I’m not sure why the flights were all grounded that night.
- While my friend and I were flying into the state I remember the captain saying something over the intercom, even though I had my earbuds in as well as wasn’t paying attention.
When my friend and I landed at the Albuquerque airport I was shocked by how empty it seemed! Granted it’s not the world’s busiest airport, but on this night it was a ghost town! I wanted to find the board listing the departure times, as well as say that it was blank, but every flight had been grounded for at least the next 12 hours, which meant I was stuck in Albuquerque, NM for the time being, like it or not, because all the other flights were also grounded, as well as the other passengers equally trapped, that meant there were no open hotel rooms in Albuquerque, either! I took a cab to the downtown area, which the cabbie said was the best place in Albuquerque to hang out as well as get some late-night street food. I don’t believe he dropped me off in front of a cannabis dispensary on purpose, but when he drove away I was looking at the front door, and cannabis is perfectly legal in Albuquerque, as well as I thought it might help to pass the time. I bought a pre-rolled joint of OG Kush, as well as a small package of cannabis gummies, then I got stoned as well as spent the next three hours just walking the streets of Albuquerque as well as enjoying the sights, then just before the sunshine rose I took a cab back to the Albuquerque airport, as well as was honestly still stoned when I got on my flight.