Five stuck in Atlanta

BELIZE TEAM UPDATE: As far as this blogger knows, all members of the Belize team, except the Haddens and a Krause, arrived safely in Knoxville on Sunday night. The remaining five were on a flight booked last November. You would think Delta-Alaska Airlines had plenty of weeks to get our plane ready for a 9:10 p.m. flight from Atlanta to Knoxville on March 17. But no, the pilot couldn't get an engine started after taxiing a long way down the runway. So the plane taxied all the way back and dropped off the passengers at the gate, allowing them to eat yogurt and watch a CNN special on tar sands. A half hour later, the flight was canceled. Five members of the Belize team were stuck in Atlanta. They were given vouchers for a Holiday Inn stay and a new flight on Monday morning. The Haddens got a suite in the hotel. The blogger asked for a room next to the Haddens. So she got an equally large room to herself--what she called the suite spot. It was much more luxurious than the cabin in the jungle. "I could get used to this," she said. The only problem was that she had to sleep in her clothes. There ain't nothing sweet about that.--ck