Going formal

Typically, I’m not big on ostentatious red, white and blue outfits.  Nor do I like to dress up when traveling; I opt for comfort. The trip to Prague takes about 23 hours, counting airport time, so I thought about wearing my sweats.

Then I recalled last year’s trip to Hong Kong where because of a flight delay, there was a tight connection. and I got shaky going through a scanning machine. A tall, humorless Homeland Security agent gave me what amounted to a gynecological exam with my clothes on. It took a long time, and we missed our connection. 

Would it help to look more respectable?  Well, it couldn’t hurt. 
So for this trip, which began on the Fourth of July, I got decked out in head to toe red, white, and blue. I even wore an expansive red hat that would have made my children wince.

I can't prove it makes any difference during security checks, but it's actually fun going formal.  Our
trip was uneventful, as most of them are. Except for a thunder storm over the Atlantic and a bout of turbulence between Amsterdam and Prague which resembled a roller coaster ride, our trip was uneventful. We are now in Prague.