Houston, Joe has arrived

Houston, TX -- Joe arrived in Houston to 89 degrees and humidity that he does not remember -- though I am not sure if you ever get use to that kind of mugginess.

His mother and I dropped him at the airport last night around 11 and it was actually pretty easy -- no lines at the ticket counter and no lines for security (at left). He got into Minneapolis around two am (we asked him not to call, thank you very much) but he did send an email to let us know he arrived ok.

I thought he might be to Houston by the time we awoke -- but he was still in the air. Today it is pretty cool to be able to track the flight in real time. I used Flytecomm which is a pretty good tool for flights within the United States and Canada. For his flight to Paris, which leaves in a couple of hours, I will use Flightstats.com (the link should give you Joe's progress, if you care.) The image below is from Flytecomm and shows show about 30 minutes out from Houston. Click on it to see the larger version.