A bomb-sniffing dog, bull horn instructions and one smokin' HOT city
BOB STARKEY: Sitting in my hotel in Phoenix with a beautiful view of the city as well as the mountains on the outskirts (see photo below). I had a great day of travel with great flights -- those that know how much I dislike flying know what a great day I had -- though it wasn't without incident. While sitting during a layover in the Dallas Airport, I felt the something cold on my hand only to turn and see the nose of a german shepherd. Further review saw he was attached to two security officers. I simply said, "What's up guys?" I was then told I was sitting beside a piece of abandoned luggage so they brought in the bomb-sniffing dog. I looked at the mysterious suitcase within three feet of me and asked "Should I not be sitting here then?" The reply was "Probably."
Then on the flight from Dallas to Phoenix the flight attendant stepped out with a bull horn to give us our saftey instructions explaining that speaker system in the plane was not working. I then prayed that would be the only mechinical failure today.
I spent part of my layover in Dallas tweeting with Seimone to remind her that we'd be going to dinner after the game tomorrow night. I actually got to Phoenix before Temeka who played in Seattle last night. Not sure what kind of mood she'll be in after her team lost a lead and a difficult game last night.
Oh, and one other thing -- IT'S HOT! About a week ago I ran into a couple of our Fast Break Club members, Mona Ragan and Karen Miller and told them of my planned trip to Arizona and we spoke about the head. Karen told me not to worry as it would be "a dry heat." Then she laughed. I think she knew!
