Driving from Boston, I headed to Hartford for another state capitol. There are two buildings, the capitol and the legislative building connected by an underground tunnel.

On another cross country redeye trip on JetBlue, it was time for a little rest. I have no idea how long I was asleep, but I know I was out…

Today was the day 25 AYCJers were waiting for. We attended a taping of the Price Is Right. After waiting nearly four hours (would have been longer with individual tickets), we were led to the far back on the stage left side in the corner.

After a long day of flying and a few issues along the way, I made it to Long Beach where two other AYCJers joined up to share a car.

We drove down to Los Angeles to meet even more AYCJers at the Grove.

Michael Bolton had a free concert that surprised all of us. I’m still not sure what the occasion was that would lead to him singing in the middle of a shopping mall.

After a short stay at SFO, I met up with a couple of fellow AYCJers to head down to Long Beach for the Price Is Right taping.

Starting a day of traveling west, and then south, JetBlue flight 1210 was a quick flight on an E90. Captain Brendan and first officer Keith got us to Boston on Blue mobile in time for our close connection to SFO.

Completing the circuit between Buffalo and Syracuse, we began the day in Syracuse. You can walk through the Frank Buchanan Thomson at the Erie Canal Museum. This museum is in the old weightlock building.

After landing in Buffalo, I made my way east to Lockport to see locks 34/35 on the Erie Canal. From the bridge, at Pine and Canal St., you can watch boats rise and fall through two locks in about 15 minutes. It is quite fascinating how the locks operate. You can also walk down to the museum and watch the boats from a few feet away.

On JetBlue flight 102, Out of the blue, Captain Doug and first officer Jesus were excellent in flying the clear skies to Buffalo, New York…