Got to the Indianapolis airport in lots of time for my 1pm flight only to be told that my 1pm flight was now a 4pm flight.
Apparently lots of flights have been cancelled, not out of Indianapolis, but on the east coast because of the predicted hurricane.
And as the lady explained that causes a ripple effect in all the other airports with scheduled flights either being cancelled or postponed. Oh well at least I have the internet in the Indy airport and can catch up on my John Deere homework. Have to start some writing now and putting together a special section.
The whole John Deere equipment launch was really first class. Amazing how they can work so many thousands of people, dealers and media, through the system with very few hic ups. Or at least noticeable ones. Apparently some of the John Deere staffed arrived in Indianapolis two months ago to get ready for this and one JD media rep said she had been working full time on this
equipment launch for a year.
They unveiled a lot of new equipment. In addition to the new John Deere combines, headers and tractors they also introduced a very impressive sprayer with 120 foot booms. Thats a pretty large span.
I enjoyed driving the new 9R series tractor. Huge machine and yet it handled so easily.
Indianapolis is a real sports city. All kinds of events happen here. The Colts are huge. Everywhere you go you run it to sports bars, night clubs etc all carrying a Colt theme. Then this is all the college sports. The Perdue Boilermakers are a big thing in college football and then of course there is pro basketball, triple A baseball and then auto racing. The Indy 500, Brickland 400 and Nascar all bring thousands to the city.
Very easy city to navigate as well. Roughly about the same size as Ottawa and traffic patterns are very similar. Well five more hours to go until flight time so time to do some work etc.
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