Monday, July 3, 2017

This morning we boarded a prop plane at Itami airport to Aomori for the annual Field Conference.  It was drizzling a bit here  As we got closer to Aomori, it got cloudy and rainy..  The flight should have taken 90 minutes.  However that time came and went.  Turns out it was so foggy in Aomori that our plane was diverted back to Sendai.  It was clear there; we landed, deplaned and walked across the tarmak to a waiting bus.  When we got to the terminal and got off the bus, the stewardesses checked out name against the passenger list and handed us an envelope with cash in it.  We went over to the train to catch the shinkansen to Aomori station.    We were supposed to arrive at 1:30, but we finally got there about 6:00 pm.  
We were not the only ones that were diverted.  The Durden family came from Nagoyo and had to go back there then flew to Tokyo and stayed the night.  They finally got to Aomori on Tuesday about noon.

The propeller outside seat 8 on the right side.

Tanabata hangings in the Sendai Airport 

Ladies' room at Sendai

ride on the Shinkansen