

(Now you see why my wife calls me a “dork”).

We have an exciting vacation planned - transportation and baseball! We’re flying to Detroit to catch a Tigers game, then renting a car to Pittsburgh (where my beloved Yankees will take on the Pirates … and I’ll take on a Primanti Brothers sandwich), then taking Amtrak or a rental car to Washington, D.C., for a long weekend with a Nationals game, an Orioles game and time with friends and family, followed by a an Amtrak trip to Cincinnati for a Reds game. Then back to Chicago on Amtrak and a Van Galder bus to Rockford.

Basically my vacation will resemble this:

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