Come Fly with Me

On Saturday, RDU had an open house for their new terminal. There were freebies and big-beaked mascots, but the one of the coolest things was to pass through security and know I didn't have to fly anywhere. The absolute coolest was that there *was* no security. It felt like we were in a whole new world order, one where people are actually safe doing day-to-day things and don't need guards, metal detectors and McAffee Firewall.

The in-terminal restaurants had food samples (which we didn't line up for because we had already eaten). But got chocolate money at the newsstand and entered a few drawings.

Here's the Eagle for American Airlines. I can't find his name on the Internet, so I'll just call him "Eggleton" for my Toronto friends. AA held a drawing for air miles and gave out pens, pads of paper and magnets shaped like 737s. We're all stocked up now.



















Below, the people mover. And shiny, shiny floors.




















These two photos are of check-in, what you see when you first come into the terminal. BTW, all photos are courtesy of my husband and his snappy cell phone.