Brunswick, ME (USA)

Planning to leave at 1030L - more confusion, though. Actually had a chance to get some food and souvenirs at 0900L because there were some problems with our clearance (again). Carina stressed out about the way things have been going (everything via computers not working out the way she likes). However, this trip was completely different than what I've experienced over the last seven years - I used paper and face-to-face interactions with the locals to get things to work the way I wanted them to. This trip has been all about making changes with people who are located at computer hubs - we've never talked to them at all. I finally took it on my self to get our weather brief from the Portuguese forecaster at the airfield - that took 15 minutes and I was able to get away from Carina's worries... Still, we left late again. Flight over to Brunswick was OK - had to fly as efficiently as possible to make it without a fuel stop. Turn through there went good, too - it is a shame that they will soon close this field... While we were on the ground, found out that my trip back to Fort Worth with our aircraft had changed (again - aaaggghhh!!!). Instead of stopping for fuel there, the crew was going to try to fly all the way to San Diego. That meant that I was out of luck for getting home tonight. Eventually got some help from our travel office - they put me on a flight out of Norfolk that would depart soon after our landing in Virginia Beach. What it meant, though, was that I had to forego flying the last leg and instead had to re-pack for the flight. Bolted from the plane to the Norfolk airport as soon as we landed (1600) - and I barely made the 1815 departure... Final outcome was that I got back to DFW around 2030L (extremely worn out). Good to see the kids (made it in time for Halloween!). Home around 2200.