TSA

There have been some pretty bad reports about the TSA officers at airports lately.  I have a good story to tell – which I think they deserve.

Ken painted a picture for Jen and also made a wrought iron frame for it.  It was really neat looking – the painting was from one of Jen’s photos so that made it pretty special. 

The frame was pretty big though and we weren’t sure how she was going to get it back to Denver.  We thought it would fit in the largest suitcase we had, but it didn’t.  We thought about shipping it too.  The final idea was to package the canvas separately and have her pack that in her suitcase and then have her carry the frame on with her carry-on luggage.

This is where the fun began.  When she put it down on the belt to send it through the scanner – it wouldn’t fit.  Several TSA agents talked to her and held the frame and asked her about it and the whole time they were smiling and laughing.  It wouldn’t fit through the scanner so they had to carry it around and check it over by hand.

She said they thought it was really cool and talked to her about it with smiles on their faces!  She thought maybe Ken should start selling them since it seemed to get pretty great reviews at the airport!

So, with all the airport runs and greetings and farewells we’ve gone through this week and with the hullabaloo about body scanners and pat downs, I am happy to report that the only pat down we witnessed was on the beautiful wrought iron frame which will soon be hanging in an apartment in Denver, Colorado!  That makes me smile!

J