[nagdu] FW: [gps-talkusers] highlight of my return to the USA

[Sherri]

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 9:39 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] FW: [gps-talkusers] highlight of my return to the USA


> Thanks Sherrill.
> There used to be a similar room in Minneapolis, but Northwest told me that
> when they merged with Delta, Delta shut it down.  Beats me why a relief
> area belongs to an airline, and not to the airport.
> Tracy
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> My husband forwarded this interesting tidbit to me. It's from Michael 
>> May,
>> the CEO of Sendero Group. Have we mentioned this on the list before? I
>> didn't remember anything about these airport pet rooms. Apparently 
>> there's
>> one at Seattle's airport as well as at Dulles.
>>
>> Sherrill
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: gps-talkusers-bounce at freelists.org
>> [mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce at freelists.org] On Behalf Of Michael May
>> Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2011 4:39 PM
>> To: gps-talkusers at freelists.org
>>
>> Subject: [gps-talk users] highlight of my return to the USA
>>
>> Traveling internationally with a guide dog is tricky in terms of relief
>> areas at airports. Almost without exception, they are outside the airport
>> so
>> if you are changing flights, you have to go out through security, find 
>> the
>> relieving place and come back through security with all its fun
>> procedures.
>> On domestic flights, there often isn't enough time to do this and the
>> overall flight time makes it manageable if you limit water and food 
>> before
>> ttraveling. I do make a point of marking these releiving areas with GPS
>> when
>> I find them.
>>
>> I often try to get a Service Director to take my dog on the tarmac but
>> this
>> only works 1 out of ten times. I did have success recently at the F gates
>> in
>> Chicago O'Hare where two policemen took me and Tank on the tarmac,
>> something
>> that hasn't happened for over 10 years.
>>
>> So, why am I going to have a drink to celebrate over a dog relief issue?
>> After my 8.5 hour flight from Geneva to Washington Dulles, I went through
>> my
>> normal drill and assumed I would have to go outside Dulles, not an easy
>> trekk. I do have 3 hours so the time isn't the issue other than I can't
>> make
>> Tank wait until we get to Sacramento, 21 hours after he would have last
>> been
>> relieved.
>>
>> I learned from an agent in the United Red Carpet Club about a "pet room"
>> across from D1. I thought she was confused but sure enough, it is a
>> dedicated pet relief area replete with a water bowl, baggies, hand
>> sanitizer, fenced area with indoor-outdoor carpeting and even a fire
>> hydrent.
>> When you are finished with the room, you push a big red button and some
>> sprinklers come on to self clean.
>> Nothing worse than worrying if one's dog is going to have an accident or
>> is
>> uncomfortable. What a huge relief to know about this new facility at
>> Dulles.
>>
>> It is across from the D1 gate, near where you cross to the C Gates. There
>> is
>> a set of elevators right next to the doorway. A metal carpet strip 
>> crosses
>> the hallway at the point where you turn into the room. Once I went in
>> there
>> the first time, Tank made a bee-line for it when I came back to take a
>> picture.
>>
>> Please post this message far and wide. Apparently this room has been here
>> for a year and nobody told me about it.
>>
>> The things people get excited about!
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>> Michael May, CEO Sendero Group
>> Developers of accessible GPS and distributors of technology for the blind
>>
>> Voice, 530-757-6800
>> MikeMay at SenderoGroup.com
>> http://www.senderogroup.com
>> http://www.AccessibleGPS.com
>> http://www.CrashingThrough.com
>>
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>> Davis, CA 95616
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