I like the airport rides. Usually lots of freeway and easy drop off. But there is always that time when things try to make it difficult. A completely missing freeway exit ramp for example. The navigation said it was there but all of the orange cones and yellow construction equipment didn't care what the navigation said. No worries, we will go up one exit and cut back. That worked okay even though it was rush-hour traffic and therefore a little slower than preferred. Especially since the rider was concerned about having enough time to get to the airport. The first thing she said when I picked her up from the DoubleTree Hotel was, "how long will it take us to get there?" Of course we made it with plenty of time to spare.
As I drove away from the terminal I noticed the usually icon on the app that shows your position in the que for a picking up from the airport. I was never one to set around and wait for a ride so I had never picked up at the airport before. The icon indicated that I would be in spot number 11 when all of the sudden the notification of a pick up sounded. I looked and it was at the airport, lower level, column J. And just like that I had my first pick up at the airport. Easily made it to the rider and we headed out for a location on Hancock near Mopac. He was on his phone most of the ride but as we were getting close to the drop off location, he mentioned a book that he read named Boys Adrift. That lead into a very interesting conversation about the topic and I will be purchasing and reading that book.
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