Gettin' there

[cjsmith]

Made it to Tucson last night. I highly recommend the Clarion: free shuttle from the airport, stellar friendly service from everyone we've seen, a free glass of wine, nice chicken-in-lettuce-cups dish at the restaurant.

Today: play chicken with the stationary front hanging over Texas. (I think it's a stationary front. The ones what move funny, slithering sideways like beads pulling off a string rather than the whole line traveling somewhere.) Last night we could have gotten to a point nine and a half hours' drive from our destination; as of this morning it looks like just a few hours, and maybe by the time we get there we'll be able to get there.

Oxygen dep makes me sleepy and makes my head hurt. Fine pilot type I am. Sadly, oxygen cannulas make my nose run.

I am supposed to ask quasigeostrophy to explain the effects of the Texas dryline. I may see the answer in a day or two.

Comments

[gdmusumeci.livejournal.com]

Mmm, watch out for hypoxia -- it is no fun and can obviously be extremely dangerous. Have you tried one of the soft face mask things? They're much easier to put up with than cannulas; I've had much better luck with them.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

No kidding, it's a problem -- and I'm a spoiled sea level dweller. Even when I had the cannula (ok, the Oxy-Saver soft cannula-like thing) on, my blood oxygen level didn't get above 85 until I cranked the oxygen past what I was "supposed" to need. Fortunately, Rob was PIC.

(@#$! feet. I would not have the heart and lungs of a couch potato if I could do any FUN exercise.)

I have tried basic cannulas and this kind of Oxy-Saver soft thingy. I've never tried a mask. I wonder if the fittings would be compatible.