Planetspork

Yeah.. South Dakota. So what? I “get” to go to all kinds of neat places because of my job. Good fun. This week, I was in Pierre. I will say that I was there for less than 24 hours so I didn’t have a chance to fully take in all the glory and beauty that is Pierre, South Dakota. However, it wouldn’t have made much of a difference were I to have extended my stay since it was about -20 degrees outside. I would have been holed up in my hotel room. Ick.

Well what do we have here? Yes. It’s a capital building. Tall, majestic and frozen. It was about -20′.

Believe it or not, this is the Pierre Airport Terminal. Not the commuter terminal where the private jets fly in or anything like that. It’s the whole terminal. It was about -20′ here.

If you click on the larger image, you’ll see every flight coming into and out of Pierre. The fact that it fits on just 1 photo says volumes. Honestly though, I rather liked this. The planes that make the trip are 19 seat Beechcrafts, so there’s zero wait to get through security.

And this fine specimen is the 19 seat Beechcraft I mentioned earlier. A truly remarkable aircraft. Only 1 person gets a middle seat, everyone else gets both a window and an aisle. I’m still not used to walking across the tarmac to get to the plane. It was about -20′ as we boarded the plane.

The other very nice feature in the Beechcraft is the complete absence of any kind of barrier between the passengers and the pilots. I’m always worried what the pilots are doing in the front of the larger aircrafts.. Like how would we know if they get the plane off the ground and then start doing tequila shots to pass the time?

In this plane, you see it all. I witnessed the co-pilot act as the flight attendant (Sit down, no food, no water, no bathroom so I hope you went before you got on. See you when we get there.) and I was able to witness them catching up on some light reading mid flight. I guess flying sucks for pilots, too.

It was a great place to visit, but I’m glad to be home. When the temperature in your refrigerator is a full 50 degrees warmer than it is outside, something has gone horribly wrong.