Where in the World is Ron Riley?

Most of you know, Ron travels about 70% of the time. And most of the time, it is without incident. With the exception of that trip, a few years ago, to Cabo. His original thee day trip turned into a ten day trip, thanks to a hurricane. But that's another story for another Blog. And before I can tell it, I would have to resurrect Spalding. You remember, Castaway? Wilson? Well Wilson has a brother named Spalding.

But I digress. Ron was looking forward to this trip to Mexico City. For the first time, he had scored a direct flight on AeroMexico. Usually, he flies to Texas, staying overnight then catches a second plane into Mexico.

Yesterday, Ron left for the Phoenix airport at 12:30 PM. I received a call from him about 7:00 PM. His plane had landed in Guadalajara. The passengers were informed the plane would be delayed two hours due to bad weather in Mexico City.

After sitting on the tarmac for two hours they pulled into a gate and deplaned.

After waiting two more hours it was announced the flight was canceled.

That sent Ron on a quest to locate his luggage. With luggage secured, he headed for the reservation desks along with several hundred of his closest friends who were also trying to rebook flights.

The reservation desk was very helpful (read those last six words in your best fairytale reading voice as in "then the handsome prince said to the beautiful princess") telling Ron, they had a lovely flight for him that would leave at 4:00PM Monday afternoon.

Ron, politely (and politely in the Ron Riley world has a different connotation than most of us), (Ron's close friends know of what I speak) informed the Reservation Desk, they better look again because that was "unacceptable".

Ron's new flight left would leave at 6:00 AM Monday morning. It was now 2:30 AM.

Ron stayed at the airport using their facilities to take a whore bath, shave and change clothes. So he would be bright and shiny for his flight (again, that last line is best read in your breathless, wonderment fairytale voice).

He arrived in Mexico City about 8:00 AM.

When I heard from him about an hour ago, he was slowly making his way to his appointment/client. Several of the major roads were flooded or washed out making travel a bit of a struggle. And he was running on the sheer power of caffeine.

Join us tomorrow for the next, "Where in the World is Ron Riley?".

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