JFK->???

The sky clouded over and poured rain all of a sudden. It went from looked bad to definitely a showstopper as we walked from the gate onto the plane. Oh well. We have some buffer built into the schedule, but having to coordinate a meetup with Gabe on the road, at Jasper, most likely, would be tricky. 

It's the August weekend holiday in CA, so there's no way we're getting a hotel now. Either we make our reserved campsite in Jasper on 7/31 or we have to aim for a campsite further in. 

If we get dinner at JFK, that'd be 3 consecutive meals here. Novel. 

We rushed over to the terminal where our rebooked flight was. I got nabbed going back through security with my water bottle partly filled. Opted to give it up instead of rescreening. Flight ended up a little delayed, so we showed up in time. No clear answer on our checked-in gear. Now we're in the air to Calgary. Boxes still in limbo. Gabe already took his bike box through Canadian customs and is in his way to Edmonton. 

Algal bloom?:

This jet serves movies through a phone app instead of having screens. Pretty savvy. One of the move categories is Canadiana, which is movies made for the Canadian audience and also those with Canadian actors. So Ryan Reynolds' greatest hits, basically. 

Just finished Adventureland (starring Ryan Reynolds). It felt like a 3hr movie but I only got 20min of entertainment. The flight is only half over at this point. 

Wrapped up Southpaw (starring Canadian actress Rachel McAdams) right before we landed in Calgary, or Cowtown, as our bilingual pilot called it. 

All flight instructions were given in English then French. 

At Calgary (YYC), a very helpful WestJet baggage rep helped us file a claim and officially get our boxes onto a plan to get sent to Edmonton. So we should have email tracking of the progress of moving those along. We also managed to get a morning flight to Edmonton, which we decided would be easier than renting a car and driving over there in 3h. 

Gabe is settled in at the hotel, watching Kangaroo Jack. We're eating a late dinner at the 24 cafeteria in Calgary, and then napping til morning. 

This Canadian accented announcer just last called Regina, but it sounded like Vergina.