Re: Re: Traveling/Deena

February 15, 2006

In a message dated 2/15/2006 6:40:56 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,

j0yeuxx@... writes:

I was wondering how your trip went with this chair. Sorry if you

already told us and I missed it. Did they allow you to store it on

the plane? If not, was it broken when you got it back? Did you have

on your trip?? ))

I haven't been able to find a place that has one to try or rent. Are

you planning to purchase one?

My trip went really well! There was some drama at the airport though. Our

flight out of SF was canceled so they put us on a different flight (smaller

plane) that didn't have a big closet so I couldn't store it on board. My friend

complained and got us bumped up to first class because of the inconvenience.

The chair made it to Seattle fine. We made sure they took good care of it. One

the returning flight, there was room for it in the cabin. Everyone was

really nice and helpful loading it and unloading it (twice too because there

was a

problem with our plane before takeoff so everyone had to get off and board a

different plane). The pilots were impressed with how portable it was. The

rest of the trip was awesome. We went for a MD fundraiser and a lot of money

was raised ($120,000). There's pictures on my myspace (_www.myspace.com/deenie_

I had a lot of trouble finding an At'm that I was able to look at before

deciding to get one. I lucked out in that when I called the MDA to see if they

knew anyone who might have one in stock, the woman who answered the phone

turned out to live a couple houses down from me. She knew a vendor who had the

floor model and convinced him to let me borrow it during the weekend. If you're

in the Bay Area, I can tell you where that place is located. Otherwise, just

keep calling around... someone's bound to have one or know someone who does.

Deena

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