Gary Reeder
well, if it could happen, it will. Apparently
Thursday, September 21, 2023, 11:13

American Airlines way overbooked the various flights to Nashville and to solve this problem they shut several of the flights down, including mine. Kase was on another flight and he made it into Nashville and should be getting to the lodge about now. Two of the other hunters had a very early flight like Kase did and I think they made it in.

My flight was at 7 AM out of Flagstaff to Phoenix but the flight into Phoenix and then to Nashville was so over booked they shut it down to start over and by that time it was over booked again. Colleen was up til after midnight trying to find me a flight getting into Nashville. She was talking to the flight booking people and they would find an open flight but before Colleen could give them the OK to book it, it was booked. Flights going from Phoenix to Dallas, booked, going to Tampa, booked, in fact to just about every major city were over booked, so they just shut it down and start over. To route me to Dallas and then onto Nashville required a 10 hour lay over sitting in Dallas waiting for the flight.

I booked 2 months ago but was dumped when they over-booked. So I get to try again tomorrow and hopefully my flight won't be shut down again due to over booking. Thank goodness my guys are all either there or will be soon. Colleen's big 15 passenger van is crammed full with all our gear including the guns and ammo. So at least all my guys and a couple of ladies will be able to hunt until I get there late Friday or early Saturday, just in time to pack up and head home. What a mess.