Chicago, IL -------> Aspen, CO

why would one go from chicago to aspen?
1. you like to ski
2. you are very rich and have a house up there
3. you have to go to a conference...

how would one get from chicago to aspen?
1. use teleportation (about 0.00626468212 s)
2. by car: load the car, remove snow and ice from car, turn car on, drive, drive, drive, drive, reach a corn field, drive, drive..... drive, reach a mountain, drive, drive, ... drive, arrive aspen. (about 18 hours 20 mins)

3. by air, direct flight:
walk to el station (5 min); take red line to down town (25 min); take blue line to o'hare (1 hr); check in; walk to gate (C2); wait for boarding; walk around gate, notice that the flight is delayed, and was moved to gate F4; walk to gate C4, take shuttle to another terminal; go to gate; wait for boarding; notice that the flight moved again, now to gate F14; walk to gate F14; wait for boarding; go to restroom 5 minutes before boarding, notice by chance that the flight moved back to gate C3; hope you can make it; take a shuttle back to the first terminal; walk to gate; finally, board plane; wait on runway for de-icing; fly to Aspen airport. land, get bags, take hotel shuttle to Aspen.
about 8 hours.

how would one get backfrom Aspen?
1. teleportation (i wish...) (about 0.00626468212 seconds)
2. by car: use same instructions as above, reverse the order. (about 18.5 hours)
3. by air, through denver:
take shuttle to airport; wait for check in; notice previous flights were cancelled; wait another hour in line; notice the flight before yours gets cancelled; wait another 20 minutes; notice your flight get cancelled; use airline phone, talk to agent; wait more in line; talk to person at check in; reschedule your flight for tomorrow; go back to aspen; get dinner, beer, sleep, breakfast; check online, make sure your flights are on time; repeat steps 1 through 8. for steps 3-8, replace "cancelled" with "delayed"; check in; wait in line for security; go through security; walk to gate; wait for flight; board plane; wait in line for your turn to take off; fly to Denver (25 mins); arrive to denver airport, miss your connection; walk to gate of next flight; talk to abnoctious agent; walk to another gate, use airline phone to re-book your flight; walk to gate; wait for flight; board; wait in plane for late baggage; take off; fly to chicago; land; wait for bags; wait till the carosell stops; wait in line to claim lost baggage; fill in forms; walk to train station; take blue line to downtown; walk to red line station; wait till the train arrives on opposite track, due to construction; ride red line; walk home;
about 2 days.
wait for your bag to arrive. one day.

some day we will be laughing about this... i hope... for now, until option 1 becomes available, i strongly recommend NOT to use option 3.

--- pictures ---

300 people waiting for 4-5 flights out of Aspen. expect delays.


leg room! finally, flying out of Aspen.


waiting in Denver, and finally flying out.

sorry, we didn't have the energy to take pictures of our lost luggage.