Howdy y’all
We are in TX visiting Abuela. No photos until I get home – didn’t bring the cable for the camera. Looks like things are going well with Sig’s raffle – thanks to all participating (see post below if you don’t know of what I speak).
I learned a valuable lesson at the Nashville airport yesterday and I’m all about sharing my knowledge with my friends in blog world. Having an expired drivers license = immediate flag as terrorist by security. I didn’t know it was expired until the afternoon before we left so I wasn’t able to do anything about it and it honestly slipped my mind. First, Sabrina and I were sent to a little roped off area to wait. Then we had to stand in a little plexiglass box. Finally, we were escorted to the area where they pat down the trfuly suspicious. Both Sabrina and I had to remove our shoes which totally cracked me up. I never thought about having to take her shoes off for security. Then they brought a female agent over who patted us both down. An agent went through my purse and diaper bag very thoroughly. Another man got out this high tech sniffer and ran it all along the crevices of Sabrina’s stroller. When he finished, he looked at me in bewilderment and asked how to unfold it. When I did it with one hand while holding Sabrina in the other he looked amazed. Yep, undergrad and grad school and you too can master the fine art of multi-tasking like a mom.
Moral of the day kiddies: Check your drivers license before heading to the airport.
Otherwise, we are enjoying ourselves in TX.
As if the airport isn’t evil enough. I’m sorry.
When Melia was five months old I got the same thing about the shoes–and they weren’t even shoes, more like slippers. I was laughing hysterically.
Have fun in Texas!
NO pics?? UGH!!!
Ok, your story was hysterical. Maybe not to you, but I sure did get a chuckle out of it!
Have lots of fun.
I had the same issue with the stroller the first time i travelled with kaenen – the stroller was too big to fit through the scanner thingie so they had to bring in a portable scanner – then they couldn’t fold it down – then they literally had to shove it through the scanner. and then, after all that they told me to take off kaenen’s socks (he was 3 months old) and put them through the scanner. i am all for airport security, but come on!!!!!!!
welcome to texas!
Not only did my husband try to board a flight w/an expired license, but he was with his father whose name is fairly common on the IRA terrorist watch list.
They did everything but strip search them.
Thanks for the warning – I’ll be checking our DLs tomorrow as we travel in about a month!
Good fun!
For the record, I also don’t recommend showing up at the airport with an expired passport. On our first visit trip I had to leave Jon in Houston (our layover on the way to Guatemala) for the weekend so he could get an emergency passport on Monday morning. That rocked (not so much.)
I always laugh at the toddler shoes off too.
e is happy to comply with that part—just not the back ON.
see ya tomorrow!
Michelle, if you didn’t have such a terrorist look. That must be it.
When we flew to Florida, everyone had to take off their shoes. It was a long slow line.
Have fun in TX!!
Gail
It’s funny you say that. My husband is currently in Seattle, WA and he realized last week that HIS license had expired. He was running around like a little maniac getting everything together for just that reason.
Welcome to TX!
Oh air travel, how I despise you.
Michelle- that’s why I only use my passport to travel with- it’s not just for International travel.
I hope the return flight is much better. Have a great time with Abuela.
Love to you,
Deb
When I flew to Salt Lake a couple of weeks ago I set off the security alarms in Boise. I had to go into the plexi-glass cube and have a “female assist” pat me down. Her wand kept beeping but she couldn’t find anything. After about 20 minutes of “searching” I was taken to a small room and told to take off my clothes. Come to find out, the underwire in my bra (which was brand new) was setting off the alarm. Needless to say, I threw the bra away as soon as I got to Salt Lake. I don’t want to make that mistake again!
dude, why didn’t you just travel with your passport?
What part of Texas??? That is where I am.
oh my!!!!! I am sure that was one of those never-forget-but-really-want-to experiences!
I just looked at my license…I have 8 more years…will you remind me anyway, though? The plexiglass box thing in particular freaks me out!
Hope you are having a great visit!
Alas, continueing your love affair with airports and airport protocal. I still think throwing your luggage down that escalator probably killed any “good airport karma” you may have ever possessed. Just remember this and stay away from sewing machines as well. Tell your Mom I said “Hello” and Cassie too if she has any waning memory of the poverty she lived in prior to your Mom’s rescue of her. Love ya!
Enjoy!
Too funny. Sounds like you handled the whole ordeal with great patience. I have to share… I went through the same process when a “suspicous blob” was discoverd in my carry on. Curious? The suspicious blob was… dun dun duuuuunnnnn… Airbourne. Yup. Pass it on to others, no Airbourne on the plane unless it is in the appropriate pint sized ziploc baggie. I just laughed. Glad to meet another “person of interest”… we are so scary!
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