Darcy goes to the airport only to find that the rules of logic do not apply in this strange world.

1. Darcy Arrives with 30 minutes to spare
at the Southbend Airport
in Southbend, Indiana.
You missed your plane.
There is a $50 re-routing fee.
The next plane leaves in 3 hours.
I am here and I can see my plane through
that window, still parked at the gate.
Therefore, I did not miss my plane.
These are
the rules.
There are 30 minutes
until the plane leaves.
It will take me 5 minutes
to get on the plane.
Logically, I am able I will check your
to get on the plane. bags here.
You may keep one.
The rules are illogical.

2. The rules of logic and reason didn’t seem to apply at
the airport, so Darcy resigned herself to her 3 hour wait.
She looked for the stairs in hopes of getting a little exercize, but could only find escalators...
I guess I’ll
go work on
my knitting.

3. At the security check,
her food and water were taken,
as were her knitting needles.
In the confusion,
she forgot her
lucky cowgirl boots.

4. Safely passed Security, Darcy was amazed at the world she discovered. It was a world filled with people
waiting for planes and all were occupied with eating, drinking, shopping or reading the newspaper.
Without her knitting needles, Darcy had nothing else to do.
So, she ventured out into this strange Airport World.

5. She shopped for a brand new outfit and a brand new travel bag with wheels
that would fit her old clothes and old bag. (Her old carry-on had become too heavy to carry!)

6. She even had time for a meal :
Fried Chicken, French Fries and Soda Pop.

7. Exhausted, she retired to the airport bar
and treated herself to a martini.

8. By then, it was time to
catch her plane.
As she made her way to her gate
on the moving sidewalk Darcy
was not thinking of the $300
she spent unneccessarily
nor the lapse of reason that
lead to her afternoon in the
strange Airport World.
In fact, she thought of nothing as
she continued on her journey.

9. Through revolving doors she went....

10. ...then, took a short ride
on the People Mover...

11. ...and down the gangway to her plane at last.

12. Darcy felt a great relief to finally be safe in seat 35c. She no longer cared about
the $50 re-routing fee or the 3 hour wait. All she wanted was another Martini.
As it turns out, Darcy didn’t need logic or reason to survive at the Southbend Airport.
She just need to go with the flow of traffic.