On a plane somewhere between Dublin, Ireland and London,
England: The last week and a half has been a whirlwind. I first flew to Omaha
for Grandma Snell’s 93rd birthday, my 20 year high school graduation
and Goddaughter #1’s high school graduation party. Which, surprisingly turned
out to be one of my most recent favorite trips back to the big O.
Then I flew Omaha – Chicago – Dublin and spent an entire
week on vacation (or as the Europeans say it, “holiday”) in a real-life castle.
I went horseback riding, pub crawling and attended a dinner party in a 16th
century costume. I had to pinch myself every other day to make sure I wasn’t in
a dream. Let's just say I'm a little bruised now.
But my adventures are still continuing and I’m not yet ready
to post with any recaps or photos (other than the occasional instagram
can-you-believe-this-shit-?! upload). So instead, I’ll mention one of the
recent
100 Little Pleasures of (Touring) Life… even though I’m not technically
on tour right now.
#52: Water Bottle
Carry On.
Thanks to the
jerks that made TSA ban liquids over 3
oz. from going through security, travelers have been dishing out $3-8 every
time they are forced to buy a bottle of water inside the airport.
By bringing in an empty water bottle to the airport, then
filling it at a water fountain (they still have those in airports, for those of
us that never really paid attention to them before since we were figuring out
where to throw away our money), saves me
only-God-and-credit-card-company-knows-how-much I’ve spent on airport water
bottles over the last seven years.
Or you can also take it to one of the food court restaurants
and ask for tap water and ice, which they don’t technically love (since now we're not buying their bottled water) but eventually get over.
I do have to caution: if bringing a water bottle is a new thing for you, you must be very conscientiousness of your latest carry on item. There may be a chance that you accidentally leave it on the floor at a gate at the Jacksonville airport and have to get a new one. Hypothetically, of course.
Additionally, if you forget to dump out your water and try to run it through security, they will make you empty its contents. However, I was told by the last TSA agent that if the water came in a solid form in the container, it would be allowed through. I'm just not sure how long it would take a frozen water bottle to unthaw once on the flight itself. Guess it'll be a new challenge for my next flight!
I'm very pleased that I finally figured out that adding one additional carry on
would save me buckets of money.
