Ode to BTV

South Burlington, VT

My daily routine when visiting Jens house begins with a visit to the Burlington Airport (BTV) just two blocks away.   I bring a quart of coffee, and a tablet.   I sit in front of the picture windows at BTV while I first browse the daily news, and then spend an hour on an online physics course.

BTV offers:

• An unhurried stress free environment.  It is the opposite of the harried scenes and long TSA lines seen on TV.  
• For travelers, commercial flights arrive and depart about once every 40 minutes.
• No lines for tickets, baggage, security, and food.
• BTV offers stuffed chairs, and sofas for people waiting.  Lots of interesting art.  A yoga room, a nursing mother room.  Most important about 400 feet of picture windows offering the only unobstructed views of The Green Mountains in the area. 
• Quiet
• An old control tower turned into an observation deck for aviation enthusiasts.
• Fixed-frame TV monitors offering soothing views of peaceful scenes that move a little but not much.
• Tables, chairs, benches and AC power outlets for people who want to use their computers.
• Rocking chairs positioned in front of the picture windows.

No coffee shop or library that I've ever seen provides a more pleasant place to relax and do your stuff.

I may be shooting myself in the foot by revealing this open secret, but what the heck.

Note the rocking chairs

If there was a TSA security line, it would be here.

Cool art